Jasprit Bumrah called a cross as Australia begins mind games before the IND vs AUS series

Jasprit Bumrah will be India's biggest weapon with the ball in the upcoming Test series against Australia. India plays a five-match Test series against Australia in Australia after 33 years. The series starts with the first Test in Perth on November 22.

India has won their last two tours Down Under and thus the Australian team is eagerly waiting for revenge. India plays Test matches against Bangladesh and New Zealand at home before taking on the Aussies.

Hence they have an opportunity to widen the gap on the WTC points table. The Australian team currently will be playing white-ball cricket and they will return to playing Test cricket in the series against India.

Meanwhile, former Australian pacer Jeff Lawson has reserved some high praise for Jasprit Bumrah. He was recently the Men of the Tournament in India's victorious T20 World Cup campaign in the West Indies and the USA.

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The India pacer, Lawson, reckons will land in Australia later this year, with three secret weapons, starting with his 'broad smile', 'never-ending energy', and his ability to generate reverse- swing, which often tends to go unnoticed.

There Are No Queues From His Action: Jeff Lawson On Jasprit Bumrah

"[Jasprit Bumrah] is a cross between C3P0 and the Transformer Optimus Prime. You've just got to love his broad smile, never-ending energy, and the seamless transition from his yorker to his bouncer."

"There are no 'tells', no queues from his action to alert batsmen to the change of length or seam position. The brevity of his run-up does not give time to settle into the normal batting rhythm of tap, tap, tap, then fix a stare at the ball in hand," Lawson told Mid-day.

He further spoke about the challenges Bumrah will have to encounter in his upcoming trip. He said that Bumrah will need to control the Kookaburra ball to get the most help out of it.

"The challenge for Bumrah, or any fast bowler in Australia, is getting the most out of the Kookaburra Turf ball. If the pitches are hard and dry (which they are most of the time but recently some juicy strips have been served up that have made seam bowling a true delight), he will get reverse swing going sooner rather than later. Seam bowling the key to being successful in Australia, is your older ball skills, and reverse swing is a significant part of that" Lawson said.

Bumrah was amongst the wickets in his last two trips to Australia. In the 2018/19 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Bumrah picked up 21 wickets at an average of 17, including a best of 6/33.

Two years later, Bumrah took 13 more from three matches before getting ruled out of the fourth due to a back injury. Overall, Bumrah has taken 32 wickets against Australia in seven Test matches.

It was since then that the lead Indian pacer had had a string of injuries forcing him to miss the T20 World Cup in 2022 followed by a few bilateral series as well.

He also missed the 2023 due to a back stress injury. He made a comeback for India in the ODI World Cup and played a big part in helping India make it to the final taking 20 wickets in the tournament.

He is currently rested after India's T20 World Cup win and will be back for the home Test season against Bangladesh and New Zealand followed by the much-awaited series against Australia.

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