Jasprit Bumrah finished the IPL season for Mumbai Indians with 20 scalps, his best season in the IPL.
Jasprit Bumrah is riding a crest of a wave after having made an impressive contribution in Mumbai Indians’ victorious campaign. MI won their third IPL title in five years when they edged out RPS in the final. Bumrah managed to live up to expectations as he grabbed 20 wickets for his IPL franchise; including two in the final and ended up with an economy rate of 6.50 in the final.
Mumbai Indians bowling coach Shane Bond, who knows a thing or two about yorkers himself, hailed Bumrah. “It makes me look good when he bowls the way he does. He is probably the best one in our team to bowl the pressure overs; because he has got the skills and the temperament to do so,” said Bond.
Whenever Mumbai Indiansaskipper Rohit Sharma gave the ball to Jasprit Bumrah in crunch situations; more often than not, the Gujarat speedster did not disappoint his captain.
Be it the Super Over against Gujarat Lions or the opening spell against KKR in Qualifier 2 or Sundayas final against Rising Pune Supergiant; Jasprit Bumrah was always there to dig his team out of trouble. He was one of the chief architects of Mumbai Indiansa title triumph.
Bond further expressed, a?We had to twist our bowling attack based on Bumrahas bowling at the back end. We started to use Malinga in the middle overs in a defensive role and add a leg-spinner to give us the attacking option.”
a?When you start to base your attack around a bowler like Jasprit, that shows his quality as well. I think he will definitely play Test cricket and he can be a world-class bowler across all formats.a?
Jasprit Bumrah – Best in the World ?
Rohit Sharma said Bumrah had all the credentials to be a top bowler in limited-overs cricket. a?I donat want to put extra pressure on him by saying he is currently the top bowler (In T20 cricket). Right now, we all know that he is bowling at his best and I would like him to continue doing that.a?
a?He knows what his capabilities are and he has shown it throughout the tournament as well. He displayed his talent when he came in and bowled that Super Over probably to the best T20 batters a (Brendon) McCullum and (Aaron) Finch a and defended 11 runs. He definitely has the ability to be the No. 1 bowler, thatas for sure.a?
If Bumrah can continue in the same vein in England next week; it would hugely boost Indiaas chances of defending the Champions Trophy.
