India ‘Can Still Play Without Jasprit Bumrah’

Former Australian cricketer Brad Haddin opined about India vs England series which was levelled by 2-2 after Mohammed Siraj’s magnificent effort in the fifth and final Test. But one of the highlight was that Brad mentioned that India still has the capability to play without their ace pacer Jasprit Bumrah.

On the Day 5 of the last Test, England just needed 35 runs to clinch victory but Mohammed Siraj turned the tables for India and got the much-needed breakthrough for India. He registered his second fifer in the series and led India’s pace attack in absence of Jasprit Bumrah.

Bumrah on the other hand played only three Tests to manage his workload following which Brad Haddin mentioned that there are many bowlers who can play in his absence.

“India, they can take a lot out (this) that they can still play without Bumrah. His life goes on if the other bowlers find a way. They have got so much talent over there in India. But he didn’t win a Test match,” Haddin said on YouTube channel LiSTNR Sport.

“I think Siraj likes being the leader of the attack. He is one of those guys that he wants the ball in big situations. Yes, he makes mistakes, but he doesn’t shy away from wanting the occasion. If you have players like that who aren’t afraid to make mistakes, who can get under the skin of opposition because of the way that they want to be in the game, they are the guys you want,” He added.

“He wanted the ball in that last hour of play. There’s no way in the world he didn’t want to bowl every over to win the game. He dropped the catch. That’s a bad miss, your details got to be better there when you are catching that. But that also didn’t define him by the Test match. We are not going to talk about that catch now,” he concluded.