Jasprit Bumrah showed no signs of rustiness as he went full tilt at Rishabh Pant during India’s optional practice on the eve of the second ODI against West Indies in Visakhapatnam on Tuesday.

However, Prithvi Shaw, who was also present, looked far from being fit for international cricket during his session with trainer Nick Webb.

Bumrah has been sidelined with a stress fracture of the lower back and is expected to be available for the New Zealand tour next year while Shaw, after serving his eight-month doping ban, has already made a successful comeback for Mumbai in domestic cricket.

It won’t come as surprise if Bumrah is brought back into the team for next month’s ODI series against Australia.

It was learnt that his stint at nets on Tuesday has pleased the team management. However, they do not want to rush him for the series against Sri Lanka in the first week of January.

India play Australia in the first ODI at the Wankhede on January 14.

The Indian team management, as part of its policy, wanted to have “a word” with both players while checking their fitness levels.

After the training session, it looked like re-induction of a proven match-winner like Bumrah was just a matter of time.

Donning the Indian team’s training jersey, Bumrah bowled for close to an hour to Pant, Manish Pandey and Mayank Agarwal at nets.

There was no Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul during the optional training session.

With coach Ravi Shastri and national selector Devang Gandhi keeping a close eye, Bumrah didn’t show any visible discomfort as he worked up brisk pace to trouble Pant and Agarwal.

However, Shaw, wearing a plain T-shirt, had a chat with trainer Webb as he did the routine obstacle training drills. After that, he was asked to take some high catches given by fielding coach R. Sridhar.

There were a few he didn’t attempt but overall he didn’t seem to have attained peak fitness levels that captain Kohli demands from every member of the senior team.

Bumrah’s reintegration maybe a matter of time, but for Shaw, it might just be that more time will be needed to attain peak fitness and runs alone won’t suffice.

India will be hosting both Sri Lanka and Australia in January before heading to New Zealand for a full-fledged tour which consists two Tests, three-ODIs and five T20I and that is where Team India will want Bumrah to be 100 per cent fit.

Bumrah has been working with IPL franchise Delhi Capitals’ trainer Rajnikanth Sivagnanam at the Bandra-Kurla complex for more than a month now.

The 26-year-old picked up the injury in September and did not play in the home Test series against South Africa and Bangladesh.