Kapil Dev Vs Jasprit Bumrah: Former legendary captain of the Indian cricket team, Kapil Dev talked about the great fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah of the current tour. The former Indian captain said that players of one generation cannot be compared with players of another generation. Bumrah was injured during the last match of the recently played Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25.
However, Bumrah took the maximum of 32 wickets in the series, for which he was awarded the title of ‘Player of the Series’. Bumrah is included among the great bowlers of the current tour.
While talking to the media, Kapil Dev said, “Please don’t compare (me and Bumrah). You can’t compare one generation with another. Nowadays boys score 300 runs in a day, which our It didn’t happen in time. So don’t compare.”
Apart from this, Kapil Dev talked about Bumrah’s workload management. Kapil Dev said, “Workload? How many overs did he bowl? Some 150 overs. But how many matches and in how many innings? Five matches and nine innings, right? And he didn’t bowl more than 15 overs at a time. He bowled in a spell. Is bowling a big deal? These are Australian words.
Jasprit Bumrah’s international career
Let us tell you that Jasprit Bumrah has played 45 Tests, 89 ODIs and 70 T20 International matches in his international career so far. In 86 innings of Test, he has taken 205 wickets at an average of 19.40, in which the best figure of the match was 9/86. Apart from this, in 88 innings of ODI, Bumrah took 149 wickets at an average of 23.55, in which the best figure was 6/19. In the remaining 69 innings of T20 International, the Indian pacer took 89 wickets at an average of 17.74.
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