Mostly I am never in favour of an unfit player or a less than 100% player to be play a game. But considering how this tour has gone by, don't think anyone is 100% fit. Considering India will be okay with Bumrah in India, I feel the call to play him should be left with him only.
If he feels to confident to take the load and is 60-70% percent fit, think the Team Management should back him. But this is such a tough call really. The team has done all the hard work to reach here despite all the injuries and whatever call they take, they will face criticism
If Bumrah plays and aggravates his injury, which will also mean that India don't win, the criticism will be huge, and T20 fanatics will lose it too. But if he doesn't play and lose by a fan margin, the questions will still be asked that should the team have risked playing him?
For the first time probably I feel for Shastri the coach here. Whatever call he takes along with Rahane, he will get criticised.
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