India, Sept. 11 -- Jasprit Bumrah was back in the nets on Thursday as India ramped up preparations for their first T20I against Afghanistan, putting the finishing touches to their plans with an intense session at the Arun Jaitley Stadium that combined fielding drills, match simulations and a substantial bowling workload.

The sight of Bumrah with the ball in hand in the second net was the key takeaway from the session. The India pace spearhead, returning to the India set-up after he was ruled out from the third ODI against England in July with a knee injury and subsequently missed the two Tests against Sri Lanka, began bowling around 7:25pm and remained in the second net until approximately 8:10pm, getting through an extended spell as he ...