AUS vs IND: Why is Australia scared of Jasprit Bumrah?
The Indian team is on a tour of Australia, where the Border-Gavaskar Trophy is to begin on November 22. The first test between the two teams is on the bouncy pitch of Perth. The host team India must be a little scared, but it is equally true that Australia must also be feeling scared. This fear is of Bumrah. This can be understood better from a line printed in Fox Cricket's report, according to which Bumrah is the first foreign bowler to tour Australia after the 1970 West Indies pace attack, whose fear is visible inside the Kangaroos.
Bumrah took 32 wickets in 2 tours of Australia.
On the last two tours of Australia, 30-year-old Bumrah has taken 32 wickets at an average of 21.25, in which his best performance has been to take 6 wickets for 33 runs. He did this feat in the Boxing Day Test on the 2018 tour. Since the beginning of the 20th century, there have been only two bowlers who have a lower average and more wickets than Bumrah in Australia. One of them is Sir Richard Hadlee and the other is Sir Curtly Ambrose.
Bowler for every format, every condition
The specialty of Bumrah is that he is a bowler of every format. He can be a threat to any opponent in any condition, in any format. When Fox Cricket asked Travis Head what is the experience of facing Bumrah? He said impossible. You think that you are one step ahead of him. But he will make you believe that he is one step ahead. Head further said that he has an X-factor, which makes him an incredible bowler. Big players are needed on big occasions but he is the biggest. The challenge will not be easy with him.
Strange action is also strength
One of Bumrah's strengths is his peculiar action. Australian batsman Usman Khawaja says that his peculiar action makes his balls fast. He said that when he faced Bumrah for the first time, he was surprised to see where such a fast ball came from?
Variation in balls, master in swing
Talking about Bumrah's ability, Shane Watson said that when he first toured Australia in 2016, he was only an inswing bowler. But now he swings the ball from both sides. Apart from this, variation in bowling and control over speed make him an even bigger threat.