Official Jasprit Bumrah fanboying thread

[smash84]

Is he already top 5 pacer from SC though?

I think it's already Imran, Ws, then Bumrah. Whoever else you put at #4 I think he'll overtake soon.

Yep, same for mine.

Imran
Wasim
Waqar
Bumrah

Greatest Asian fast bowlers of all time in that order.

And bumrah is not too far from overtaking Waqar IMO.

Very humble and likeable guy too

 

[PaulLennon]

Wasim won Pak that WC though. Bumrah had an equally good chance a few months ago but couldn't quite do it. Doubt he's coming close again.

Anyway, he has 36 wickets in 6 Tests in India at an avg of 13. That is just obscene. Imagine if he plays throughout this series and ends up with thirty wickets. Would that be greater than Imran's 40 wickets against India in '82? Let's waive the umpiring caveat for the moment.

Naah

That is a team performance thing. Bumrah had a great WC and was also good in the final. India scored too few.

Also ODI WCs are not a metric for comparing test performances.

Zaheer Khan has an ODI WC where he contributed a lot (and good performances in all three KOs).

Waqar, Steyn, Ambrose never won one.

In fact in their biggest WC match ever (96 QF and 15 SF) both Waqar and Steyn were smashed around.

Even Marshall only "won" 79 by being in the squad. He didn't play a single match. The biggest WC match of his career he couldn't win (83 final).

No one would consider Zaheer to be in their tier.

 

[PaulLennon]

Yep, it looks difficult to go past Imran and Wasim, but very likely to surpass Waqar if he maintains the same quality till the end of his career (I'll become a massive fanboy if he does).

Might go above Imran and Wasim as a pure bowler but then their batting shades it for them.

Will be the third pacer in an Asia XI though.

 

[PaulLennon]

Better than Vaas, Kapil and Asif. You have to be a strong skeptic to believe otherwise.

Asif is a bit overrated.

Very good in friendly conditions but was poor in Aus and Pak (where he didn't play many).

He is more of a Philander type.

 

[Kirkut]

Even Marshall only "won" 79 by being in the squad. He didn't play a single match. The biggest WC match of his career he couldn't win (83 final).

Factually correct, but ouch!

 

[Spark]

idk about this particular eg but sports people in general tend to have very myopic views about rating fellow players or previous greats comparatively or on a ranking. see Messi winning the latest fifa award as an eg

That was journalists, not players

 

[Socerer 01]

That was journalists, not players

nah the Ballon d’Or is the award by journalists

this one is by the national team captains and managers

 

[Spark]

nah the Ballon d’Or is the award by journalists

this one is by the national team captains and managers

Oh I thought that was what you were referring to. I mean I agree that players may not necessarily be following the game as closely around the world as some fans. But I'm pretty confident in saying that great batsmen are better placed than basically anyone to judge the qualities of bowlers whom they actually faced in person at the highest level. It doesn't mean they're infallible but their views should absolutely be given more weight than randos with Statsguru.

 

[ankitj]

Ollie Pope

 

[Coronis]

Ollie Pope

Wrong thread

Worst ball you've ever seen take a wicket

Can be any format and any level, though it's probably fair to make allowances for trying to accelerate for declarations etc. I reckon a ball I bowled is a serious contender. Left-arm wrist spinner going over the wicket to a right-hander, I drag it down 1.5-2 feet outside leg and the batsman...

www.cricketweb.net

 

[ankitj]

Yeah please carry on the ATG discussion. It's not like we have thousand other threads to do that

 

[Gnske]

Yeah please carry on the ATG discussion. It's not like we have thousand other threads to do that

HMM VERY PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE hmmm VERY blatant YES QUITE TART HMMMM

 

[Bahnz]

Lol, there's actually a "Is Jasprit Bumrah better than Asif and Amir" thread on pakpassion right now.

 

[Bahnz]

Might go above Imran and Wasim as a pure bowler but then their batting shades it for them.

Will be the third pacer in an Asia XI though.

Man, imagine the inswinging yorkers he'd bowl with Imran and Wasim's - erm - ball management skills. He'd have to aim the ball at gully to clip leg stump.

 

[Pap Finn Keighl]

Is he already top 5 pacer from SC though?

I think it's already Imran, Ws, then Bumrah. Whoever else you put at #4 I think he'll overtake soon.

Akram
Imran
Waqar
Bumrah

Kapil
Akthar
Fazal

 

[Pap Finn Keighl]

Best Asian fast bowler ever.

If Bumrah is better than Akram, he is the Greatest Bowler in last 108 years.

 

[The_CricketUmpire]

Reminds me when Brian Lara said he ranked Wasim Akram as the best bowler he faced by a mile, and we all know the collection of fantastic bowlers Lara faced through-out his career.

Bumrah as you say, no where near Akram, as yet anyway like you say.

Bumrah probably won't get to Wasim Akram's level either ever. Still a good bowler though. But once again highlights that very very strong era that Lara player in...the 1990s/early-mid 2000s....such a strong era of world cricket.

Imagine Lara playing currently/past decade....

 

[ankitj]

Jasprit Bumrah becomes first Indian fast bowler to be ranked No. 1 in Tests

The previous best ranking had been held by Kapil Dev, who was No. 2 on the retrospective table in 1979-80

www.espncricinfo.com

Oh, the joys Bumrah brings to Indian fans!

 

[ankitj]

Also the first bowler in history to have reached #1 in all 3 formats

 

[Silver Silva]

Yep, same for mine.

Imran
Wasim
Waqar
Bumrah

Greatest Asian fast bowlers of all time in that order.

And bumrah is not too far from overtaking Waqar IMO.

Very humble and likeable guy too

Fazal Mahmood @5