Australian all-rounder Cameron Inexperienced has revealed a particular message he obtained from Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah final yr that helped raise his spirits forward of again surgical procedure. The evening earlier than going underneath the knife, Inexperienced obtained an surprising message from his former Mumbai Indians teammate, who was checking in on him. Notably, Bumrah reached out whereas he was in the course of a house Check match in opposition to New Zealand.
Bumrah has confronted his personal struggles with again accidents and had undergone the identical surgical procedure as Inexperienced simply 18 months earlier. The Indian pacer’s health points resurfaced throughout the Border-Gavaskar Trophy earlier this yr, which dominated him out of motion for a number of months.
Cameron Inexperienced on Jasprit Bumrah’s particular message:
Talking to Cricbuzz, Inexperienced mentioned that the message from Bumrah made him realise that he was “doing the appropriate factor” by getting the surgical procedure completed.
“That’s actually particular. And makes you’re feeling loads higher about it. I did not play with him in Mumbai however that was the connection by there. Spent a little bit of time with him there. To get somebody like him to achieve out after which to observe him throughout the summer time, to see how good he’s clearly post-surgery, crammed me with plenty of confidence,” the 26 yr outdated acknowledged.
“The silver lining to having 4 again accidents is I’ve obtained 4 probabilities solely to be a batter. I felt like my recreation’s all the time been good round these intervals. So, that is by no means to remove, I am all the time going to be hold bowling. However you are a lot extra relaxed. Half a recreation to fret about, which is clearly good. Whenever you’re bowling and batting, there’s a lot extra it’s a must to do bowling clever to maintain your self match and able to play. It does take away from batting. So, definitely, simply batting is sweet,” he additional added.
Inexperienced is all set to make a comeback within the Australian taking part in XI on the quantity 3 spot for the Phrase Check Championship Remaining in opposition to South Aftica. He’ll, nevertheless, solely be taking part in as a prime order batter and is unlikely to bowl within the close to future.
