Ashish Nehra calls for Indian pacers to pull up their socks after Jasprit Bumrah's failure

While India dominated New Zealand throughout recent five T20I matches, New Zealand struck back in style when y toyed around with India in three ODI matches that followed New Zealand. Among causes for India's worries were captain Virat Kohli and fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah's lack of form. Bumrah is currently making a comeback into cricket after being out of it during last quarter of 2019. He h sustained a stress fracture in his back last year.

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Ashish Nehra believes India are over-reliant on Jasprit Bumrah

As reported by a leing newspaper, former Indian pacer Ashish Nehra feels that Jasprit Bumrah needs to be given some time before he is able to return to his wicket-taking prowess. Bumrah failed to get even a single scalp in three New Zealand ODIs and Nehra expressed his sympathy for Bumrah. former pacer explained how fast bowlers can find it hard to return to ir rhythm after suffering from injuries.

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Nehra also suggested Indian team's management to establish better roles for bowlers apart from Bumrah and Mohammed Shami. According to Ashish Nehra, Indian team has gotten too used to Shami and Bumrah doing job for team over last two years. This over-reliance may create performance issues when two big pacers fail to fire, case in point being  New Zealand ODIs.

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Nehra also commended Mohammed Shami's bowling abilities and maintained that pacer is best Test bowler in sub-continent at moment. former left-armer also pushed for young Navdeep Saini to get a Test cap. Saini has been very effective for India in limited-overs outings he has h with team.

For Ashish Nehra, Navdeep Saini is more 'rey' to be in Test cricket than Umesh Yav. two teams will now be playing two Test matches with first one beginning on February 20 at Wellington.

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