“He is bowling like a video game”: Arshdeep Singh salutes Jasprit Bumrah during T20 World Cup

Following his team’s victory over Australia in the ICC T20 Super Eights World Cup clash, Indian pacer Arshdeep Singh and spinner Kuldeep Yadav discussed the team’s strategies during the victory, with Arshdeep praising leader Jasprit Bumrah for bowling.” like a video game.” Rohit Sharma’s swashbuckling 92 followed by influential spells from Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah and Kuldeep Yadav along with Axar Patel’s one-handed stunner sealed a 24-run victory for India against Australia and sealed their place in the World Cup semi-final T20 underway.
After the game, in a video posted by the Indian cricket team’s official Instagram user, Arshdeep questioned how difficult it was for Kuldeep to bowl first into the wind and then into the wind.

To this Kuldeep replied, “It was difficult because automatically my ball goes in to the right-handed batsman. Obviously, the right-hander was trying to hit the left side. I was just reading the batsman and what he expected. As soon as I restarted the first one, I tried to put a fuller ball, a flipper, I tried to put on a fuller ball because if he sweeps it, there is a chance for us (of a wicket).”

“Then I was bowling the wrong one from there. Then, he was confused because I was putting two balls in. I only put two balls in the first over. They were both confused whether I could put a fuller or a wide wrong’un. So , first of all, that was the plan. Then, on the second play, obviously, the catch that Axar made was a very good catch. Maybe, from then on, the game opened up for us”, he added.
Talking about his efficiency with the new ball, Arshdeep, who has taken 15 wickets in the tournament so far, said that it was not too difficult for him with Bumrah doing so well with the ball, creating pressure on the batsmen and forcing them to go for big shots, who produced wickets for India.

“I don’t think there’s anything difficult about it at the moment (playing with a new ball). Because Jassi is playing like a video game, with an economy rate of just two or three runs. He plays high-risk pitches, I get a lot of wickets through them,” said Arshdeep.

“I will say he gets a lot of credit. All the other bowlers are very important in the partnership. They stop runs at one end and take wickets at the other. I think as a bowling unit they are all clicking very well,” he added .

Rohit’s 92 helped India put 205/5 on the board and restricted Australia to 181/7 in their 20 overs despite Travis Head’s counterattack of 76 off 43 balls with nine fours and four sixes. Following Bangladesh’s defeat to Afghanistan, Australia were eliminated from the tournament, managing just one win and facing two defeats in the Super Eights, including one to Afghanistan.

India will next face England in the semi-finals in Guyana on Thursday.

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