India's fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah and Indian women's cricket star batter Smriti Mandhana has won the prestigious Wisden Almanack Cricketer of the Year award on Friday. Both these cricketers are among the five winners who have received this award.
Other winners in Asia are Fakhar Zaman of Pakistan, Dimuth Karunaratne of Sri Lanka and Rashid Khan of Afghanistan. The seventh edition of the annual cricket publication for 2019 and 2020. Mandhana is the third woman to be named as Cricketer of the Year after Mithali Raj and Deepti Sharma.
In addition, Gundappa Vishwanath and Lala Amarnath have been inducted into the Wisden India Hall of Fame. While the book was written by Prashant Kidambi, 'Cricket Country: The Untold History of the First All India Team' has been declared Wisden India Book of the Year.
Bumrah has also ruled out of the Test and T20 series against India and Bangladesh due to this injury. Bumrah is unlikely to return soon, but the good thing is that he will not have to undergo surgery.
Sources familiar with the development said the doctor in the UK was happy with Bumrah's recovery, so the injury was put on auto-heal mode and no surgery was required. It is believed that Bumrah may return for India's tour of New Zealand.
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