The bowling load in the tricky thirties will begin for Jasprit Bumrah in Adelaide and the path from 200 to 300 internationals will reveal more shades of this ‘special one.’
Jasprit Bumrah’s 200th international outing in Perth during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy opener could not have been any more special. The seam spearhead, pivotal in India’s 295-run victory, capped off his leadership duties with match figures of 8/72, the best by any visiting fast-bowling captain Down Under.
A repeat in the wickets column in the Pink-Ball Test, starting Friday on his 31st birthday, will place Bumrah atop a special bracket of Test cricket’s bowling metronomes. It is also opportune to review the gradual unfurling of Bumrah’s genius in a spectacular eight-year journey comprising 200 games while battling two major back injuries that could have blighted most quicks in the sport.