“I don’t think he will play all the games” - AB de Villiers on Jasprit Bumrah ahead of Asia Cup 2025

Former South African batter and cricketing analyst AB de Villiers has stated that Jasprit Bumrah might not play all the games in the forthcoming Asia Cup 2025 campaign, scheduled to take place in the United Arab Emirates.

Speaking exclusively on his YouTube channel, AB has stated that it’s great to see Bumrah fit and ready to go for the eight-team showpiece event, adding that it’s good to see selectors being proactive in Bumrah’s case.

“Great to see him (Bumrah) in the squad, fit and ready to go. I don’t think he will play all the games. I saw reports saying he will be earmarked for the games that matter, and I love that about the selectors being proactive. That’s how you should be managing your senior and most impactful players,” AB de Villiers said on his YouTube channel.

It’s important to note that the Indian chief selector Ajit Agarkar had informed the media ahead of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy that the Indian pace spearhead Bumrah would take part in only three out of five Tests. Eventually, Bumrah played only three Tests, citing workload management, which didn’t go down well with many Indian cricket fans.

“It’s not like they are picking and choosing. So much cricket these days that for your older guys, over age 30, their work has taken its toll over the years. Some selectors understand it, and some don’t. And once you start managing these players, you will get the best out of them, and I love it that they’ve started doing that with Jasprit Bumrah,” he added.

India’s squad for Asia Cup: Surya Kumar Yadav (C), Shubman Gill (VC), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson (WK), Harshit Rana, Rinku Singh.

Standby players: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Prasidh Krishna, Washington Sundar, Riyan Parag and Dhruv Jurel.

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