As each day passes, the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series in India and Australia is turning into an exhilarating thriller. The tourists outscored India’s 398 runs by a thumping 295 runs in the first Test at Perth under the captaincy of pacer Jasprit Bumrah. After the second Test, a pink-ball match played at Adelaide where regular skipper Rohit Sharma came back to lead India again, they faced a nasty 10-wicket defeat to Pat Cummins and co. However, rain played a spoiler in the third game in Brisbane, with the match ending in a draw.
After back-to-back poor forms from Rohit, thoughts arise about the future of the player in Test cricket. Former Australia captain Allan Border said that Bumrah could be a great option for future captaincy for India.
“He’ll do a very good job. In Perth, he used himself properly. Captaincy-wise, the way he set the fields, you couldn’t fault him. Bumrah, these days, is on that pedestal. His wrists, his release points are different from other bowlers,” Border told Times of India.
“Because of that hyperextension, he’s releasing the ball a foot further down than other bowlers. He’s got a unique shuffling run-up, and then the snap of these wrists, he’s amazing. Being different, plus having that skill, it’s a whole new different level difficulty for the batsman,” he added.
Bumrah is, without doubt, one of the greatest cricketers in the world who has given many match-winning performances from India.
He has now forged perhaps the most crucial partnership of the series with Akash Deep that saved India from being asked to follow-on after the third Test in Brisbane.
Heaped with praises earlier by former Australian head coach Justin Langer, who even called him India’s right-handed equivalent of the legendary Pakistan left-arm great Wasim Akram, Jasprit Bumrah has proved again.
“I would hate to face him. He is like Wasim Akram. For me, he is a right-hand version of Wasim Akram, and every time I am asked the question ‘Who is the best bowler you have ever faced’, I say Wasim Akram,” said Langer.
This will be the fourth Test starting on December 26 at Melbourne Venues between India and Australia.
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