Siraj credits Bumrah for turnaround as India shift focus to Adelaide D/N Test
India fast bowler Mohammed Siraj credited pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah for helping him turnaround his form at the start of the ongoing tour of Australia.
India fast bowler Mohammed Siraj credited pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah for helping him turnaround his form at the start of the ongoing tour of Australia.
Pujara’s comments came in the wake of Bumrah’s exemplary leadership during India’s convincing 295-run triumph in the Border-Gavaskar series opener against Australia in Perth, where he showcased his ability to lead under immense pressure.
It’s a common term in cricket — fast bowlers hunt in pairs. And when the leader of the pack, in this case Jasprit Bumrah runs through the top order to set the tone, it often eases off the pressure from the younger lot.
Bumrah edged out compatriot Rohit Sharma and Afghanistan’s Rahmanullah Gurbaz for the award in what was a competitive month of cricket, culminating in India’s T20 World Cup win in Barbados.
The 30-year-old Bumrah turned the Vizag Test in India’s favour with nine wickets, including a brilliant six-wicket haul in the first essay during an eventual 106-run win to help India draw level in the series.
The 30-year-old Bumrah turned the Vizag Test in India’s favour with nine wickets, including a brilliant six-wicket haul in the first essay during an eventual 106-run win to help India draw level in the series.
"To take wickets in Test matches, there are probably a handful of guys who could do that. Trent Boult was one of those, Mitchell Starc maybe. And, Bumrah," said Steyn to the media.
The loss was only England’s third in 11 fourth-innings chases since the start of the Bazball era, and even if the target was a monumental one, their second innings score of 292 all out was still higher than the previous successful chase by a visiting team in India - West Indies’ 276 for 5 in Delhi in 1987-88.
Twenty-two minutes before stumps on the second day, India came out to bat for a second time and the opening pair of Rohit Sharma (13 not out) and Jaiswal (15 not out) batted fluently to add a quickfire 28 and stretch their overall lead to 171 runs.
On Monday, the BCCI released a statement stating that Jasprit Bumrah, as a precautionary measure, will undergo more time to build bowling resilience. Also, no replacement is being named for Bumrah.
