Steyn explodes Gautam Gambir for having spread the `madness’ ‘by leaving aside Jasprit Bumrah:` `It’s like Portugal Resting Ronaldo’
July 03, 2025 08:17
India replaced Jasprit Bumrah with Akash deep in the programming, which was among the three changes they made for the match.
On Wednesday, the former fast launcher of South Africa, Dale Steyn, was unleashed in the management of the Indian team, including Captain Shubman Gill and head coach Gautam Gambhir, so as not to have played Jasprit Bumrah during the second test match against England in Birmingham. India replaced Bumrah with Akash deep in the programming, which was among the three changes they made for the match.
Steyn could not wrap his head as India chose to rest Bumrah for the Edgbaston test, saying that it was similar to Portugal Benching Cristiano Ronaldo.
“So, Portugal has the best striker in Ronaldo’s world and they have chosen not to play it. It’s madness. It is as if India has Bumrah and chooses not to play, Umm, him … Wait, Oh, no, what! Shit, I’m confused,” Tweety Steyn.
Why was Jasprit Bumrah not chosen for the 2nd test?
If one thing was clear on the Indian team on tour in England, it is because Bumrah would only play three test games in order to manage its workload. The decision made after a strict advice from the BCCI medical team, as revealed by the chief selector Ajit Agarkar when the squad announced in May.
With India down 0-1 in the test series after the defeat in Leeds, the experts urged management not to rest Bumrah for the second match in Birmingham, especially after the 31-year-old recovered a five gates during the first rounds of the opening match in the middle of a non-presentation of his colleagues. But Gambhir and Gill do not pay any attention to the call by announcing that Bumrah warms the bench during the EDGbaston test.
“Just to manage his workload. We had a good break and this is an important match for us. But the third test being at Lord’s, we think there will be more in this field, so we will use it there,” said Gill during the draw.
India finished day 1 in the second test at 310 for five after the captain marked a second consecutive tonne in the series.
