Bumrah is quality and knows his body: McGrath

EVEN as debates over whether or not Jasprit Bumrah should have played the fifth and final Test against England, former Australia pacer Glenn McGrath felt that the player knows how much workload they can take and should manage accordingly.

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McGrath, as Director of the MRF Pace Foundation, along with chief coach M Senthilnathan, is in the city to coach budding cricketers from India. When asked about Bumrah playing just three of the five Tests, McGrath said, "Oh, it's a tough one, isn't it? We saw in Australia where he was, you know, when he played, it was tight. It was a close game. You know, he's a match winner. There's no doubt about that. You want him to play as often as he can. But, unfortunately, in Australia, fourth Test, he had played back-to-back, then in the fifth and then there were injury concerns. So, yeah, it's a tough one. A lot of it depends on the captain, on the hierarchy, as well as probably more so on him, what he feels he can do. A player knows best how