Jasprit Bumrah

In a straight pace-for-pace swap, veteran quick Mohammad Shami and Deepak Chahar in the reserves and Mohammed Siraj as a third option outside the two could replace the 28-year-old Bumrah in the squad. With the kind of experience Shami has == he last played a T20I in 2021 at the T20 World Cup in the UAE -- experts believe India shouldn't look beyond the stalwart, though his career economy rate of 9.54 goes against him.

He is the second senior India player to miss out on the T20 World Cup with an injury after Ravindra Jadeja, who is recovering from knee surgery. The 28-year-old Bumrah had picked up a back injury earlier last month, which had ruled him out of the Asia Cup. He returned for the three-match T20I Series against Australia, which India won 2-1, and picked up a wicket in two matches.

India head coach Rahul Dravid had said recently that the injured Bumrah is in the National Cricket Academy (NCA) and the team management is waiting for official confirmation on the next steps, adding that till the time the pacer is not officially ruled out of the T20 World Cup, they will always be hopeful.

The 28-year-old was rushed to the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru from Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday to undergo scans on his back after being ruled out of the ongoing three-match T20I series against South Africa. It has been learnt that Bumrah went for scans and the assessment is underway at the NCA.

Earlier, before the first T20I between India and South Africa at Thiruvananthapuram, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had said that Bumrah was ruled out of Wednesday's match after complaining of back pain during practice session on Tuesday. "Jasprit Bumrah complained of back pain during India's practice session on Tuesday.

Bumrah took wickets of Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Liam Livingstone, Brydon Carse, and David Willey. None of the English batsmen were able to withstand quality bowling by Indian fast bowlers. England were all-out for 110 runs and this was England's lowest total against India in ODI cricket. Mohammed Shami (3/31) and Prasidh Krishna (1/26) supported Bumrah.

Bumrah, who has been No. 1 in T20Is in the past and is currently at a career-best third position in Tests, is only the second Indian pacer after Kapil Dev to be No. 1 in the ODI rankings. Maninder Singh, Anil Kumble and Ravindra Jadeja are the other India bowlers to have attained top ranking. Bumrah, who has been No. 1 in T20Is in the past and is currently at a career-best third position in Tests, is only the second Indian pacer after Kapil Dev to be No. 1 in the ODI rankings.

Bumrah came up with a sterling performance on The Kennington Oval pitch assisting swing in the opening One-day International against England, notching up his best bowling figures of 6/19 as India thrashed England by 10 wickets to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.

With the conditions helping the bowlers, Bumrah came up with one of the most devastating spells by an Indian bowler, claiming 6/19 as England were bundled out for 110. Skipper Rohit Sharma (76 not out) and fellow opener Shikhar Dhawan (31 not out) raced to 114 for no loss in 18.4 overs as India crushed England by 10 wickets to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.

The all-rounder also indicated that the Jasprit Bumrah-led side was quite clueless in the sense that they did not know what they had to do batting in the second innings after taking a handsome first-innings lead. "Look at how teams will be viewing us at the moment, that third innings now has become a fourth innings, because they have to concentrate on how we're going to play, and they're worried about that," Stokes said following the seven-wicket victory.