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[PICTURES/VIDEOS] Jasprit Bumrah is the best fast-bowler in the world right now

Bhaag Viru Bhaag said:
These injuries can be easily avoided by not playing this useless piece of cricket just before an important world cup. He should be careful because last year too he was injured before England tour and that affected the performance of Indian team. I think fans will understand the importance of resting if he doesn't make it to world cup.
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The injury is unlucky. You assumed injuries would happen due to being overplayed and that wasn’t the case with Bumrah.
 
Bumrah was not exactly at the top of his game today. He was just going through motion. Not the usual Bumrah you see. Infact i don't want him to push any harder than reqiured.
 
Hasan123 said:
The injury is unlucky. You assumed injuries would happen due to being overplayed and that wasn’t the case with Bumrah.
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Getting injured twice in two years in IPL is unlucky lol? As I said earlier, you will understand it only when one of these important players gets seriously injured before the World Cup. I am 100% sure just like the last time these same fans will be cursing IPL again during the world cup. There is a reason I call them plastic fans. :inti
 
Bhaag Viru Bhaag said:
Getting injured twice in two years in IPL is unlucky lol? As I said earlier, you will understand it only when one of these important players gets seriously injured before the World Cup. I am 100% sure just like the last time these same fans will be cursing IPL again during the world cup. There is a reason I call them plastic fans. :inti
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The manner in which he got injured is unlucky. How many players get injured in that fashion?

IPL is just about having fun and making money lol. Just relax bro.
 
Hasan123 said:
The manner in which he got injured is unlucky. How many players get injured in that fashion?

IPL is just about having fun and making money lol. Just relax bro.
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Bumrah getting injured is not fun for me and those fans who want to see India do well in the World Cup.
 
Bhaag Viru Bhaag said:
Getting injured twice in two years in IPL is unlucky lol? As I said earlier, you will understand it only when one of these important players gets seriously injured before the World Cup. I am 100% sure just like the last time these same fans will be cursing IPL again during the world cup. There is a reason I call them plastic fans. :inti
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There are couple types of sports injuries, acute and overuse injury. What Bumrah suffered is acute injury and these types of injury can happen anytime, you can't wrap a sportsperson in cotton and wool to prevent him or her from getting these types of injury. He could be walking down the street and slip on water and get injured or he can injure himself in practice.
On the other hand if he suffered overuse injury like shin splints or tendinitis, I would be ****** off too.
 
Jhye Richardson completed only half his quota of overs in Sunday's second one-day international against Pakistan in Sharjah before he was forced off the field having dislocated his bowling shoulder when trying to save a boundary. Richardson, who had been considered a certainty for Australia's World Cup squad, sat out the rest of the match with his arm in a sling and was sent home immediately for scans.
I guess IPL is not only place where injuries can happen. Is it?
 
Phenomenal bowler.

Cannot think of any quick bowler capable of bowling game turning clutch 19th, 49th over like Bumrah.

He faced a possessed ABD tonight in the 19th over and he delivered like a champion.
 
He needs to develop more wicket taking ability.He is one of the best along with Rabada.
 
By far the best death overs bowler at the moment, no one else comes remotely close.
 
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Jasprit Bumrah’s death-overs mastery in Sunday’s Indian Premier League (IPL) final has convinced batting great Sachin Tendulkar that the 25-year-old with an unorthodox action is currently the best bowler in world cricket.

Mumbai Indians mentor Tendulkar watched contentedly from the sidelines as Bumrah stifled Chennai Super Kings with his final two overs to help set up his team’s nail-biting one-run victory with remarkable figures of 4-0-14-2.

“Let me go on record and say he is the best bowler in the world at this stage and his best is yet to come hopefully,” Tendulkar said of the bowler who will have to play a key role in England if India are to win a third 50-overs World Cup in July.

Lasith Malinga had bled 20 runs in the previous over when Bumrah returned for his final two overs after conceding just six in his first two overs which also produced the wicket of Ambati Rayudu.

