head coach of india Rahul Dravid admitted on Tuesday Jasprit BumrahAn absence from the upcoming T20 World Cup due to a back injury would be a “big loss” for the team, but he said it opens up an opportunity for another player to stand up and perform. The BCCI on Monday announced that pacer Bumrah will not play in the showpiece event to be held in Australia, in a setback to the Indian team, which is facing problems in bowling the death overs.
“Bumrah’s absence is a big loss, he has been a great player but it happens, it’s an opportunity to stand up for someone else. We will miss him, his personality around the group,” Dravid said. Series 2-1 against South Africa
“It was nice to get the right results in both the series (against South Africa and Australia). You need luck in this format, especially in close matches. We didn’t have that in the Asia Cup, but there was some luck during the Australia series.”
India lost the third and final T20I against South Africa by 49 runs but won the series 2-1. He had defeated Australia by the same margin earlier this month.
“We were able to rotate the team a bit, pleased with how it went overall.” Talking about the team’s new aggressive batting approach, Dravid said, “We decided after the last T20 World Cup, made a conscious effort to sit down with Rohit and be positive.
“We have the batsmen to play positively, we had to prepare our team with batting depth. We are happy with the way we have come together.”
With the series already in the bag ahead of Tuesday’s match, senior players Virat Kohli And KL Rahul rested. Rishabh Pant started the innings and Dinesh Karthik Was promoted to No. 4 for getting more time in the middle.
Dravid said, “Today’s opportunity was to give people who have not batted much. It is difficult for people like Rishabh, Dinesh. I wish both had continued, they were batting beautifully.”
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“4-5 overs more and it could have been very close. Happy with the way we kept going, Harshal and Deepak and others.”
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