Pacer Jasprit Bumrah played a key role in India’s triumph in the 2024 T20 World Cup. Rohit Sharma and company had an excellent World Cup campaign, remaining unbeatable throughout the tournament. In the final match, they defeated South Africa by seven runs and won the title. Bumrah, who scalped 15 wickets, won the Player of the Tournament award. With his fiery pace and sharp yorkers, Bumrah pulled Team India from the jaws of defeat on several occasions. It won’t be wrong to say that Bumrah is currently one of the greatest fast bowlers in the world.
Not just in T20Is, but Bumrah is equally effective in ODIs and Tests. Recently, former Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja praised the India pacer, calling him a “legend of all three formats.
“In my book, Jasprit Bumrah is a legend in all three formats. There is no one greater who has played all three formats. inappropriate, but he came back and now made India win the World Cup,” said Ramiz Raja in his Youtube channel.
Coincidentally, Ramiz’s statement came after an old video of India’s new coach Gautam Gambhir started surfacing online where he was seen talking about having more players of all formats in the group.
“I really believe in one thing: if you are good, you should play all three formats. I’ve never been a big believer in injury management, that you get hurt and you recover. As simple as it seems. When you are playing international cricket and you are good enough, you ask any of the top players, they want to play all three formats. They don’t want to stay and they don’t. be labeled as a red-ball bowler or a white-ball bowler,” Gambhir said in the video.
Talking about the current team, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja announced their retirement from T20Is after the World Cup. In the shortest format, Team India is undergoing a transformation as a fresh-looking team currently takes on Zimbabwe in a five-match series.
Team India is led by Shubman Gill and features debutants like Riyan Parag, Abhishek Sharma and Dhruv Jurel.
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