WHAT BUMRAH HAD UNABLE TO DO POST INJURY? WHAT IS EXACTLY AILING HIM?

1) Lack of wicket taking threat.

 Bumrah used to be Kohli's go to man in the powerplay, middle overs and slog overs. Whenever the partnership builds up,Kohli just hand over the ball to Bumrah and he never disappoints. But, we haven't seen him doing it post injury. 

2) Loss of Control.

In the recent series Vs Newzeland, he has missed his line and length many times with the new ball and also with the old ball. Now, this is thing which we haven't seen in Bumrah before injury, he used to have that comtrol over the balls at any phase of the innings. Too many balls  on the leg side and also the same has been seen in Aussies series too. 

3) No Zip off the surface. 

He still has the usual - run up, action, release and wrists. As it sometimes happens when bowler return from serious injuries. It's not a speed issue either. There's still that hunger and passion, but somehow he has lost his fabled zip off the surface. Somehow, the ball doesn't leap off the surface as it used too previously. True that most of the pitches in the series were berefit of lightning pace. But such factors used to hardly ever bother or hinder him. He has made thr ball explode even off the dead surfaces.

4) Misdirected yorkers. 

 Bumrah and Yorkers had a different love story before his injury. He used to considered as one of the best yorker specialists in the world. But, post injury we haven't seen those missle guided yorkers in the recent series, also the lack of execution of yorkers making it easy for the batsman to hit him over the park. Although, he can slower balls,but without the combination of those nasty yorkers , the slower ones also seems to be easiest ones to pick. 

5) Economy Rate. 

 In this series , his ER was 5.56, Bumrah's most in any ODI series. (considering his standards).

Any player who comes after injury, need some game time to bring the confidence back. And playing FC games are the best way to bring that confidence back. I always feel whenever the player recovers from injury he must play some FC games to back to his rhythm rather than playing International matches directly.

Maybe, his body has not yet fully attuned to the rigours of the 50 over format. Hope, he makes the comeback with a bang in Test series vs NWZ. And win the matches for India as he used to do previously.❤

Thanks for reading.