Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj (Getty Images)
NEW DELHI: 151.2 overs or 908 deliveries and 32 wickets — these are the astonishing stats of Player of the Series Jasprit Bumrah in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Despite that, Australia regained the
Border-Gavaskar Trophy
after 10 years. Bumrah’s phenomenal performances Down Under, did however, firmly establish him as one of the most reliable workhorses in modern Test cricket.
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The 31-year-old pacer bowled over 150 overs, called upon every single day of the tour, either with the ball or bat. His stellar series average of 13.06 and an economy of 2.77 highlight his effectiveness, with best figures of 6/76.
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During the fifth and final Test in Sydney, anxiety gripped the Indian camp when Bumrah, who had bowled 10 overs and taken two wickets, left the field during the second session with the physio. He later departed the venue in a car, accompanied by the team doctor and BCCI integrity manager, Anshuman Upadhyay.
Bumrah didn’t return to bowl in the second innings. Instead, he remained in the dugout, missing out on the action as India lost both the Test and the series.
Is the workload catching up with Bumrah?
Former India pacer and 1983 World Cup-winner
Balwinder Sandhu
believes that bowling 15-2
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