Shane Bond warns Jasprit Bumrah of "career-ender injury"

Former New Zealand pacer Shane Bond said that another injury at the same spot where Team India pacer Jasprit Bumrah had his surgery could be a careerending scenario for him Bond also added that in future if the Indian sustains an injury he would not like to see him play in more than two Test matchesJasprit Bumrah has been nursing a lower back injury which ruled him out of the concluded Champions Trophy 2025 Jasprit Bumrah who was labelled as a national treasure by stalwart Virat Kohli was a lone warrior during the BorderGavaskar Trophy The pacer snapped 32 wickets in five matchesLater Bumrah was rushed to the hospital as he sustained an injury following which he is out of action since thenJasprit Bumrah is in rehab at the BCCIs Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru and there is still no confirmation on his availability for the IPL 2025Bumrah has not suffered a back injury for the first time as he had surgery for it in March 2023 Bond who worked with MI in the past as a bowling coach and is currently Rajasthan Royals bowling coach said that Bumrahs workload needs careful management to avoid another injuryBond is also notably known for having a backinjuryaffected career himself He played just 120 matches and picked 259 scalps for Kiwis from 200110 Like Bumrah he had his first back surgery at 29 Despite his persistent injuries Bond played till the age of 34 first retiring from Tests then from all formats within less than six monthsAlso ReadPonting reveals the potential reason for why Rohit Sharma didnt retire from the ODIsSpeaking to ESPNCricinfo about Bumrah he said When he went off for scans it was at Sydney there was some messaging coming up around that he had sprains and stuff like that I worried that it was not going to be a sprain it might be a bony injury around that area the back I thought he may struggle to make the Champions Trophy if it wasBond highlighted that the danger zone lies in the quick transition from T20 to Test cricket The former pacer highlighted it as a challenge as India prepares for the England tour of five Test matches barely a month after the IPL ends on May 25Look I think Booms will be fine but it is just that workload management matters Shane Bond saidLooking at the tours and the schedule going forward where are the opportunities to give him a break but really where are the danger periods And often it is that the transition from IPL to the Test championship will be a riskAnywhere you transition from particularly T20 to a Test match it is challenging If you are playing a oneday series it is generally not too bad You will play three games a week you will have a practice you are sort of in around that 40 overs range that is pretty close to a Test match week anyway But in T20 particularly in the IPL when you might be playing three games in a week there is two days of travel you might get one training session you are sort of bowling 20 overs maybe if you are lucky Thats sort of half of a Test match load or even under a half of which then is a big jump and you are not bowling backtoback days That is a big jump when you transition out of that he concluded his pointIndias tour to England will be a tight one with five Tests between June 28 to August 3 Bond said that India should not give Bumrah the workload he endured on the Australia tour bowling a total of 1512 overs including 52 during the fourth Test a Boxing Day game at Melbourne his most in a Test matchHe is too valuable for the next World Cup and stuff So you would be looking at five Tests in England I would not want to be playing him in any more than two in a row Coming out of the back end of the IPL into a Test match is going to be a huge risk And so how do they manage that is going to be keyThey may say look it is four Test matches in total Or three If we can get him through the English summer and he is fit we can probably then go with some confidence that we can carry him across the rest of the formats So that is hard because he is your best bowler but if he has another injury in the same spot that could be a careerender potentially because I am not sure you can have surgery on that spot againIndias domestic season has already ended and IPL is the only tournament in which Jasprit Bumrah can play before the England tourBond feels IPL is maybe touch and go for Bumrah and there will be an element of risk depending on the intensity that he is bowling at by the time he gets backBond said that it is Bumrahs responsibility to work with the decisionmakers in Indian cricket to plan a safe path that would help him secure longevity So it is going to take some good management and just some open conversations with the player and say look we are doing this with your best interest in your career Any player who has gone through that and having myself gone through it you are desperate to play but you also understand there are some risks at certain times and you have to make some compromisesWith ANI Inputs