He should get man of the series quite easily, but if Smith tons up again in Sydney, or Dreamboat Pat gets another 5 for/cracks a 50, I wouldn't be surprised to see them go with the winning team.
No visiting bowler since world war I has taken even 20+ wickets in Australia at a better average
Head, Smith or Cummins might have a great game but there is no way in hell that Bumrah is going to fail.
The question at this point is probably more around whether he has enough left in the tank
His later spells on day 4 looked pretty tired. He was down to high 120s at points. Not sure he's going to hold up great in the last test.
Bloke probably has a busted back from all the carrying he's had to do
Siraj bowled great the second innings here tbf. But apart from that and a couple other spells from siraj/akash , it's literally only been bumrah who's had an impact. We'd be 3-0 or 4-0 down without him.
The ineffectiveness of Jadeja has been a real curiosity to me as well. A lot of criticism and carping about Lyon in this game and I guess fair enough, but Jadeja has looked even less effective to me.
They're both mostly toothless but Jadeja lost his lines a lot. Made things for the aussie tail yesterday so easy.
This is what has surprised me more than anything. I think the pitches have more or less neutralised spinners completely, but I expect Jadeja to at least keep it tight and be difficult to milk. Bowled a ton of junk in Brisbane too, way more loose stuff than I've seen in entire tours from him here.
I think Rohit has handled spinners really bad this series as well, on top of all his other mistakes as a captain. Jaddu was definitely inconsistent but the fields Rohit gave him and the times he introduced him to the attack were all really bad too. You pick 5 guys to bowl and you gotta trust them to bowl instead of just going to Bumrah or another seamer every other over.
Batsmen get man of the match bowlers get player of the series.
If Konstas ramps Bumrah for 4 more boundaries, I'd probably give it to him.
Drop Starc except for pink ball tests
