Damien Fleming says Jasprit Bumrah knows his strengths and he’s always sniffing to find that weakness.
Former Australian Damien Fleming also heaped praise on India’s vice-captain Jasprit Bumrah, calling him a “Terminator.”
“He’s just the Terminator, isn’t he?” Fleming told Sydney Morning Herald.
“He knows his strengths and he’s always sniffing to find that weakness. I think he does that instinctively, and it’s not a long run-up, but I can see he’s reviewed that ball, and then he’s planning the next one.”
Glenn Maxwell ha rated Jasprit Bumrah as the complete package as a bowler. (Reuters)
Recalling Bumrah’s slower ball to Shaun Marsh at the cusp of Lunch Break in Melbourne Test during the 2018-19 Border-Gavaskar Trophy,” Fleming said: “There’s that famous dismissal of Shaun Marsh at the MCG in 2018]in the over before lunch. I was commentating at the time, and I could almost pick what was going to happen, just driving him back, so his weight’s on the back foot, and then he bowls that superb slower ball and knocks him over.
“It was either going to be that slower ball or a fast yorker. So I think he is so astute, but he also now has all the skills—outswingers, inswingers, off-cutters, slower balls, excellent yorker, bouncer.
ICC Latest Test Ranking: Jasprit Bumrah has regained the No. 1 spot in the ICC Test bowling rankings after spearheading his team to a record 295-run win over Australia. (AP)
“So when you’ve got more skills, you’ve got more options. Like the Terminator, he’s always stalking the batsmen. And the batsmen know that, but they’re still unsure what’s coming. Not only does he have a wide skill set, but he executes it better than anyone in world cricket.”
India will take on Australia in the Pink-ball Test in Adelaide starting December 6.