I know fake news is easy to spread: Jasprit Bumrah quashes reports of him needing bed rest

Star India pacer Jasprit Bumrah on Wednesday took to social media platform X to quash reports of him being advised bed rest due to the back injury he sustained during the five-match Test series against Australia.

According to the report that Bumrah questioned, the pacer was advised bed rest at home and was urged to not push for a quick return to competitive cricket. The original tweet from a content aggregator on X was deleted after Bumrah’s reaction with a quote tweet.

Reacting to the original post, he wrote: “I know fake news is easy to spread but this made me laugh. Sources unreliable.”

Bumrah’s injury concerns had forced the BCCI to defer the announcement of the 15-member squad for the Champions Trophy by a week. Though the deadline for announcing squads for the Champions Trophy is Sunday, the BCCI has sought an extension.

In Australia, Bumrah bowled 151.2 overs in five Test matches with an average of 13.06 and a strike rate of 28.3. He was the Player of the Tournament for his 32 wickets. He was also the stand-in captain for the first Test in Perth as Rohit Sharma skipped the match. The pacer also captained the side for the final Test in Sydney when Rohit decided to sit out. He was injured after bowling 10 overs in the first innings of the final Test and did not take the field in the second innings and also visited the hospital for scans midway through the match.