The Indian team is on a tour of Australia, where the Border-Gavaskar Trophy is to start from November 22. The first test between the two teams is on the bouncy pitch of Perth. The host team India will definitely be a little worried but it is equally true that Australia will also be feeling scared. There is this fear of Bumrah inside him. This can be understood better from a line published in the report of Fox Cricket, according to which Bumrah is the first foreign bowler to tour Australia after the West Indies pace attack of 1970, whose fear is visible inside the Kangaroos.
Bumrah took 32 wickets on 2 tours of Australia
On the last two tours of Australia, 30-year-old Bumrah has taken 32 wickets at an average of 21.25, in which his best performance has been falling of 6 wickets for 33 runs. He did this feat in the Boxing Day Test on the 2018 tour. Since the beginning of the 20th century, there have been only two bowlers who have a lower average and more wickets than Bumrah in Australia. One of them is Sir Richard Hadlee and the other is Sir Curtly Ambrose.
Bowler of every format, every condition
The specialty of Bumrah is that he is a bowler of every format. He can become a threat to any opponent in any condition, in any format. When Fox Cricket asked Travis Head how does it feel to face Bumrah? So he did the impossible. You think that you are one step ahead of them. But he will assure you that he is one step ahead.
Head further said that he has an X-factor, which makes him an incredible bowler. Big players are needed on big occasions but he is the biggest. The challenge is not going to be easy during his tenure.
Strange action is also a strength
One of Bumrah’s strengths is his strange action. Australian batsman Usman Khawaja says that his balls come fast due to his strange action. He told that when he faced Bumrah for the first time, he was surprised to see where such a fast ball came from?
Variation in balls, master in swing
Describing Bumrah’s ability, Shane Watson said that when he did his first tour of Australia in 2016, he was only an inswing bowler. But, now he swings the ball from both the sides. Apart from this, variation in bowling and control over speed make him an even bigger threat.
