Jasprit Bumrah likely to fly to New Zealand for back surgery: Report | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Out of action for the last five months with a back injury, India pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah is likely to fly to New Zealand for surgery.
A report in Cricbuzz stated that the BCCI medical team has zeroed in on a surgeon named Rowan Schouten — who had worked on England pacer Jofra Archer — and arrangements are being made to fly Bumrah to Auckland at the earliest for the surgery.
Schouten, in the past, had worked with renowned orthopedic surgeon Grahame Inglis, who had operated upon a few New Zealand players, including Shane Bond — the bowling coach of Mumbai Indians, who is likely to have suggested Schouten’s name.

The report further said that Schouten had also assisted Inglis in the surgery of Australian pacer James Pattinson while he also handled Ben Dwarshuis and Jason Behrendorff’s surgery, who had also struggled with back issues.
The recovery time for Bumrah is somewhere between 20 and 24 weeks, which means he will miss the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 and the final of the World Test Championship (WTC) in London, should India qualify.

Bumrah last played for India in a T20I against Australia, on September 25 2022 and missed the Asia Cup and T20 World Cup due to the injury.
The current priority of the BCCI management is to get Bumrah ready for the World Cup in October-November.
(With inputs from IANS)