Overview

• Balvinder Singh Sandhu reports that Jasprit Bumrah averaged only 3.2 rest days per playing day over seven years, logging 807 match-days and 2,220.3 overs.
• Comparable tallies for India’s other frontline pacers include Mohammed Siraj at 731 playing days with 1,764.2 overs and Mohammed Shami at 683 days with 1,652 overs.
• Sandhu notes the dataset omits travel, domestic games and practice days, indicating the true workload is higher than the published figures suggest.
• He argues Bumrah’s shorter run-up forces pace generation through strength, increasing wear and tear, citing research that about 40% of speed derives from run-up momentum.
• Bumrah has been named in India’s Asia Cup squad for September, setting up his return to T20Is.