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BCCI officials miffed at India's handling of Bhuvneshwar

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The "aggravation" of Bhuvneshwar Kumar's lower-back injury during the third ODI has left BCCI officials back in India infuriated. Bhuvneshwar had missed the first two ODIs with a stiff back, but was selected for the series-decider during which he aggravated his condition and was not named in the squad for the first three Tests in England. The selection meeting for the Tests took place the day after India lost the ODI series. Bhuvneshwar bowled seven overs for 49 runs and no wickets in the decider, and also dropped a catch.

An important member of the side, responsible for 42% of the wickets India took in their last Test series in England, Bhuvneshwar has been struggling with a back issue since the start of the IPL where his workload was managed. Even before the IPL, Bhuvneshwar sat out of the Nidahas Trophy and the one-off Test against Afghanistan to manage the injury. Some BCCI officials are incensed that he was risked in an ODI when an important Test series, in which Jasprit Bumrah's participation was also in doubt, was around the corner.

At the toss, Virat Kohli said the decision to bring Bhuvneshwar back for the decider was taken to given him some game time. "Some tactical some because the guys haven't got a game so far," Kohli explained the three changes to the XI. "So Bhuvi and Shardul Thakur come in for Umesh [Yadav] and Sid [Siddarth] Kaul. And KL Rahul misses out. Dinesh Karthik replaces him at No. 4. He has done well at that spot, and we just wanted to have a guy in the middle overs who can be versatile and improvise a little. Yeah Dinesh was tactical, and the other two guys because they haven't got a game yet."

 

The natural question that arises is: if the performance of Umesh and Kaul was not an issue, why did India not let Bhuvneshwar rest and be in his best condition for the Tests? In the previous ODIs the spinners had kept India in the game after rampaging starts by England. At Lord's, where England won, Umesh and Kaul came undone in the death overs against the No. 8 batsman David Willey, who scored the fastest fifty by an England batsman against India. Between them, Umesh and Kaul had bowled 37.5 overs for 254 runs and three wickets.

The BCCI officials are enraged at the management of the injury. They are raising questions. If the same injury has reared up again, why is the yo-yo test, which Bhuvneshwar cleared, the ultimate word on fitness? And once the BCCI press release uses the word "aggravate" and not "resurface", according to one of the officials, the team management is conceding he was not fully fit and was risked for the ODI. The officials want clarity on the part played by physio Patrick Farhart and trainer Shankar Basu in the management of Bhuvneshwar.

 

http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/24130562/bcci-officials-miffed-india-handling-bhuvneshwar

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6 minutes ago, cowboysfan said:

Kohli is an idiot but if Bhuvi cant handle 10 overs with his Back then he surely cant handle a 5 test series,maybe its time to to get his Back seriously examined and surgery may be an  option.

Agreed, but allowing a fast bowler to fully recover should be the first step. If an injury as bad as a back injury is aggravated, then he could be out for months even next couple of tours.

 

Why have so many support staff and crap Yo Yo test without serving any useful purpose?

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1 minute ago, Forever Indian said:

Agreed, but allowing a fast bowler to fully recover should be the first step. If an injury as back as a bad injury is aggravated, then he could be out for months even next couple of tours.

 

Why have so many support staff and crap Yo Yo test without serving any useful purpose?

If he has this problem from IPL then its shocking news,have they even diagnosed what the problem is at this point?

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2 minutes ago, Temujin Khaghan said:

but bhuvi must have the common sense to say that he wants to rest for the test series???

surely bhuvi is not a dolt..

 

Umesh Yadav and Ishant Sharma are like workhorses, you can play them all year and they will still be fit.. like Kapil dev

What the heck is the support staff doing then? Counting notes from the vending machine?

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25 minutes ago, zen said:

It is time to use our specialist properly. Bhuvi should be considered mainly for Tests and T20s. ODIs should have other bowlers 

Bhuvi 2.0 has similar average to bhuvi 1.9,1.8,1.7,....

In a nutshell, he still isn't a wicket taker and that's a big disadvantage in ODIs.

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