Bumrah injury alert: A moment of panic for India

IMAGE: Jasprit Bumrah showed signs of discomfort during Australia’s 81st innings. Photography: ICC/X

India suffered a brief scare on Saturday when pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah appeared to tighten his adductor muscle while bowling, but bowling coach Morne Morkel assured it was just of a cramp and that the leader was “fine”.

Bumrah, who took an eight-wicket haul in India’s 295-run win in the series opener, showed signs of discomfort while bowling the 81st over of the Australian innings.

He was treated by the team physiotherapist but immediately returned to bowling, completing his over and delivering three more overs later in the session.

“Firstly, with Bumrah, he’s fine; it was just that cramp. Yeah, even because after that, you know, he bowled and you got the wickets twice,” Morkel said during the post-match press conference.

The star pacer returned with figures of 4 for 61, helping India bowl out Australia for 337.

His wickets included opener Nathan McSweeney (39), Steve Smith (2), Pat Cummins (12) and Usman Khawaja (13), the last of whom he dismissed on Friday.