India vs Australia | Jasprit Bumrah is one to watch out for, says Pat Cummins
Australian bowling all-rounder Pat Cummins couldn’t stop praising Jasprit Bumrah following India’s narrow defeat on Sunday after the bowler almost tuned the game single-handedly. The match winner for Australia also revealed that he was expecting batting-friendly conditions in Bangalore.
There was no possible way in which India could see the face of a victory after 18 overs last Sunday when Bumrah had come on to bowl needing 16 runs off 12 balls and Australia having five wickets remaining. However, the 25-year-old knew he could make things happen and he did exactly that. He conceded just two runs in six balls and reduced Australia by two further wickets.
While Umesh Yadav couldn’t eventually defend 14 runs in his last over, Bumrah had surely won the heart of millions. And competitor Pat Cummins was seemingly one of them, who couldn’t stop praising India’s death over specialist ahead of the deciding T20I in Bangalore.
“He is obviously a class act. Two of the basics he does really well are that he bowls fast and he bowls accurately. Anyone who does that in world cricket will pose a real challenge for the batsmen. He has got a great slower ball, seems to have a great cricketing brain, executes his skills really well,” Cummins said, reported PTI.
“He has done really well in all three formats and is the one to watch out for,” added the Aussie speedster ahead of the second and final T20I in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
The wicket in Vizag had surprised many, especially the Indian batsmen. Apart from KL Rahul (50), MS Dhoni (29), and Virat Kohli (25), no other Indian could surpass the single-digit figure. Cummins admitted it was bowlers paradise but also wary of Chinnaswamy’s high scoring pitch at the same time.
“It has been a funny wicket in the last couple of years. First time I came to Bangalore 7-8 years ago during the IPL, it was a 220 wicket. Over the years, it has slowed down. Vizag was low scoring but a great game. Loved the surface there. In T20s you prepare for yorkers, slower balls, but over there you knew good balls were going to be good enough. The ball felt like swinging a little bit in the end,” he added.
The last time Australia had won a series in India was back in 2004-05’s Gavasker-Border Trophy, and hence expecting Australia to go all the way this time would be a stretch. And Cummins had his reservations about his side sealing the T20I series tomorrow in Bangalore.
“It [leading a series] has not happened for us in a while in an overseas series. Especially in a place like India which is so foreign to Australian conditions, against one of the best sides in the world. It will be a huge result for us, yeah. But we know will have to really play well to beat them tomorrow .”
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