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2 only.I’m not sure if he’ll be playing a lot of home games or be as effective in taking wickets, which places him reaching 300 wickets in doubt. He didn’t play many home games this year either right?
2 only.I’m not sure if he’ll be playing a lot of home games or be as effective in taking wickets, which places him reaching 300 wickets in doubt. He didn’t play many home games this year either right?
I'd say 300 because he has a tough action and relies on pace, he'll most probably be done by the time he is 34. An out and out swing bowler can still continue for longer, but Bumrah is express.He'll get 400
I believe "Bumrah is overbowled" is overdone a bit hence getting to stats.I dont think we should be holding him back to the extent we have been. Should be playing SC tests because I want to see if he can expand his game to use reverse on dry pitches. Probably can.
The real issue is how much he is overbowled in away tests depite India playing 5 bowlers. It is really annoying to regularly watch him bowl long spells when there s a proper pace battery available.
The number of overs isn't the real problem. As I said in that very post, it's that he bowls longer spells. They should be 5 over bursts at most. Even in the latest test he bowled a long 7 over spell. What's the point of 5 bowlers when you use them like this?I believe "Bumrah is overbowled" is overdone a bit hence getting to stats.
He has been playing tests for 4 years now and bowled 5359 deliveries. That is 1340 deliveries per year. This translates to 214 deliveries per test or 35 overs. This workload per test is comparable to some of the leading bowlers in history and way below some of the most overworked ones like Lillee (44 overs per test) or Hadlee (42 overs per test).
Kapil, who has been India's leading pace bowler until Bumrah(or arguably still) has bowled 1799 deliveries per year which is 34% more on an average per year for 4 times more duration ! Even among Bumrah's contemporaries, Rabada has bowled 1507 balls per year for 6 years.
The highest Bumrah has bowled over a single calendar year in tests is 2238 balls in 2018. In Kapil's case it is 3553 deliveries in 1979. He also bowled 3469 in 1983. Botham too had a comparable workload to Kapil for a decade until he worn out. Bumrah admittedly had to play a lot of IPL and t20s, but then these guys had to play a lot of county and other FC cricket along with being all rounders.
Even in the last match, Bumrah bowled only 26 overs. He would one day go on to become India's best ever but shouldn't be the one who would have a reputation of great workload or good fitness imo.
Yeah, agree that 5-6 overs is optimal for him. Though, iirc, he took a wicket in his 5th over in one of the spells and Kohli was tempted to give a few more. Ideally, he should have been given a break and come back later.The number of overs isn't the real problem. As I said in that very post, it's that he bowls longer spells. They should be 5 over bursts at most. Even in the latest test he bowled a long 7 over spell. What's the point of 5 bowlers when you use them like this?
And I think (and may be mistaken) that the English sports scientists once found that spell length was the biggest injury risk factor rather than total overs.The number of overs isn't the real problem. As I said in that very post, it's that he bowls longer spells. They should be 5 over bursts at most. Even in the latest test he bowled a long 7 over spell. What's the point of 5 bowlers when you use them like this?
True Successor of Kapil DevBumrah has the world record for scoring most runs in an over in test cricket. 29 against Broad at Edgbaston, 2022.
This is like one of those annoying scammers doing technical analysis on crypto chartsMultiplies his average 7.32 times every 29 tests. By the end of his 59th test, he will average 53.