'Being captain will increase risk of injury': Karthik on Bumrah

Former India wicketkeeperbatter Dinesh Karthik said fastbowling spearhead Jasprit Bumrah is like a Kohinoor diamond for the national team adding that being entrusted with the responsibility of captaincy will increase the risk of him being injured Bumrah previously led India as a standin captain during the rescheduled fifth Test against England at Edgbaston in 2022 when regular skipper Rohit Sharma was out due to COVID19 infectionHe also guided India to a 20 series victory in a threematch T20I series against Ireland last year where he made a comeback post a layoff of 11 months due to a serious back injuryldquoBumrah is calm cool and has good maturity But him being a fast bowler how we can play him in all three formats That is the biggest question selectors would have had For a fast bowler like Bumrah his fitness needs to be monitored and he needs to be protected as a player and only made to play in important matchesrdquoldquoI keep saying this about Bumrah he is like a Kohinoor diamond We have to protect him take care of him and make sure that he lasts as long as possible because whenever Bumrah plays in any format he makes an impact and thats what we want You burden him with captaincy and if he plays a lot of series and injures himself it becomes a massive problem said Karthik in a video for CricbuzzAlso ReadScarred me massively KL Rahul opens up about Koffee with Karan controversyBumrah has been on extensive rest by the Indian team after being named Player of the Tournament in the Menrsquos T20 World Cup triumph where he picked 15 scalps He has also been rested from the first round of the upcoming Duleep Trophy to be held in Bengaluru and Anantapur in SeptemberWith India seeing at playing ten Test matches including the allimportant BorderGavaskar Trophy in Australia later this year Karthik thinks the Duleep Trophy is crucial to finding supporting fast bowlersldquoIn the Duleep Trophy two skill sets will be very very important fast bowlers and middleorder batters Letrsquos get to fastbowlers Akash Deep Mukesh Kumar and then who would be the fourth and fifth mediumpacer Because when you play a fivematch Test series you need a big battery of fast bowlers in Australia who are ready to play at any point in timerdquoldquoShami Siraj and Bumrah are locked in but who will be the other three fast bowlers Akash Deep I can think of People are talking of Mayank Yadav but I am not sure if his body will last five days of playing cricket and he seems to be a bit injuryprone which is similar to Khaleel AhmedrdquoHe also believes India are trying to unearth the next generation of offspinners and fastbowling allrounders via the Duleep Trophy ldquoIndia are definitely looking for a nextgen offspinner as in last India lsquoArsquo series against England Lions they tried three offspinners in three matches Pulkit Narang Washington Sundar and Saransh JainrdquoldquoThey are trying out and Washington Sundar is the frontrunner behind Ravichandran Ashwin right now Hersquos done well in whatever limited opportunities hersquos got and I feel he will get his due first before going to anybody elserdquoldquoComing to fastbowling allrounders we all know how hard it is to get these skills Its very difficult to find not many in India Nitish Kumar Reddy is solid and needs to grow as a cricketer People will be looking at him and Shivam Dube has been in the whiteball format but I will be surprised if he will be kept for Test cricketrdquoThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever