As per a report in Times of India, Dravid told Bumrah that as he had his own set of specialists for his treatment and recovery and ignored the help of NCA throughout his rehab, it would be difficult for the NCA to conduct his test now, as if the injury resurfaces in the future, NCA will be blamed for giving him the fitness clearance.
Dravid has, thus, asked India’s assistant trainer Yogesh Parmar to not send Team India’s trainer Nick Webb to Bangalore for conducting Bumrah’s test at the NCA.
“They have told him, ‘you’re fine. So there’s no need of a fitness test. You should go and seek it from the specialists you’ve been working with because they’re the people who have been testing you and know your fitness status the best,” a source was quoted as saying.
Last week, Bhuvneshwar Kumar was cleared to play the ODIs and the T20Is against West Indies, but broke down after just two games after he complained that his groin injury had resurfaced. He had been cleared of all injuries, however, with the hernia resurfacing questions have once again been asked about the specialists at the NCA.