Jasprit Bumrah's surgery called off, might return sooner than expected

India's death-bowling specialist Jasprit Bumrah might return to action sooner than expected as surgery for his stress fracture has been called off, according to media reports. Jasprit Bumrah has been out of action since conclusion of tour of West Indies with a stress fracture in his lower back. While reports earlier said Jasprit Bumrah would head to UK to consult doctors and for a surgical procedure to treat his stress fracture, recent reports have indicated that ace speedster has recovered well from stress fracture and that surgery would t be required. 

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Jasprit Bumrah recovering well

According to media reports, sources in BCCI have revealed that Jasprit Bumrah is on auto-healing mode and is on track of proper recovery. source said that Jasprit Bumrah has begun light exercises alongside running and said that he will be assessed after Diwali. India's bowling coach Bharat Arun said that he was expecting Jasprit Bumrah to return for series against New Zealand and clarified that Jasprit Bumrah does t require surgery, according to media reports. Jasprit Bumrah had suffered from a similar stress fracture earlier which had healed naturally, just like this one. 

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Jasprit Bumrah awarded

batting and bowling duo of Jasprit Bumrah and Smriti Mandhana are two Indians among  five winners of prestigious Wisden India Almanack Cricketer of Year award which was anunced on Friday. Meanwhile, or winners include likes of Pakistan opening batsman Fakhar Zaman, Sri Lankan skipper Dimuth Karunaratne and Afghanistan cricketer Rashid Khan. Meanwhile, young Test opener Mayank Agarwal's name also features in this list for his outstanding performance in domestic cricket which had paved way to his call-up in national team in for longest format of game. Smriti Mandhana, on or hand, has w become third woman to be named 'Cricketer of Year', after Mithali Raj and Deepti Sharma. Stalwarts Gundappa Viswanath and Lala Amarnath are inducted into Wisden India Hall of Fame. Cricket Country: Untold History of First All India Team by Prashant Kidambi has been adjudged Wisden India Book of Year. 

Almanack reviewer described it as "a tribute to game's Indianness" that "superbly describes and analyses tour (Indians in England 1911) and politics that led up to it".

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