Chennai needed 42 off 24 balls but the 17th over yielded only four as Bumrah straitjacketed Watson and Dwayne Bravo denying them any boundary.

Watson, who hit a chancy 80 in a losing cause, clobbered three successive sixes in the next over from spinner Krunal Pandya to leave Chennai needing 18 from the last two overs.

Bumrah returned to dismiss Bravo and gave away only five runs in his firs five deliveries before stumper Quinton de Kock conceded four byes.

“I think his action is a bit awkward and it’s tough to understand what pace is coming,” his Mumbai team mate Yuvraj Singh said.

“I think he’s bowling the best I’ve seen in his career.”

Equally impressive was how Bumrah dealt with heartbreaks in the nail-biting final.

The bowler with sling-arm action kept his cool even when Rahul Chahar dropped Watson and put his arm around de Kock’s soulders to comfort the dejected wicketkeeper who had conceded the late bye which could have cost them the trophy.

Asked about the secret of his consistency, Bumrah attributed it to a combination of simple approach and self-confidence.

“I don’t think about all those things. I just think one day at a time, one ball at a time,” said the top-ranked ODI bowler.

“If you don’t think about all those extra pressure, you are much clearer, you don’t feel the pressure. So I tried to focus on that, and I tried to back myself in any situation.”

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-c...owler-around-after-ipl-exploits-idUKKCN1SJ0E6
 
Good with new ball, excellent with the old, outrageously good in death overs. Overall best in the world without a doubt.
 
moghul said:
Due to his performance in IPL ?
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His Test, ODI and T20 records are better than his IPL record. He is one of the best going around is ranked number 1 in the ICC rankings in the ODI. Crucial spells in Australia to help India win the Test series. Average of 21.8 in Tests, 22.15 in ODIs and 20.17 in T20Is. I don't think any other bowler in the world right now has such a stat in all three formats.
 
moghul said:
Due to his performance in IPL ?
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He is still bowling to international batsmen. Not sure he ever bowled a 149.8 kph bouncer even in international. One that took out Rayudu was at that speed. For a bouncer that was extremely quick.
 
He definitely is top of his game and will walk into any international team ATM, certainly one of the best but not THE best, yet.
 
Bahut hi Khatarnak, thats what I can say. If 6 runs are required in an over then BUMRAH is the first man to go with and he will do it for u. Its very very tough to do it on a constant basis but he is consistently consistent regarding this.
 
if you move around the stump he might give you a freebie.. but if you stand tall in the crease he'll nail the yorkers..
 
Bumrah is best in the world without any doubt. He and Kuldeep are good enough to take team India to yet another WC trump
 
I still rate Cummins higher. Both could have bowled together for MI last year if Cummins was not injured/rested.
 
Bumrah's short run up

Not sure if anyone has noticed but he shortens his run-up from time to time.

Pretty smart considering it leaves batsmen with less time to settle in before the next ball is bowled.
 
Wish :akhtar had done the same, never understood the point of these extravagant run ups. Even long jumpers and javelin throwers don't have such long run ups like some of the fast bowlers.
 
Ranked no.1 in ICC rankings, ranked in top 10 in T20S, fastest ball ever recorded by him is 153, hitting 143 - 145 regularly in the current world cup, but for some pakistan fans he is trundler, by the way what is the speed of amir, shaheed & hasan in this world cup? Only wahab riaz is maintaining pace, first see your trundlers friend.
 
We see the game of cricket to enjoy, to please our eyes. Ugly action bowler like Bumrah is a torture to that wish. Even if he breaks all records , I don't care and I won't like him at all. I have grown up seeing Imran, Kapil,Waqar,Wasim,Donald,Lee,Shoib,Aaqib....fast bowlers with such a beautiful action ,pleasant for the eyes.
 
sugumarrising said:
Ranked no.1 in ICC rankings, ranked in top 10 in T20S, fastest ball ever recorded by him is 153, hitting 143 - 145 regularly in the current world cup, but for some pakistan fans he is trundler, by the way what is the speed of amir, shaheed & hasan in this world cup? Only wahab riaz is maintaining pace, first see your trundlers friend.
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Wahab mostly bowled in late 130s..
 
