His outrageous performances in Australia were not sufficient to stamp his place in the history of the greats, but Jasprit Bumrah went even much further in displaying his legendary performance in Headingley, Leeds. In two consecutive days of uninterrupted excellence, Bumrah had himself ensured that England had no chance to be in first-innings lead, bowling a lesson on the batting-friendly track, which has rarely been helpful to pacers.
It was not his 14th five-wicket haul in Tests and 12th overseas that caught attention. It was the way he used to bowls down the English batsmen with his precision, control and class. Overall, even though he dropped three catches and no-balled once, which led to the loss of the wicket of Harry Brook, Bumrah finished with impressive numbers of 5 for 83. His performance in England attracted great popularity in the English media with most of them describing him as the greatest of all times (GOAT) among the modern fast bowlers.
The former England fast bowler pacer Steven Finn, in his column in one of the UK publications referred to Bumrah as the most complete fast bowler in all time. Finn has dissected the technique of Bumrah, showed his special run-up, misleading line, and his distinctive hyper-extension that allows him to have advantage over others. He also singled out the rare high-level performance in any formats-particularly inspiring in a time of intense match volume and format variety-that Bumrah has demonstrated.
The hype is supported by the numbers that Bumrah has posted in the statistical record. He has an economy of 6.27 which is the lowest compared to any pace bowler to bowl at least 500 balls in the T20Is. In Tests he averages 19.33 (better than any bowler with more than 200 wickets), well in front of the legendary West Indian, Malcolm Marshall.
Even Scyld Berry, veteran cricket writer, did not stop there in his article proclaimed Jasprit Bumrah the greatest red-ball fast bowler to have ever drawn breath, going as far as identifying him over the likes of Kagiso Rabada and Pat Cummins.
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