Kieron pollard lifts injured bumrah in welcome gesture..!?

The news of bumrah rejoining the team in the 2025 IPL series was released yesterday, delighting mumbai Indians fans. But fans were shocked after watching the video released by the mumbai Indians team about it. Fans expressed their fear that an action by mumbai Indians batting coach kieron pollard may have caused bumrah to get injured again. bumrah got injured at the end of the 2024-25 Australian Test series. He was out for about 4 months due to a back injury. He did not play for mumbai Indians in the first four matches of the 2025 IPL series. The bcci has now allowed bumrah to play in the IPL series. In this situation, bumrah trained with the mumbai Indians team yesterday. At that time, the mumbai Indians players were standing around to welcome him. At that time, batting coach kieron pollard welcomed bumrah and lifted him by saying "Welcome Mufasa". In the movie lion King, they would lift the lion who is born as a prince and show it to everyone in the same way. pollard did something similar. He lifted bumrah to indicate that he is the prince of the mumbai Indians team. However, bumrah has already suffered a back injury and has only now returned to the team. Fans had pointed out that if he was lifted at such an unexpected time, there was a possibility of some injury.
Because bumrah did not expect what pollard did. Some have also commented that bumrah felt uncomfortable. Some have even said sarcastically that pollard is trying to send bumrah back to retirement. As mumbai Indians are set to play against royal challengers Bangalore today, there is an expectation that bumrah will play in it.
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Sowmiya Sriram

07/04/2025 12:14 PM