All eyes on Jasprit Bumrah as ‘Men in Blue’ sweat it out in Guwahati ahead of Sri Lanka series

Jasprit Bumrah will be cynosure of all eyes during India's first T20 international against Sri Lanka in the year 2020 where its namesake global meet will gain precedence over everything for the 'Men In Blue'. Out for four months with a back stress fracture, the 26-year-old Bumrah is that precious diamond in this Indian set-up, which had been wrapped in cotton wool during the rehabilitation period. (Source: PTI)

Bumrah was even exempted from playing domestic first-class cricket for Gujarat after intervention from BCCI president Sourav Ganguly, keeping in mind the workload he will have to take post international comeback. (Source: PTI)

This is India's first series of the year 2020 and the Men in Blue will take on Australia after this. (Source: PTI)

It all starts here at the Barsapara Stadium on Sunday as the biggest city in Assam is slowly getting back to normalcy after protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). (Source: PTI)

Washington Sundar is still work in progress and he would like to put up performances that can ensure that only one among Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal can be picked in playing XI at any given point of time. (Source: PTI)

If 2019 was all about focussing on 50-over format, the current year will witness the Indian team playing close to 15 games before their T20 World Cup campaign starts against South Africa in Perth in October. (Source: PTI)

The Indian team would be checking out how the likes Navdeep Saini and Shardul Thakur react to pressure situations in death overs alongside Bumrah in the absence of frontline speedsters Mohammed Shami (rested), Deepak Chahar (stress fracture) and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (sports hernia). (Source: PTI)

There are slots to be locked and till Indian Premier League ends, a clearer picture is unlikely to emerge. But that won't stop head coach Ravi Shastri and skipper Virat Kohli to set the ball rolling in this current series. (Source: PTI)

India lost their only T20 match against Australia on October 10, 2017, which was further marred by stone-pelting on the team bus on post-match return to hotel. It's time for Kohli's men to rewrite their poor record here. (Source: PTI