{"id":199053,"date":"2026-08-02T03:13:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T08:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=199053"},"modified":"2026-08-02T03:13:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T08:43:40","slug":"bumrah-to-miss-sri-lanka-test-series-due-to-injury-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=199053","title":{"rendered":"Bumrah to miss Sri Lanka Test series due to injury \u2014 reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71297363\">Indian pace ace Jasprit Bumrah is likely to miss the two-Test series against Sri Lanka starting August 15 due to injury.<\/p>\n<p>The development comes just days after an earlier report stating that the BCCI Centre of Excellence had given him the go-ahead to participate in the away Test series.<\/p>\n<p>A report in Timesofindia.com stated that the pacer continues to feel pain in his left knee, which may <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/news\/exclusive-jasprit-bumrah-ruled-out-of-sri-lanka-test-series\/articleshow\/132802698.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">rule him out of the upcoming two matches<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Test series against the islanders will get underway on August 15 in Galle, and the second match will be played in Colombo from August 23.<\/p>\n<p>India needs to win seven of its remaining nine Tests of this World Test Championship cycle to remain in contention for a place in the final.<\/p>\n<p>If his absence is confirmed, Bumrah will join the likes of Harshit Rana and Nitish Kumar Reddy, who have already been ruled out of the series. .<\/p>\n<p>Spinner Washington Sundar will also miss the first Test but will return in time for the contest in Colombo. Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj and Gurnoor Brar are the other pace-bowling options in the squad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Aug 02, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/jasprit-bumrah-injury-sri-lanka-test-series-bcci-coe-clearance-news\/article71297363.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian pace ace Jasprit Bumrah is likely to miss the two-Test series against Sri Lanka starting August 15 due to injury. The development comes just days after an earlier report stating that the BCCI Centre of Excellence had given him the go-ahead to participate in the away Test series. A report in Timesofindia.com stated that&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":199054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/055SA.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":198877,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=198877","url_meta":{"origin":199053,"position":0},"title":"Jasprit Bumrah cleared to play in Sri Lanka Test series \u2014 reports","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"July 31, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"India pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah has been cleared to play next month\u2019s two-Test series against Sri Lanka by the BCCI\u2019s Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru. 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