{"id":60759,"date":"2025-04-08T05:36:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T05:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/?p=60759"},"modified":"2025-04-08T05:36:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T05:36:14","slug":"bumrah-in-good-nick-after-injury-return-says-mi-head-coach-jayawardene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/08\/bumrah-in-good-nick-after-injury-return-says-mi-head-coach-jayawardene\/","title":{"rendered":"Bumrah in \u2018Good Nick\u2019 After Injury Return, Says MI Head Coach Jayawardene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"162\" data-end=\"438\"><strong data-start=\"184\" data-end=\"214\">India pacer Jasprit Bumrah<\/strong> is steadily regaining rhythm following a <strong data-start=\"256\" data-end=\"285\">three-month injury layoff<\/strong>, and <strong data-start=\"291\" data-end=\"314\">Mumbai Indians (MI)<\/strong> plan to ease him back into full competition mode during the <strong data-start=\"375\" data-end=\"387\">IPL 2024<\/strong>, head coach <strong data-start=\"400\" data-end=\"422\">Mahela Jayawardene<\/strong> said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"440\" data-end=\"853\">Bumrah returned to action in MI\u2019s clash against <strong data-start=\"488\" data-end=\"525\">Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)<\/strong> after being sidelined since January due to a back issue. His comeback was met with a challenging start, as <strong data-start=\"633\" data-end=\"648\">Virat Kohli<\/strong> welcomed him with a six on the very first ball. Despite the early hit, Bumrah delivered a typically economical spell, though MI fell short, suffering a <strong data-start=\"801\" data-end=\"818\">12-run defeat<\/strong>\u2014their fourth loss in five matches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"855\" data-end=\"1044\">\ud83d\udd0a \u201cHe\u2019s in good nick,\u201d said Jayawardene post-match.<br data-start=\"907\" data-end=\"910\" \/>\u201cHe\u2019s disappointed we couldn\u2019t get the win, but the pace and execution were right up there. It\u2019s all about getting him game-time now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1046\" data-end=\"1199\">Jayawardene clarified that the decision to introduce Bumrah later in the attack was strategic, aimed at <strong data-start=\"1150\" data-end=\"1175\">managing his workload<\/strong> following his recovery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1201\" data-end=\"1377\">\ud83d\udcac \u201cBoom is coming back from a layoff. We\u2019ve got two swing bowlers who start us off, and we wanted to <strong data-start=\"1303\" data-end=\"1326\">ease Bumrah back in<\/strong>. He executed well, and his control was excellent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1379\" data-end=\"1559\">The MI coach emphasized that while Bumrah had undergone extensive rehabilitation at the <strong data-start=\"1467\" data-end=\"1508\">BCCI\u2019s National Cricket Academy (NCA)<\/strong>, he needed match practice more than anything else.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1561\" data-end=\"1731\">\ud83d\udccc \u201cSunday was actually his first session bowling to batters again. He had cleared all fitness tests at the NCA. Now it&#8217;s just about building rhythm in match situations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1733\" data-end=\"1975\">Jayawardene praised Bumrah\u2019s skill and sharpness, saying that despite limited game-time, his quality was evident.<br data-start=\"1846\" data-end=\"1849\" \/>\ud83d\udde3\ufe0f \u201cHe probably had just two or three off balls in the whole spell. Against top-quality batters, that\u2019s a solid performance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1977\" data-end=\"2125\">With Bumrah\u2019s return, MI now look to regroup and build momentum in the upcoming fixtures, banking on their spearhead regaining full match sharpness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India pacer Jasprit Bumrah is steadily regaining rhythm following a three-month injury layoff, and Mumbai Indians (MI) plan to ease him back into full competition mode&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60760,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60759","post","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60759"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60761,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60759\/revisions\/60761"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}