Star pacer Jasprit Bumrah finally makes his return to Team India squad after three-month layoff

Star pacer Jasprit Bumrah was on Tuesday ded to India's ODI squ for three games against Sri Lanka after National Cricket Acemy declared him fit for home series beginning January 10.

Bumrah last played for India in September and h also missed T20 World Cup in Australia due to a back injury.

" All-India Senior Selection Committee has included pacer Jasprit Bumrah in India’s ODI squ for upcoming Mastercard 3-match ODI series against Sri Lanka.

" pacer has undergone rehabilitation and has been declared fit by National Cricket Acemy (NCA). He will be joining Team India ODI squ soon," said BCCI in a statement.

first ODI will be played in Guwahati on January 10, second in Kolkata on January 12 and third in Trivandrum on January 15.

With focus on 50-over cricket in an ODI World Cup year, it is unlikely that Bumrah will feature in shortest format till ICC event at home in October-vember.

His IPL worklo too would be monitored closely by NCA, as well as or "targeted" India players for ODI World Cup.

One of best in business, Bumrah is vital to India's chances at mega event as y look to win coveted trophy for second time at home after 2011.

Having me his India debut in 2016, 29-year-old has represented country in 30 Tests, 72 ODIs and 60 T20Is.

Experts including great Michael Holding find Bumrah injury-prone as he generates serious pace with a short-run up.

“My problem with Bumrah, and I mentioned it to him when last time I saw him in England, is how long that body will hold up with that short run and amount of effort he has to put into in his bowling, it is a human body. It is t a machine,” Holding h said back in 2020.

India’s updated squ for Sri Lanka ODIs: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yav, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya (vc), Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yav, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umran Malik, Arshdeep Singh.