Heard a lot of question marks over my career: Jasprit Bumrah

India would be delighted to call on the services of Jasprit Bumrah after the pacer has been sidelined for months due to a back injury. He is now India's leading wicket-taker in the tournament with 14 scalps in six games at an economy rate of under four.

During his time off the field, Bumrah said he had heard many speculations floating around in the media about how his career might be over.

"My wife [the TV sports presenter Sanjana Ganesan] also works in the sports-media department. So yeah, I heard a lot of question marks on my career that I will never come back and all of that, but it doesn't really matter. I'm very happy," Bumrah told Sky Sports. 

"I came back, and I realised how much I love playing the game. I was not chasing anything. Great headspace was there when I came back from the injury. So yeah, eventually, I'm looking at the positives and trying to enjoy as much as you can."

Bumrah picked up three wickets against England in Lucknow as India defended 229 to go and win the game by 100 runs. India batted first for the first time in the World Cup, and Bumrah is delighted they got the opportunity to do that and come out with the two points.

"It was a good challenge for us that we were put under pressure. We lost a little bit of early wickets. We had to squeeze in, and in the field as well, we had to put in a lot of effort. So yeah, very happy with the result. It was really good for us because we've been fielding first, and we've been doing that for a while now. Because [India chased] in the previous series as well, which I played," Bumrah said.

"Usually, when you bowl with the new ball, you first search for swing if there is some swing. Otherwise, you just try and hit a hard length and make it as difficult as possible. So there was a little bit of swing, but not too much from my end. Then I tried to seam the ball a lot more, which was helping a little bit. So then I changed to seam bowling."

India have won all their six games so far and already have one foot in the semi-final. They could seal the deal if they beat Sri Lanka, who they play in Mumbai on Thursday (November 2).