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BGT 2024-25 : Jasprit Bumrah? “He Looks A Nightmare To The Face” Says Mike Atherton

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The Indian cricket team has relied heavily on Jasprit Bumrah. With 32 wickets against Australia, he was the Border Gavaskar Trophy’s highest-taking player. In every format, Jasprit Bumrah has been India’s most dependable bowler. The 31-year-old finished the recently concluded Border Gavaskar Trophy with the most wickets taken.

Due to a back spasm, Bumrah was unable to bowl during the Sydney Cricket Ground’s second innings. The 31-year-old consistently caused problems for the home team, proving to be a threat to the Australian hitters. Bumrah successfully guided India to a historic victory in Perth while also trying out for the captaincy position.

Although his injury is still a concern, Rohit Sharma’s side would undoubtedly select him for the ICC Champions Trophy if he were well. Jasprit Bumrah’s injury is a big concern for Team India and Rohit Sharma. Everyone must be hopeful of him to be able to play in Champions Trophy.

“I Am Glad I Don’t Have To Face Jasprit Bumrah”- Mike Atherton.

Former England captain Mike Atherton heaped praises on the fast bowler. While answering questions on the Sky Sports Cricket Podcast he told Naseer Hussain,

“Well, just glad that he wasn’t in my era. He looks a nightmare to face. I always feel that the bowlers have got slightly unusual actions at the hardest.
“You know, some of the quickest bowlers that I faced, bowlers like Alan Donald and Brett Lee, had beautiful actions and you could kind of although they were unbelievably quick, you kind of got a clear sight of the ball and you know, you could almost regulate your own trigger movements and your rhythm.
He also spoke on why it is difficult to face Jasprit Bumrah as a batsman. He said :
“I think with Bumrah, that would be very difficult. You know, most batters these days have trigger movements, you know, those kinds of pre-movements before the ball is bowled.
But how do you, your timing of your movement to Bumrah seems to me to be very awkward because he has that stuttering, stammering run up and then all of a sudden there’s a thunderbolt comes down and as we know, he releases the ball a bit closer to the batter with that snap of the wrist and hyperextension of the elbow. So he looks a very difficult bowler to face to me. I’m glad I don’t have to do it.”

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