The former English stimulator Stuart Broad compared the Indian pace of Spearhead Jasprit Bumrah with the legendary Australian stimulator Glenn McGrath, which stressed that both of them have the “most balanced van” in the world cricket.
Broad said Bumrah’s ability to deceive the dough, combined with its excellent balance in the form, makes it a player who follows the Marquee testing series against England.
“He (Bumhrah) yogos inside, you will think it will be 70 miles per hour” and hit you at 90 years and you have no real flow. When I faced shaaib Akhtar, sprint in an hour and delivered in a hundred kilometers per hour, ”Broad said in a substast,” who also performed in the English body.
“You were ready, but Bumhrah is so balanced, in his start it is a short step formula, so he never gets over a step and balance. I look at Glenn McGrath (which) had the most balanced delivery I watched and Bumhrah is the same.”
Bumrah is expected to have in all five tests The series, with the chairman of the Ajit Agarkar selector and head coach Gautam Gambhir, confirms that his participation will be managed in the workload strategy.
Broad, who claimed 604 goals in 167 tests in 2023, believes that Bumrah would take the “Shedload goals” if he was to play all five matches of the series that starts on Friday in Leeds.
“It will certainly be one to watch, and certainly someone who will not want to play five tests, because if so, he will pick up the shed goal, right?
“In Australia, there was a big piece of the game where he got into scrap at the last end with (Sam) Constas and (USman) Khawaja was on a strike. He mentioned Khawaja, got him out. He screamed and yelled.
“It certainly has it; every fast pitch must have the emotions in it, but for its competitive spirit (a) that in that (virat) kohli (captain), there is a real sharpness.”
Published:
Saurabh Kumar
Published on:
June 17, 2025
