India, Oct. 1 -- Skipper Shubman Gill has stated that the team management has not pre-decided whether Jasprit Bumrah will play both Tests against West Indies. This suggests that the approach to managing his workload has changed since the England tour. A couple of months back, when India announced the squad for the England Tests, head coach Gautam Gambhir and skipper Shubman announced that Bumrah would play only three Tests on that tour. The management and the pacer got the backlash after he missed the fifth Test on the tour with the series on the line due to workload management.

Gill explained that Bumrah's participation in the upcoming West Indies Tests will be decided match by match. The captain emphasised that no decisions are pre-set...