Someone should check his hyper elbow-extension. He bends & flexes his elbow too quickly for the naked eye to catch, but it doesn't mean he is not chucking. From a short run-up, the only way to generate such bounce & pace is flinging it into the ground with a quick-elbow flex. If he belonged to a different nationality, he would have to rectify his action. Perks of belonging to the ruling class 💪 when your daddy owns the business.
 
Mainul said:
We see the game of cricket to enjoy, to please our eyes. Ugly action bowler like Bumrah is a torture to that wish. Even if he breaks all records , I don't care and I won't like him at all. I have grown up seeing Imran, Kapil,Waqar,Wasim,Donald,Lee,Shoib,Aaqib....fast bowlers with such a beautiful action ,pleasant for the eyes.
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You really didn't have to include Kapil in your post to act unbiased.
 
Mainul said:
We see the game of cricket to enjoy, to please our eyes. Ugly action bowler like Bumrah is a torture to that wish. Even if he breaks all records , I don't care and I won't like him at all. I have grown up seeing Imran, Kapil,Waqar,Wasim,Donald,Lee,Shoib,Aaqib....fast bowlers with such a beautiful action ,pleasant for the eyes.
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Everyone has different taste, just because you don't like something doesn't mean the rest of the world dislikes it as well. He might be a torture to you to watch but lot of us enjoy his bowling. So conti he to dislike him rest of us will continue to like him.
 
Mainul said:
We see the game of cricket to enjoy, to please our eyes. Ugly action bowler like Bumrah is a torture to that wish. Even if he breaks all records , I don't care and I won't like him at all. I have grown up seeing Imran, Kapil,Waqar,Wasim,Donald,Lee,Shoib,Aaqib....fast bowlers with such a beautiful action ,pleasant for the eyes.
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Whether you like or dislike, he is number one bowler currently in ODI's..
Slowly he will conquer tests too
 
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Mainul said:
We see the game of cricket to enjoy, to please our eyes. Ugly action bowler like Bumrah is a torture to that wish. Even if he breaks all records , I don't care and I won't like him at all. I have grown up seeing Imran, Kapil,Waqar,Wasim,Donald,Lee,Shoib,Aaqib....fast bowlers with such a beautiful action ,pleasant for the eyes.
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We can say his action is unorthodox, I perceive his action as slick and efficient. It is pretty biased of you to term abstract quality as ugly.

Ugly?

Ugly are your thoughts & biased thought process.
 
He has a weird, ungainly action. I'd rather watch a weird one than a dull one.

But agree is not like watching a pure athlete in motion who makes it look beautiful. More like a windup toy bowler.

He's not the best in the world yet but he might have a case by the end of the year- post WC & after we see him in action in WI & then at home vs SA in Tests.
 
Exactly what i'm trying to say. He is physically blessed. His short run up adds to his flair. For me its Bumrah, Boult, Cummins and Amir who i would watch. These are premium fast bowlers.
 
Mainul said:
We see the game of cricket to enjoy, to please our eyes. Ugly action bowler like Bumrah is a torture to that wish. Even if he breaks all records , I don't care and I won't like him at all. I have grown up seeing Imran, Kapil,Waqar,Wasim,Donald,Lee,Shoib,Aaqib....fast bowlers with such a beautiful action ,pleasant for the eyes.
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He is physically gifted. Yes i agree
 
He needs to be injury free for atleast 5 more years to be considered a great, and if he continues his performance which has been remarkable.
 
An action doesn't need smoothness- Akhtar looked like a bull charging in to deliver a thunderbolt. That was exciting. The elbow hyperextension was apparent but it never looked like a chuck to me.

