Pat Cummins on Jasprit Bumrah: Australian captain Pat Cummins praised fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah, saying that the 31-year-old bowler has been the “most influential player” for India in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series. Australia registered a 184-run victory over India in the Melbourne Test, with which the host team is now 2-1 ahead in the series.
Jasprit Bumrah once again showed his talent with the ball in the Boxing Day Test held in Melbourne. In the first innings, when Australia had complete control over the match, he took three consecutive wickets and brought India back into the match. In the second innings also, Bumrah performed as per his reputation and took 5 wickets for 57 runs.
Jasprit Bumrah is now the leading wicket-taker in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy with 30 wickets at an average of 12.83. Speaking in the press conference after registering a big win by 184 runs in the Melbourne Test, Cummins said that Bumrah has created problems for Australia at different times in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series.
Pat Cummins said, “Obviously he is in very good form and a very good bowler. You know, he has been their most influential player. He has caused problems for us at times. I think tomorrow all his The bowlers bowled very well, I don’t think the pitch was very helpful for us, so I thought they all bowled very well, you know. The biggest threat from.”
At the beginning of the fifth day of the Melbourne Test, Australia had given India a target of 340 runs. The visiting team had the whole day to either win the match or go for a draw. However, the Indian top order faltered once again. After which Jaiswal and Pant tried to manage the team’s innings by forming a partnership. India had lost only three wickets after tea break, but after this the Australian bowlers made a strong comeback and bundled out India for 155 runs in the 80th over.
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