ANTIGUA: India take 1-0 lead in the ongoing Test series against the West Indies. Jasprit Bumrah who has been a complete bowler for India in all the three formats since his debut ran through the West Indies batting line up.
Just a year and half old test career, Jasprit Bumrah has made a significant impact in the Longest format of the game. Since his debut in January 2018, Bumrah has 5 wicket haul in each on his away tours. South Africa, England, Australia and now West Indies. In the second innings of the first test at Antigua he absolutely ran through the West Indian batting line up. With figures of 8 overs 5 wickets and mere 7 runs conceded. He also became the fastest Indian bowler(Pacer) to reach 50 Test wickets.
West Indian greats and former fast bowling powerhouses Curtly Ambrose and Andy Roberts were in praise for Bumrah.
"At times, he rekindles memories of our prime," Ambrose said in an interview with The Indian Express. "The pace, aggression, the hostility, the craft. The way he outclasses the batsmen, the way he out-thinks them. He could have been one of us, he's so complete a bowler that he could have played in any era."
.@Jaspritbumrah93 yesterday:— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) August 26, 2019
8 overs 🏏
3 maidens 👏🏻
7 runs (conceded)
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5 wickets 🔥
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Roberts is of the opinion that, in addition to his skill, Bumrah's unusual action would've made him a valuable addition to the West Indies teams. "It's the strangest action that I have seen on a cricket field," he mused. "I need to study that for a longer time to understand the mechanics of his action. But if he were born here back in our days, we would have had him. A freak was the only element missing in our bowling line-up. In fact, Bumrah is the only variety of bowler we had never produced."
"Look at everything else he does, he's classical. He moves two balls into the batsmen, and the other one goes away. Then two away from him, and then one into him. This is how we did, this is how fast bowlers have operated over the years.
"But the best one knows how, where and when to bowl. And Bumrah seems to have this awareness, which usually takes a lot of time to develop, a lot of experience. But how old is he? How many Tests has he played? He's a quick learner, isn't he?
"To me, it has been the most striking feature of him. Some call it maturity. I call it game sense. There seems to be clarity in his thinking, and that automatically shows in his bowling. Some bowlers, very skillful ones, don't develop it even 10 years after they had played the game. That's the biggest thing for a fast bowler, to learn how to use your head."
This is not the first time former bowling greats have heaped praise of Jasprit Bumrah. Certainly he is a great asset for the Indian Bowling. Indian fast bowling has been at its peak since the debut of Jasprit Bumrah and with the company of Ishant Sharma, Mohammad Shami, Umesh Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
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