It came as a surprise when Umesh Yadav made his return to white-ball cricket after 3 and half years. With Shami unavailable due to COVID, Umesh Yadav got the surprise call. Many couldn’t understand the thought process behind bringing back Umesh Yadav after so long when he is not in the scheme of things.
However, Rohit Sharma has a clear and proper answer. When asked the same in the pre-match press conference ahead of the first T20I against Australia, Rohit Sharma said, “I’ll give you a proper reason,” he started with.
“There were a few options actually. A few of them like Prasidh Krishna and Avesh Khan in injured. Avesh still needs some time to recover. Siraj is playing in the county and it would be unfair from his point of view to call him just for a match or two. Shami has an unfortunate incident happened. We saw how Umesh played in the IPL. He swings the new ball up front. So yeah, that was the thought.. pretty simple actually,” he reasoned.
