Star India pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah has said that he doesn’t understand England’s Bazball cricket, sharing that it creates wicket-taking opportunities for opponents as well. However, England have been playing an aggressive brand of cricket since 2022 under the leadership of Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum as well.
However, England have been scoring at a rate of 4.63 runs per over in the longer format since June 2022, the highest run rate in Tests during that period. Now they are all set to take on India in the upcoming series, slated to begin from June 20. Ahead of the series, Jasprit Bumrah has said England’s batting style as ‘interesting’ as he doesn’t understand it as well.
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“Playing in England is always a different challenge, I always love bowling with the Dukes ball. The weather, the swinging conditions sometimes, and then when the ball becomes soft, there’s always a challenge. So I always look forward to playing in England. Obviously they’re playing an interesting style of cricket, which is an interesting one because I don’t really understand it too much. But as a bowling unit, we always feel confident that when the batters are being ultra aggressive on a given day, anybody could run through and, get wickets,” Jasprit Bumrah told Michael Clarke on Beyond23 Cricket Podcast.
Moreover, Jasprit Burmah also shared the challenge of playing across formats of the game and said that one has to be smart about using their body and be a bit selective as well. His comments came as he has been suffering from injuries since 2022 and missed a few major tournaments for India, such as the T20 World Cup 2022, the World Test Championship final 2023 and the Champions Trophy 2025.
“It’ s tough for any individual to keep playing everything for so long. I’ve been doing it for a while, but then eventually you have to understand where your body is going at, what is the important tournament. So you have to be a little selective and you have to be a little smart about how you use your body. As a cricketer, I would never want to leave anything and always keep on going. At this moment, yes, I’m OK, but I don’t set goals. I look at it one day at a time. The journey is going good so far. The day I realized that the drive is gone or the effort is not there and my body is not holding up, that is a decision when you take your time. But right now I’m ok,” Jasprit Bumrah concluded.