I'd put Shaun Tait in a similar category- leg splaying out, arm disappearing sideways around his back & all uncoiling in an ungainly manner other than "pouring out smoothly" like Donald or Lee- but the brute strength & athleticism was still apparent & great to watch.
 
jonny darko said:
Someone should check his hyper elbow-extension. He bends & flexes his elbow too quickly for the naked eye to catch, but it doesn't mean he is not chucking. From a short run-up, the only way to generate such bounce & pace is flinging it into the ground with a quick-elbow flex. If he belonged to a different nationality, he would have to rectify his action. Perks of belonging to the ruling class 💪 when your daddy owns the business.
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Malinga, Akhtar etc..
 
big_gamer007 said:
Everyone has different taste, just because you don't like something doesn't mean the rest of the world dislikes it as well. He might be a torture to you to watch but lot of us enjoy his bowling. So conti he to dislike him rest of us will continue to like him.
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I don't think there are many who like his bowling. I don't mind even if everyone except me likes him very much
 
Smbhayi said:
Malinga, Akhtar etc..
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etc .. didn't chuck like bumrah does by walking a couple of steps & then Visibly MASSIVE Elbow-BEND to generate pace & bounce. The legends generated their pace by the sweat of their brows, not by bribing the governing body & broadcasters, nor by buying-off past & present players :moyo2
 
Smbhayi said:
Malinga, Akhtar etc..
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I think darko missed the decade where it was established that due to the laws of physics (weighted ball at end of flexible lever) even "pure" actions like Lillee, McGrath, Holding, Pollock etc were ALL found to have top to around 15 degree of flex.

Some like Lee, Akhtar had hyperextended elbows due to joint flexibility, but were still within limits, it simply looked different as the flexion occurred at different angles (begin & end).

But no, rather than look at the ICC panel reports or data it is far more likely India has bribed the entire world (is there ANYONE in cricket not a multi-millionaire off the back of Indian bribes yet?)- all without a SHRED of evidence.

Physics, logic, the law- none of this can defeat the Pakistan conspiracy complex.
 
Swashbuckler said:
Wish :akhtar had done the same, never understood the point of these extravagant run ups. Even long jumpers and javelin throwers don't have such long run ups like some of the fast bowlers.
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Bro I never watched shoaib stats he was box office to me, just like gayle i still dont know his stats but i always watch his matches until he gets out. Bumrah is only a good bowler for his stats not for anything else.
 
Let's face it.. If any bowler in Pakistani line up had a similar bowling action he would have been banned if he reached top 5 :yk
 
Pakhs said:
Bro I never watched shoaib stats he was box office to me, just like gayle i still dont know his stats but i always watch his matches until he gets out. Bumrah is only a good bowler for his stats not for anything else.
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Bunrah is definitely box office for any neutral, makes the batsmen dance, clean bowls them all the time. One of the most exciting bowlers today
 
Indiafan said:
Bunrah is definitely box office for any neutral, makes the batsmen dance, clean bowls them all the time. One of the most exciting bowlers today
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Bumrah is not box office in my opinion, but obviously a very good bowler. His got a small run up, not a great action and most of the time does not even celebrate the wicket. Never provides any entertainment by giving it to the batsmen either.

But he is very efficient so whoever is supporting India should love him anyway.
 
He’s been a disappointment so far.

Archer, Starc, Cummins, Amir have all outdone him
 
Need to see how he restricts opposition while bowling first. Ind have batted first on all occasions except against SA.
 
He has disappointed after first match and is now lagging way behind Archer, Starc, Amir, Boult, Cummins in this World Cup
 
freelance_cricketer said:
He has disappointed after first match and is now lagging way behind Archer, Starc, Amir, Boult, Cummins in this World Cup
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I think he has bowled much better than what stats might suggest

I would take him over all the above mentioned bowlers barring maybe starc in a heartbeat
 
Love even his action. Wishing that he has reserved his best for the business end of the World Cup.
 
ODI / t20 yes but for best overall Bolt, Rabada, Cummings are also in the running and not to forget test specialists like Anderson.
 
Starc has 15-16 wickets already.

Bumrah hasn’t got 5 yet.
 
With only 3 matches played by Bumrah, it's unfair to conclude things up. With passage of time, he will show the world how handy he is during the tournament.

Others have played 5-6 and bowled 10 overs complete.
 
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