5 Better Pacers Than Jasprit Bumrah Who Deserve A Place In Indian Cricket Team

With 319 international wickets for India at an average of 22.48, Jasprit Bumrah is one of the best pacers for India. His best bowling show of 6/19 in England proves that he is a gemstone on overseas soil too. With Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah is also the only bowler to grab the top salary purse (Grade A) by BCCI.

However, since last year, a back injury has kept Jasprit Bumrah out of the field. He was absent from Asia Cup 2022, ICC T20 World Cup 2022, and also the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2023. In his absence, many other bowlers have impressed with their stellar bowling attack for Team India. Here we talk about 5 better pacers than Jasprit Bumrah who deserve a place in the Indian cricket team.

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5 Better Pacers Than Jasprit Bumrah Who Deserve A Place In Indian Cricket Team

5. Umran Malik

Umran Malik is the first player on this list. Although in the absence of Jasprit Bumrah, Umran Malik has got many opportunities in recent series. However, the right-arm pacer is not a permanent pacer for the team currently. After he emerged as expensive in the shortest format, he was not given many chances last year.

However, in the recent ODI and T20I series, the right-arm pacer gave a decent performance. In 8 ODIs and 8 T20Is, the Indian speedster has hunted 13 and 11 wickets respectively. His ODI average is 27.31 and his T20I average is 22.09. After such a good start in 8 games each in both white ball-format so far, he is a better pacer than Jasprit Bumrah who deserves a chance in all three formats on a permanent basis.

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4. T Natarajan

T Natarajan is another pacer who deserves a chance in Indian Cricket Team. When most of the pacers got injured during a bilateral series against Australia in December 2020, T Natarajan got a chance to make his international debut. He was totally brilliant with his performance.

The left-arm seamer hunted 3 wickets in his only Test, 3 wickets in 2 ODIs, and 7 scalps in 4 T20Is. However, he never got a chance to play for the Indian cricket team after March 2021. He has also been a consistent performer for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL in the last few seasons.

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3. Navdeep Saini

Navdeep Saini is another better pacer than Jasprit Bumrah and deserves a place in the Indian cricket team. The right-arm pacer has played for India in the past. From 2019 to 2021, he played 2 Tests, 8 ODIs, and 11 T20Is for Team India.

He picked 4 wickets in Tests, 6 scalps in ODIs, and 13 dismissals in T20Is. He bowled at a brilliant economy of just 6.87 in Tests and 7.16 in ODIs. After such good stats on the international stage, Saini is a deserving pacer for Indian team and needs more opportunities.

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2. Umesh Yadav

Umesh Yadav is another pacer who is a better pacer than Jasprit Bumrah and deserves a chance in the Indian team. In his recent outings, Yadav has been impressive. He gave a good performance for Kolakta Knight Riders in IPL 2022.

Later, he was given chance in Tests. In 2022, he played 3 Tests and picked 9 wickets in 6 innings at an average of 24.11. Although he gets a chance in Tests, he is absent from ODIs and T20Is. He should also get opportunities in the white-ball format after last year’s achievements.

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1. Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Bhuvneshwar Kumar is another pacer on this list. The right-arm pacer was a regular part of the national team till ICC T20 World Cup 2022. After India lost the semi-final by 10 wickets to England in the tournament, Kumar’s international career came to a standstill.

He has not played any international games since. If we take a look at Kumar’s performance, he won multiple Man of the Series and Man of the Match awards last year. In 2022, he could not pick any wickets in 2 ODIs but hunted 37 scalps in 32 T20I games for India, at an average of just 19.56 and an incredible economy rate of 6.98.

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