New Delhi, June 9 -- Australian all-rounder Cameron Green has revealed a special message he received from Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah last year that helped lift his spirits ahead of back surgery. The night before going under the knife, Green received an unexpected message from his former Mumbai Indians teammate, who was checking in on him. Notably, Bumrah reached out while he was in the middle of a home Test match against New Zealand.

Bumrah has faced his own struggles with back injuries and had undergone the same surgery as Green just 18 months earlier. The Indian pacer's fitness issues resurfaced during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy earlier this year, which ruled him out of action for a few months.

Speaking to Cricbuzz, Green said that t...