Bumrah played three of five Tests on the tour of England to manage his workload.
Bumrah turned up in the first, third and fourth games and was rested for the second Test, which India won by 336 runs at Edgbaston.
Despite India being down 1-2, the No.1-ranked Test bowler didn’t feature in the series-decider at The Oval, where the visitors emerged victorious by a narrow margin of six runs to level the series 2-2.
Amid the criticism, former BCCI chief selector Chetan Sharma has backed Bumrah, saying that players should go by the physios' advice as they are the "better judges".
Sharma, himself a former pace bowler, went on to say that it was similar to a patient having to follow the doctor's advice.
"If the medical team advises, if the doctor tells me that I have to take antibiotics, then I have to consume them.
"If our physios is telling a player to manage workload, I think we should listen to them because they are the better judges," said Sharma on the sidelines of the country's public service broadcaster Prasar Bharati signing a deal with London-based cricket analytics company CricViz on Monday for the telecast of 104 episodes of "The Great Indian Cricket Show" on Doordarshan.
Sharma expressed pride in the India team's performance on the tour of England and sounded confident that it will win the 2025 Asia Cup, slated to be held in UAE from September 9 to September 28.
"I know that whoever is selected will be the best for the country. And the kind of cricket we are playing right now, I'm really proud with the way India played in England.
"And I'm very confident that we are definitely going to win the Asia Cup (to be played in T20 format) because soon after that we are playing the T20 World Cup (in 2026) in India.
"It's a very big thing when you are playing (the World Cup) in you own backyard. If the intent is right, the results will also be good," he remarked.
On whether Shubman Gill, who smashed four centuries in his maiden Test assignment as captain against England, should be included in the Asia Cup squad, Sharma said India should select its best possible side for the continental event.
"Look, that is up to the selectors what they see. My opinion does not matter because I am no longer the chairman (of selectors), so I will only say that the best possible team should be selected.
"We have such good cricketers that not just the top-15 but even if the top-30 are selected, they are all very good. Really proud of them," he added.
(With PTI Inputs)