Jasprit Bumrah Has The Best Yorker In The World - Wasim Akram

Of late, especially, in the last couple of years, the rise of Jasprit Bumrah has been incredible for India, across the formats. Though coming into the game with a weird action, he survived like a warrior in the International cricket to top the list of ICC Rankings within no time. Meanwhile, the former fast bowler of Pakistan, Wasim Akram heaps praise on the youngster.

Bumrah, who finished the year 2018 as the highest wicket-taker combining all formats of the game, was at his lethal best during the four-match Test series between India and Australia. He picked up 21 wickets to become the joint-leading wicket taker in the series alongside Aussie spinner Nathan Lyon.

Meanwhile, the former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram, one of the best exponent of the yorker, believes that Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah currently possesses the most effective toe-crusher in world cricket and can make a difference during the death overs in the ICC World Cup later this year.

Jasprit Bumrah is very different to other bowlers – Wasim Akram

The 52-year-old is the mentor of the upcoming 10PL tennis ball tournament in UAE. He attributed the success of Bumrah’s yorkers to his tennis ball cricket days. He believes that playing Tennis ball cricket has done Bumrah a world of good.

“Bumrah has an exceptional action, very different from other fast bowlers and yet he gets the ball to swing and also move off the deck at a good pace. But what makes Bumrah special is his ability to bowl yorkers on a regular basis. If you see, whether it’s me coming from Pakistan or Bumrah coming from India, we are all products of tennis ball cricket,” he quoted.

”When you play gully cricket with buildings on both sides and the batsman being deprived of playing cross batted shots on both sides, they are forced to play straight then. And then you start pitching it up and in the process learn to bowl at the base and prevent the batsman from going down the ground,” Akram told PTI.

Bumrah played an important role in helping India win their first Test series in Australia. The 25-year-old has now been rested for the limited overs series against Australia and New Zealand as the team management wants him to remain fresh for the quadrennial event.

Well, as Akram said, Jasprit Bumrah has been brilliant with his yorkers in the recent past. Especially, the ball he delivered to Shaun Marsh during the Test match was one of his all-time best yorkers.