Bumrah struggling with back spasm in fifth Test

India might be without captain Jasprit Bumrah for the remainder of the fifth test against Australia after he left the Sydney Cricket Ground for scans on a back problem on day two on Saturday.

- Agencies

SYDNEY:

The fast bowler, who has been by far the most influential player in the five-match series, left the ground with the India team doctor about an hour after the lunch break. "He had a back spasm," his teammate Prasidh Krishna told reporters after play.

"He went for scans and the medical team is monitoring him, so we'll know whenever the medical team gets back to us.