Is Bumrah the best cricketer India has ever produced?

[centurymaker]

Let's not get carried away with projections. Things can change very quickly in the career of a fast bowler.

 

[vicleggie]

If he gets 300 wickets at under 23, I'll put him above Kapil Dev, second behind Sachin

 

[silentstriker]

The best thing about Bumrah is that he’s very likeable

No the best thing about him is that he may be the best bowler since Sydney ****ing Barnes by the time he retires.

 

[silentstriker]

It's Sachin and it will continue to be Sachin till Bumrah has like 400 wickets.

Malcolm ****ing Marshall has 376 wickets.

 

[Arachnödouche2.0]

The best thing about Bumrah is that he’s very likeable

He's a freakin Labrador Retriever but with a bit of steel about him too. A different breed.

 

[srbhkshk]

Malcolm ****ing Marshall has 376 wickets.

Yeah and I don't think he is definitively above Sachin as a cricketer.

 

[Victor Ian]

Sachin is a very high rung to climb. But bowlers are worth more. Bumrah still has to keep going for a while longer.

 

[Daemon]

He took 49 Test wickets and counting at an average of 15 the same year he won a T20 World Cup, taking more wickets than boundaries conceded. Not sure why people keep saying he needs to do this or that when he’s already done things that will never be done again. no bowler has come close to being as good across all 3 formats in the T20 era and likely never will be. Just enjoy it.

Ok Sunny time for your afternoon nap

 

[andruid]

1. No one has made an obnoxiously jingoistic movie about his World Cup exploits like King Kapil
2. Ultimately, because of his ancestry, the answer is Shiv Chanderpaul
3. Perhaps the answer is actually Jadeja.

 

[silentstriker]

Yeah and I don't think he is definitively above Sachin as a cricketer.

 

[number11]

He is far and away the best bowler India have ever had. He is India's first great fast bowler. He adds more value to their team [current and hypothetical AT XIs] than any other player as he is unique. So, yes.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

He is far and away the best bowler India have ever had. He is India's first great fast bowler. He adds more value to their team [current and hypothetical AT XIs] than any other player as he is unique. So, yes.

Sunny added more, whereas Sachin could be replaced

 

[Fuller Pilch]

To be the best you have to beat the best, so since Douglas Jardine conquered Bradman, surely he is the best cricketer India has ever produced.

Excellent comment. I agree 100%

 

[OverratedSanity]

Why are you facepalming such a normal opinion? Are you dim