Zaheer Khan praises Jasprit Bumrah, says his action is an advantage

Jasprit Bumrah has been one of the best bowling discovery for Indian cricket team in recent years. The bowler is currently dominating the world cricket with his fierce bowling along with his contemporaries like the South African Kagiso Rabada, Trent Boult, and Pat Cummins. Jasprit Bumrah is currently the top-ranked ODI bowler and third-ranked Test bowler with 797 and 835 points respectively. The most unique element about his bowling has been his action. Jasprit Bumrah’s bowling action is absolutely unorthodox and batsmen have found it hard to decode while cricket veterans have absolutely praised it.

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Zaheer Khan on Jasprit Bumrah

Former India pacer Zaheer Khan has been a phenomenal bowler for the country when Indian bowlers were not seen as a threat to the opponent teams. Despite that, Zaheer has been a great bowling asset for India throughout his career. The 2011 WorldCup-winning bowler has praised Bumrah and called him extremely talented. When a lot of people were asking about Bumrah’s bowling and criticising it, Zaheer has absolutely praised it.

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"He (Bumrah) is a special talent, he has got that awkward action which works as an advantage for him over the batsmen. He is keen to learn and drive to excel. He has been working on his fitness, adding new things to his bowling. He has evolved as a bowler in a short time, that have been the keys to success. It is about how you take things into stride and what kind of approach you have. I think Bumrah has shown all the attitude of achieving that success” said Zaheer Khan in a recent interview

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Zaheer Khan’s Opinions on bowlers

Zaheer has praised South African bowler Rabada and thinks his record till now has been fantastic. Zaheer feels that we need to experiment about our bowling patterns before the T20 World Cup. He feels it is going to bring out positive results. In a recent interview with PTI Zaheer stated his opinions.

"He (Bumrah) is a special talent, he has got that awkward action which works as an advantage for him over the batsmen. He is keen to learn and drive to excel. He has been working on his fitness, adding new things to his bowling. He has evolved as a bowler in a short time, that have been the keys to success. It is about how you take things into stride and what kind of approach you have. I think Bumrah has shown all the attitude of achieving that success," added the 40-year-old former pacer.

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