Jasprit Bumrah bowls full throttle at India nets

New Delhi: All worries over Jasprit Bumrah's fitness that arose from the asterisk put against his name at the initial announcement of the Indian cricket team for the Afghanistan series and Asian Games were put to rest as the 32 year old pace bowler delivered an extended spell of bowling during practice on Friday evening. Bumrah is returning from an injury.

The Indian team came out in full strength on Friday evening after only about 10 players turned up for optional practice on Thursday evening.

Bumrah bowled for around 45 minutes -- from 7.35 pm to 8.10 pm at full throttle as he honed in on the length deliveries he is known for. Among the deliveries that caught the eye was one that went past Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's outside edge. The ball rose and left the batsman bamboozled. That delivery apart, Sooryavanshi dealt India's premier pace bowler with quite conviction.

Bumrah is returning to the set-up after almost a two-month layoff. He last represented India on July 16 during India's tour of the United Kingdom when he picked 1/45 during the ODI against England at Cardiff.

Tilak Verma, Ishan Kishan, Axar Patel, Shuvam Dube, Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson too had a stint with the bat at the two pitches on either end of the square that were used.

Arshdeep Singh, Dube also had a bowl at the nets.

Among the Delhi pacers called up to the nets, Navdeep Saini, Pradyuman Sanan and Aman Chaudhary -- the Delhi bowlers -- bowled at the India batsmen at the nets.

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