Bumrah won't relax in nets despite bruising team mate Shankar


  • Cricket
  • Thursday, 20 Jun 2019

FILE PHOTO: Cricket - ICC Cricket World Cup - India v Australia - The Oval, London, Britain - June 9, 2019 India's Jasprit Bumrah in action Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers

SOUTHAMPTON, England (Reuters) - Indian paceman Jasprit Bumrah takes his net sessions seriously and said he had no plans to drop his intensity during practice, even after injuring team mate Vijay Shankar.

Bumrah's yorker during Wednesday's session at the Hampshire Bowl left Shankar with a bruised toe, and the all-rounder skipped the nets on Thursday.

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