If India have to qualify for the WTC then Jasprit Bumrah, being the premier fast bowler in the game, has to play in the four Tests that India have lined up between early October and late November

India pacer Jasprit Bumrah. PIC/GETTY IMAGES

There are some sportspersons from other fields who have a complaint that cricket gets more attention than their sports. They are right as often they don’t get the front pages when they have performed exceptionally well in their events at the national or international arenas. That this happens is no fault of the cricketers themselves, for there are times when they would dearly want nothing to be mentioned about them or their game. 

There are some sportspersons from other fields who have a complaint that cricket gets more attention than their sports. They are right as often they don’t get the front pages when they have performed exceptionally well in their events at the national or international arenas. That this happens is no fault of the cricketers themselves, for there are times when they would dearly want nothing to be mentioned about them or their game. 

Right now, for instance, after one of the most exciting Test Match series in England, they would want to just rest their bodies and........

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