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Jasprit Bumrah, who was the only star artist with the ball in the first Test against England, is ready to rest in the Edgbaston Test.
Jasprit Bumrah is ready to leave the Edgbaston Test against England and the fans are unhappy.
Exclusion from the second Test against England in Edgbaston, India’s frontline pacer Jasprit, has sent shockwaves through the cricket community. In the first innings of the headingley Test, one was chosen as one Fifter, Bumrah remained a wicket -class in the second, as the host led by Ben Stokes chased the target of 371 sets by India, but comfortably. Despite a spectacular magic by Mohammad Siraj and a late hope made by Ravindra Jadeja could not be overcome the first test to go in favor of England. Prasad Krishna and Shardul Thakur took two wickets; However, the pair’s economy rate allowed Stokes’ squad to score at a decent speed, helping them reach the finish line with about 15 overs on the last day of the first Test.
Bumrah rested during the end of the tail of the match as fans and critics wondered if the 31 -year -old star Pesar should have been in the work. Despite being five Centurion and Bumrah, his side was not a pleasant scene to go down 0–1 in England. And now, the news of exclusion of Star Pesar from the Edgbaston Test, which stops on July 2, has reduced the feeling of fans.
Social media reactions
Bumrah’s loyals expressed sympathy with the fast bowler during England’s first innings in the tour-opening Test, where he was worried about his long bowling mantras, wondering if India was excessive using on pace and when the rest of the bowling unit was not matching with the rest of the bowling unit.
If General Z wants to understand how many dependent on Sachin we were in the 90s, just think about Bumrah but in batting. – Abijit Ganguly (@abijitg) 24 June, 2025
A contrast by contrast, test fans have now hit all five matches in the England Test tour in Bumrah to not play.
“Last month, when Bumrah was playing a match in the IPL on a large scale, someone at the BCCI thought of him to relax, but now that he needed to rest after a Test match, (SIC) wrote @Mainbhiengineer on ‘X’ only after a Test match.
Also read: Jaspreet Bumrah to miss 2 Tests against England: Report
A fan clearly stated that Bumrah’s boycott would mean that India is probably going below 0–2 in the five-match testing series.
“I think Jasprit Bumrah should try to play 2 tests. The first reason, the difference over a week and the second reason, if he is unavailable then there is a possibility of being below 0-2. (SIC).”
Another user with handle @Rajiv1841 was not kind to Bumrah.
“Jasprit Bumrah who cannot play 2 consecutive consecutives can never close anything for Mitchell Starc. Just as Virat Kohli is all the greatest batsmen of this generation, similarly Mitchell Starc is all the greatest pacers of this generation. Star won his country 2 OD WCs, who won their country 2 OD WCs, final and T2OI WCC.
He said: And it should not be forgotten, Stark made himself unavailable in the IPL for more than a decade so that he would serve his nation in the best way. Bumrah had all the time for Ambani’s MI, but he cannot play a back to back game for India (SIC).
“I love Bumrah and what he has done in a small career is unprecedented. But I cannot digest the fact that he chooses to play IPL, knowing that he will not play all test matches in England. You may be the best of the world, but the country is not selected, (SIC) is a user who is a user.
The above post, however, was contested by another user.
“Do you realize how ridiculous this comparison is? Jasprit Bumrah bowled 45 overs in the first Test and 47 overs in the entire IPL 2025 season.”
Why is Bumrah outside?
Foreign Management. Bumrah gave 24.4 and 19 overs in Headingley in Leeds respectively. He will be allegedly replaced by left -arm fast bowler Arshdeep Singh. Singh, who has never played the red-ball format before, earned his first India call in the ongoing series.
Ravichandran Ashwin’s Tech
Already 0-1 in the series, Ravichandran Ashwin It felt that Bumrah should play another test and then he could take a break.
“First of all, after playing such a good exam, I am not going to make three changes in the team. Given that we are below 1-0, I will ask Bumrah to play the second Test, try and take you to the chain and then he can take a quite a break between the 3th and 4th Tests.

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Anurag Verma, news editor at News18.com, works independently for the viral section. Bollywood, cricket, science, tech, youtube, reddit, meme origins and everything are pop-culture. He covers humble … Read more
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