Jasprit Bumrah will be India’s biggest weapon with the ball in the upcoming Test series against Australia. India are playing a five-match Test series against Australia in Australia after 33 years. The series begins with the first Test in Perth on November 22.
India have won their last two tours Down Under and hence the Australian team will be looking forward to revenge. India play Test matches against Bangladesh and New Zealand at home before taking on Australia.
So they have an opportunity to widen the gap on the WTC points table. The Australian team will now play white ball cricket and return to Test cricket in the series against India.
Meanwhile, former Australian pacer Jeff Lawson has heaped praise on Jasprit Bumrah. He was recently Man of the Tournament in India’s victorious T20 World Cup campaign in the West Indies and USA.
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Indian pacer Lawson reckons he will land in Australia later this year with three secret weapons, starting with his ‘broad smile’, ‘never ending energy’ and the ability to create an often overlooked comeback. .
No turn from his action: Jeff Lawson on Jasprit Bumrah
“(Jasprit Bumrah) is a cross between C3P0 and Transformer Optimus Prime. You just have to love his big smile, endless energy and seamless transition from yorker to bouncer.”
“There is no ‘say’, no turn from his movement to alert the batsmen to a change in length or seam position. The shortness of his run gives him no time to adjust to his normal batting rhythm. Then look at the ball in his hand,” Lawson said at Mid.
He further spoke about the challenges that Bumrah will face in his upcoming tour. He said Bumrah needs to control the Kookaburra ball to get maximum help from him.
“The challenge for Bumrah, or any fast bowler in Australia, is to get the most out of the Kookaburra Turf ball. If the pitches are hard and dry (which is often the case, but there have been some juicy lanes introduced recently that have produced juicy lanes). seam bowling has made bowling a real treat.” ), he will get the reverse swing very quickly, the key to being successful in Australia is your old ball skills and the reverse swing is an important part of that,” he said.
Bumrah was among the wicketkeepers in his last two visits to Australia. In the 2018/19 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Bumrah took 21 wickets at an average of 17, including a best of 6/33.
Two years later, Bumrah took another 13 from three matches before being ruled out of the fourth game due to a back injury. In total, Bumrah took 32 wickets against Australia in seven Test matches.
Since then, the leading Indian pacer has suffered a series of injuries that have forced him to miss the T20 World Cup in 2022 and several bilateral series thereafter.
He also missed 2023 with a back stress injury. He made a comeback for India in the ODI World Cup and was instrumental in India reaching the final with 20 wickets in the tournament.
He is currently rested after India’s T20 World Cup win and will return for the much-anticipated series against Australia during the home Test season against Bangladesh and New Zealand.
