Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah said after his second defeat in the T20 World Cup that during the COVID-19 pandemic, India is struggling to get rid of “bubble fatigue” and players have felt it for six months. Impact on the road. After losing to New Zealand by eight wickets in the Super 12 stage on Sunday, India ranked fifth in Group 2.
Even winning the remaining three games may not be enough to get a place in the semifinals. Since the start of the Indian Premier League (IPL) season in April, the players have been on the road. The testing team also visited England before resuming the IPL affected by COVID-19 in the United Arab Emirates in September.
When asked whether the team felt tired after the IPL season that ended a week before the T20 World Cup, Bumrah told reporters: “Of course, sometimes you need to rest. You miss your family. You have been on the road for six months. “So all of this sometimes plays a role in your mind. But when you’re on the court, you don’t think of all these things… Obviously staying in the bubble and being away from your family for so long does work. It worked. “BCCI has also tried its best to make us feel comfortable…this is a difficult time.
A pandemic is happening, so we try to adapt, but sometimes foam fatigue, mental fatigue will spread.” India in four games In the 11th place in 48 against New Zealand, Bumrah said that the batting unit tried to score quickly because they believed that the dew would be a factor in the pitcher’s pursuit. “We tried to give us some cushion. We wanted to get extra runs, which could give us an advantage in the second game,” Bumrah said.
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