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Ex-batter Badrinath blames captain and coach for Bumrah injuries
A former Indian cricket player named Subramaniam Badrinath is unhappy about injuries on the Indian team.
The team's star bowler, Jasprit Bumrah, keeps getting injured.
Bumrah has had a knee problem since the T20 World Cup.
He was late joining his IPL team, Mumbai Indians, and needed rest.
Then he got hurt again during the ODI series against England.
Because of that injury, he could not play in the two-Test series against Sri Lanka.
Badrinath thinks the captain and coach are partly to blame for picking hurt players.
He says a special center called the Centre of Excellence only shares fitness information, while the captain, coach, and selectors make the final decisions.
Badrinath also says injuries are normal in top-level sports, but watching and managing players' fitness is very important.
Other players such as Nitish Reddy, Akash Deep, Sai Sudharsan, and Washington Sundar are injured too.
Former India batter Subramaniam Badrinath blamed the captain and coach for Jasprit Bumrah's recurring injuries.
Bumrah's impact injury during the ODI series against England ruled him out of the two-Test series against Sri Lanka.
Bumrah has struggled with a knee niggle since the T20 World Cup and was late into IPL 2026 for Mumbai Indians.
Nitish Reddy, Akash Deep, Sai Sudharsan, and Washington Sundar are also injured.
Badrinath said the Centre of Excellence only relays fitness information, while the captain, coach, and selectors make selection decisions.
- Who
- Former India batter Subramaniam Badrinath; injured players Jasprit Bumrah, Nitish Reddy, Akash Deep, Sai Sudharsan, and Washington Sundar
- What
- Badrinath blamed the captain and coach for Bumrah's recurring injuries, which put him out of the two-Test series against Sri Lanka
- Where
- India's international cricket setup, with Bumrah involved with Mumbai Indians in the IPL
- When
- Following the T20 World Cup earlier this year and the recently concluded ODI series against England, during the IPL 2026 season
- Why
- Badrinath said selection decisions rest with the captain, coach, and selectors, and that managing and monitoring player fitness is important
Key facts
- Commentator
- Subramaniam Badrinath, former India batter, speaking on his YouTube channel
- Main injured player
- Jasprit Bumrah (knee niggle and impact injury)
- Missed series
- Two-Test series against Sri Lanka
- Other injured players
- Nitish Reddy, Akash Deep, Sai Sudharsan, Washington Sundar
- Blame directed at
- Captain, coach, and selectors
- Role of CoE
- Provides fitness information only; not selectors
- Bumrah's IPL team
- Mumbai Indians
- Context
- Injuries since the T20 World Cup earlier this year
Quotes
Subramaniam Badrinath
Former India all-rounder and captain
“I don’t know who made the decision (to pick Bumrah in the SL Test squad). The Centre of Excellance (CoE) will not make the selection, right? They will just say he is in this state and can play these matches and his body is in this state. But I think the captain, coach, and selectors are taking the decision. CoE only passes the information. They are not selectors.”],”
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Sources
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