Without Bumrah, India isn’t the same team: – According to former South African bowler Makhaya Ntini, without Jasprit Bumrah, India’s bowling unit is not the same.
After one and a half years, the Indian fast bowler is making a comeback in red-ball cricket.
Without Bumrah, India isn’t the same team
South African fast bowler Makhaya Ntini believes that Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah is a unique talent, going so far as to say that India would not have been the same without him.
Bumrah is also included in the Indian team for the current two-match Test series in South Africa. On Wednesday, December 27, the second day of the Centurion Test, he will likely be seen using the ball (weather permitting).
The 30-year-old leads India’s fast bowling unit in all three formats of the game. He has taken 128 wickets in 30 Test matches at an average of 21.99, which also includes taking eight five-wicket hauls.
At an average of under 20, Bumrah has also taken 149 wickets in 89 ODIs and 74 wickets in 62 T20Is.
Ntini, quoted by news agency PTI, described Bumrah as a very talented fast bowler and said: Without Bumrah, India isn’t the same team
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“Look where Bumrah leaves the ball. He releases the ball above his head. So, he gets the angle to bring the ball back in. He can straighten balls after pitching.
I don’t know if he has powerful wrists or not and the action is always the same, it’s very beautiful.
“His yorkers, he doesn’t leave anyone out, these are things that everyone enjoys. ”India is not (the same) team without Bumrah,” the former Proteas fast bowler said.
Due to a back ailment, Bumrah missed several months of activities. However, he largely recovered from the injury during the Ireland tour this year and since then there has been no looking back. He had an excellent ODI World Cup campaign, with an average of 18.65 and 20 wickets in 11 matches.
“He will score a lot of runs in the middle order for India.” Ravi Shastri addressed KL Rahul.
In the Test series against South Africa, Bumrah will be India’s most important player with the ball, while KL Rahul will be the key player with the willow.
On Tuesday, on the first day of the Centurion Test, Centurion showed the same by scoring a strong half-century.
Thanks to Rahul’s unbeaten inning of 70 runs off 105 balls on the first day of play, Team India went from 24/3 to 208/8 at stumps.
Former India coach Ravi Shastri praised Rahul from Star Sports.
‘He has made batting look easy. When you look at his footwork and balance it was quite amazing.
This inning also shows that this number is right for him in Test match cricket.
I think he will score a lot of runs for India in the middle order.
India will bat first in Centurion, Mohammed Siraj (0*) and Rahul (0) are at the wicket.
On the first day, Bumrah was bowled by Marco Jansson and was out after scoring 1 for 19.