Legendary India captain Kapil Dev has raised the large query whether or not Jasprit Bumrah’s unorthodox bowling motion will likely be sustainable for 10-12 years. Bumrah is commonly thought to be the perfect all-format bowler in modern-day cricket together with his effectiveness with white and pink balls. His unorthodox motion and quick run-up additionally made life tough for the batters, who discovered it robust to evaluate his size and tempo early within the innings. Regardless of his latest health considerations, he nonetheless stays probably the most deadly bowler in world cricket and holds the highest spot within the ICC rankings for Check bowlers.
Bumrah, who first donned the India jersey in 2016, has seen his profession ceaselessly disrupted by recurring accidents, prompting the BCCI to handle his workload fairly rigorously at this stage. The premier pacer has missed huge ICC occasions just like the 2022 T20 World Cup, 2023 WTC Last, and 2025 Champions Trophy as a result of accidents.
In the meantime, Kapil mentioned Bumrah’s bowling motion intimately, emphasising the way it made life tough for the batters.
“There are two issues that all the time come out. Any bowler on this planet with an ungainly motion takes that a lot tough time for a batter to select the ball like Malinga. These forms of bowlers we do not apply within the nets, and all of the sudden out of the blue, anyone comes with a distinct motion, a tough motion, that fraction of a second, if you cannot choose what he is attempting to do, that’s ok for a bowler,” Kapil stated on ‘The Squirrels’ YouTube channel.
The 31-year-old lately missed two essential Checks on the England tour as a result of workload administration, which put him underneath the scanner for selecting and selecting the matches. A number of former cricketers, together with Irfan Pathan and Mohammad Azharuddin, have blasted him for not enjoying all 5 Checks and pick-and-choose on an essential tour.
‘Can Bumrah maintain for a interval of 10 or 12 years’
Nevertheless, the legendary 1983 World Cup-winning skipper expressed doubts over whether or not Bumrah’s bowling motion would permit him to maintain a protracted profession.
“So, Bumrah has grow to be superb as a result of no person may think about from a batsman’s standpoint that in such a brief run up, he can generate such huge tempo. His motion just isn’t like an athlete’s motion; that is why Bumrah will be devastating for the opposition. However can he maintain that for a interval of 10 or 12 years, which, as a cricketer, we really feel is tough,” he added.
