Group India’s premiere pacer Jasprit Bumrah has been incomes plaudits from all corners after main his facet to a crushing 295-run win over Australia within the 1st Take a look at in Perth. Main India for less than the second time ever in a Take a look at match, Bumrah made a mockery out of the Australian batting line-up, registering a sensational match figures of 8/72. Former England captain Nasser Hussain feels Bumrah’s achievements aren’t celebrated like they need to be simply because he’s a bowler.
Whereas talking on Sky Sports activities, Hussain additionally referred to as out the bias surrounding the batters, who based on him get extra headlines even when bowlers like Bumrah outperform them on the pitch.
“He has that slower ball, the yorker, the bouncer… I used to be pondering earlier than the sport, he was doing the press convention and I used to be watching, that all the focus was on Kohli, and Rohit Sharma not being there, stability of the Indian facet, Steve Smith, whether or not these nice gamers will get runs. And I believed, they do not actually speak about Bumrah. Possibly it is (as a result of) he’s a bowler. Batters are highlighted a lot extra,” mentioned Hussain.
Bumrah’s present profession common of 20.06 is the second-best amongst bowlers who’ve taken at the very least 150 Take a look at wickets, solely behing former England pacer Sydney Barnes, who performed between 1901 and 1914 and took 189 wickets at a mean of 16.43.
“Bumrah’s stats, he’s up there with Sydney Barnes is not he? He has popped underneath 20 over fairly an extended time period, it’s unbelievable. He’s the perfect all-format bowler on this planet bar none,” he added.
In the meantime, Indian skipper Rohit Sharma began practising within the nets as he joined the crew in Australia for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after the delivery of his second youngster.
He’s all set to characteristic within the pink-ball observe match in Canberra, earlier than formally resuming his duties as captain within the Adelaide Day-Night time Take a look at.
(With ANI Inputs)
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