Here's the reason behind Jasprit Bumrah's omission from the first T20I vs South Africa

In a major piece of news, senior Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah is not playing in the ongoing first of the three-match T20I series against South Africa. The 28-year-old complained of back pain during the net-practice session in India earlier on Tuesday. Keeping that in mind, the medical team of BCCI will assess him to figure out if he would be available for the next match or not.

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The update regarding Bumrah’s exclusion has been given through the official Twitter handle of the Indian cricket board.

“🚨 UPDATE 🚨Jasprit Bumrah complained of back pain during India's practice session on Tuesday. The BCCI Medical Team assessed him. He is ruled out of the first #INDvSA T20I. #TeamIndia” reads the tweet of the Indian cricket board ahead of the start of the first T20I of the three-match series.

Here’s the official tweet from the Indian cricket board:

🚨 UPDATE 🚨



Jasprit Bumrah complained of back pain during India's practice session on Tuesday. The BCCI Medical Team assessed him. He is ruled out of the first #INDvSA T20I.#TeamIndia

— BCCI (@BCCI) September 28, 2022

Speaking of the surprising lineup of the Indian playing XI for the curtain raiser of the T20I series against South Africa, then the management has opted to include both Dinesh Karthik and Rishabh Pant together. Other than that, the senior and legendary off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin will also be in action during this match against South Africa.

The top-order of the men in blue will look the same including the likes of skipper Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul to open the innings. It will be followed by the senior batter Virat Kohli at number three and star striker Suryakumar Yadav at number four.

Looking at the bowling attack of the hosts, then they are playing with three pacers in the form of Arshdeep Singh, Deepak Chahar, and Harshal Patel. Whereas senior all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin will be there in the role of a specialist spinner alongside Axar Patel. Notably, Axar was awarded player of the series for his stellar bowling performances in the recently-concluded T20I series against Australia.