India vs Australia | Jasprit Bumrah the difference between both sides, claims Steve Waugh
Steve Waugh has lavished praise on Indian speedster Jasprit Bumrah who Waugh claimed was the difference between the two teams in the ongoing four-match Test series on Australian soil. Waugh challenged Usman Khawaja to replicate the performance of Cheteshwar Pujara in the series finale at the SCG.
The Border-Gavaskar Trophy was retained by India ahead of the start of the fourth Test match which is being played at the SCG after India won the third Test at the MCG. While the Indian batsmen have certainly stepped up their game in the last two games against the Aussies, the bowling department has been the highlight for the visitors so far.
Former Australian cricketer, Steve Waugh, commended the Indian bowling attack that has impressed so far on Australian soil and singled out Bumrah for praise for his recent exploits. Bumrah has a total of 20 wickets from the first three games against Australia.
"(Jasprit) Bumrah has been a revelation – he's been the difference between the two sides," Waugh told cricket.com.au in Sydney. He gets some breakthroughs, he's got good longevity and he can bowl long spells.
"Their (India's) bowling attack has been excellent, and obviously Pujara has been the key to the batting. He's just occupied the crease, and then you've got Kohli coming in around that," Waugh said in an interview with Cricket.com.au.
However, the hosts’ still have an outside shot of levelling the series against Virat Kohli & Co. as they face a daunting task of chasing a mammoth total of 622 which was posted by the visitors at the end of day two in Sydney. Cheteshwar Pujara, scored his third century of the series as he registered a brilliant 193 off 373 deliveries.
Waugh, who represented Australia in 168 Test matches, challenged Australian middle-order batsman Usman Khawaja to replicate the same form shown by Pujara in the series finale.
"We need someone like Khawaja to do the same sort of role maybe as Pujara, and Usman I'd like to see get a big score and lead the way and maybe show the younger guys the ropes of how to do it. He (Khawaja) probably needs to step up to the plate this match," Waugh concluded.
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