Team India and Shubman Gill are crossing their fingers after pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah injured himself on Day 3 of the ongoing fourth Test between India and England at Manchester's Old Trafford cricket stadium on Friday.

Bumrah's absence from bowling after only one over with the second new ball raised suspicions that something was wrong with him. Mohammed Siraj and Anshul Kamboj continued play, with Bumrah absent from the field.

After much delay and speculation, the camera captured Bumrah sitting just behind the boundary boards with the rest of his teammates, with a small grimace on his face.

Later, a video went viral on social media, showing Bumrah limping up the stairs to the pavilion of the Old Trafford ground as the India physio was supporting him. Seemingly, the pacer had twisted his left ankle on the way back down the steps. The pacer didn't seem to be having any serious issues, but he did seem to be in pain.

Meanwhile, the host broadcaster shared a shocking stat about Jasprit Bumrah: the pacer had yet to bowl a delivery beyond 140 kph till teatime on the third day of the fourth Test. Consequently, out of all the games he played in the series, his average speed of 134.3 kph was also the lowest.

During his time as an on-air commentator, Nasser Hussain and Ravi Shastri both disclosed that this was the cause of his inability to bowl during a certain section of play on the third day. He had to go off again very immediately after getting back on, which meant that Bumrah couldn't bowl for a while.

"He definitely doesn’t look comfortable; that is his landing foot. If he has his ankle strapped, he probably needs a bigger boot size there. Also, what I am hearing now is that although he is out on the field, Bumrah will not be allowed to bowl till after tea. Now that's another big problem, which means India will have to look at spin pretty quickly, and that too is Washington Sundar,” Shastri said on commentary.

Ricky Ponting, also on commentary at the time, continued the chat, "He changed his boots as well. I noticed that when he did bowl that one over, he had a pair of boots that were blue and white, very different from what I see here."

Given that Bumrah is now playing consecutive Tests, something the BCCI medical staff had advised against during the rehab plans in May of this year, his fitness is already being questioned.

However, the team management chose to take a chance on Bumrah in this match because of the eight-day interval between the third and fourth tests and the fact that India was behind 1-2 in the series.