"How BCCI is agreeing..."- Former World Cup winner slams Jasprit Bumrah's special treatment during ENG vs IND 2025 Test series

Despite being the number one bowler of the longest format, Jasprit Bumrah didn’t feature in all five Tests of the five-match series in England during the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy 2025. The fifth fixture of the trip was a do-or-die. However, he still didn’t play the game as the head coach, Gautam Gambhir, reckoned that the Ahmedabad-born would only play three Tests of the series.

Bumrah played the first game of the series at Leeds before taking a break at Edgbaston. Due to the nine-day break between the second and third affairs, the right-arm pacer played the third game at Lord’s before featuring in the fourth red-ball clash at Old Trafford in Manchester. But he didn’t play the fifth and final game at Kennington Oval, as the former wicket-keeper batter, Sandeep Patil, slammed the decision.

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“I wonder how the BCCI is agreeing to all this. Is the physio more important than the captain, than the head coach? What about selectors? Are we to expect that the physio will be sitting in selection committee meetings now? Will he decide?” Sandip expressed on Mid-day.

Sandeep Patil calls workload management ‘nonsense’ regarding Jasprit Bumrah

A few days ago, the former Indian captain, Sunil Gavaskar, also criticized the decision and showed their frustration over the workload management. Patil claimed it was nonsense, claiming that the modern-day players are much more well-equipped than they were in the past.

“When you are picked for your country, you die for your country. You are a warrior. I have seen Sunil Gavaskar bat on all five days of a match, I’ve seen Kapil Dev bowl on most days of a Test match, and even bowl to us in the nets. They never asked for breaks, never complained, and their careers extended to 16-plus years. I didn’t miss the next Test after my head injury in Australia in 1981.” Patil noted.

“Workload management is nonsense. You are either fit or unfit, and that’s how we [his selection committee] picked teams. We did not entertain this workload business. Modern-day players have all the facilities. We did not have such rehab programmed in our playing days. At times, we carried on playing despite injuries. Let’s just say we were happy playing for the country… no Natak.” The veteran, Sandeep Patil, concluded during the interaction.