Overview

• Jasprit Bumrah responded on X to Mohammad Kaif’s critique with the message, “Inaccurate before inaccurate again.”
• Kaif had suggested Bumrah’s three-over powerplay spells signaled fitness conservation and warned the pattern “could hurt India.”
• After Bumrah’s rebuttal, Kaif called his post a cricketing observation from a well-wisher and hailed Bumrah as Indian cricket’s biggest match-winner.
• India’s captain and head coach have previously said the powerplay usage was planned tactically rather than driven by fitness concerns.
• Bumrah has had mixed Asia Cup returns and is also picked for the West Indies Tests, with his availability in question because the first Test starts three days after the Asia Cup final.