Ravi Shastri reveals how Jasprit Bumrah is comparable to Malocom Marshall
Jasprit Bumrah has currently scalped 53 wickets in the 10 Test matches that he has played on Australian soil.
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Jasprit Bumrah, Malcolm Marshall (Via X)
Jasprit Bumrah is currently the best bowler across formats in the world. In the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024/25 in Australia, Bumrah has been at his peak and has been definitely the best bowler in the three Test matches. He has scalped 21 wickets and has a legendary bowling average of 10.90 in this series. This shows the impact that he has had singlehandedly in his team.
Former India head coach and cricketer, Ravi Shastri, compared Bumrah with the legendary Malcolm Marshall. He feels that Bumrah reads the batter’s minds excellently well, just like Marshall used to do.
Both of these bowlers have had an incredible ability to adapt to the conditions on offer, read the batter’s strengths and weaknesses, and bowl according to them.
He’s a terrific reader of the game when it comes to batsmen. I thought when I played the best bowler I played against was Malcolm Marshall, because of his ability to suss out conditions, read batsmen’s strengths and weaknesses. I think Bumrah is in that category. He’s so quick to suss the strengths and weaknesses of a player.
Ravi Shastri said to Fox Cricket
Shastri also reminded everyone that Bumrah has picked up close to 200 wickets at an incredible bowling average of close to 17. He heaped praise on Bumrah’s ability to strike with the reverse swing with the old ball if he has not picked wickets with the new ball.
Ravi Shastri reminds everyone that Jasprit Bumrah loves bowling at the MCG
Ahead of the Boxing Day Test at the MCG, Shastri said that Bumrah loves bowling at the MCG and will be up for the challenge. He also reminded everyone about how Bumrah dismantled the Australian batting lineup on this ground when he was the coach.
Shastri shared that he believes that Bumrah is at the peak of his powers and will be relentless against the Aussie batting lineup.
Bumrah is up for the challenge, he loves bowling at the MCG. I remember his six-wicket haul when I was a coach when he just dismantled Australia. He’s in that kind of form, he just takes wickets for fun in Australia. It’s ridiculous. There’s no respite because he’s at the peak of his powers and what he does with the new ball makes it difficult for any batsmen. He swings it and seams it both ways, he’s absolutely relentless.
Ravi Shastri said
Bumrah has currently scalped 53 wickets in the 10 Test matches that he has played on Australian soil. He is the leading wicket-taker for the Indian Cricket Team in Australia in Test cricket, as he went past Kapil Dev‘s 51 wickets while playing the third Test in Brisbane.
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