Bumrah has not played since he walked off for scans on the second afternoon of the New Year's Test in Sydney this year. What was reported as back spasms then turned to be a stress-related injury ...

And that, Bond highlighted, would be his primary concern for Bumrah too, considering India will travel to England to play five-Test series in June barely a month after the IPL ends on May 25.

Bond said that India should not give Bumrah the workload he endured on the Australia tour, bowling a total of 151.2 overs, including 52 during the fourth Test, a Boxing Day game at Melbourne ...