Here’s why Gautam Gambhir refused to give updates on Jasprit Bumrah’s fitness

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khelja|13-02-2025

Indian head coach Gautam Gambhir said that he is not going to give the media updates about Jasprit Bumrah's fitness after the conclusion of the One Day International (ODI) series against England in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.

He entrusted the National Cricket Academy (NCA) to carry out those duties, since they are the key decision makers in this domain of the game.

"Obviously (Bumrah) he has been ruled out. But all the details I can't give you because it's up to the medical team to talk about that how long is he going to be out for and stuff because it's the medical team that decides at NCA," he said.

India secured a 142-run victory against the visitors to round off a 3-0 series win and Gambhir opened up on the team's mentality behind this triumph. He asserted that they did not treat the third match like a dead rubber and instead went all out for the triumph, in what was the team's final ODI before the commencement of the Champions Trophy next month.

"We could have easily seen this game as a dead rubber, but the important thing was that we wanted to try and put ourselves under pressure, we wanted to try and play this game as a must-win game and guys actually turned up like that."

Shubman Gill stars in final ODI

Shubman Gill led the way with a fluent 112 while Virat Kohli (52) and Shreyas Iyer (78) also cashed in on ideal conditions in their last outing before the Champions Trophy, helping India set a 357-run target for England.

Gill anchored India's innings en route to his seventh ODI ton - 112 off 104 balls (14x4s, 3x6s) which also took his average past 60 in the format - while putting on two century stands with Kohli and Iyer to consolidate for India, who finished at 356 all-out.

The India vice-captain Gill also achieved the unique feat of scoring a century each across the three international formats at the same venue. Gill, meanwhile, has also scored an IPL hundred at the Narendra Modi Stadium.

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