The Indian pace attack has shown tremendous improvements in recent times and the team has a world-class bowling attack. The pace bowling has been impressive, especially in Test cricket. Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah are frontline pacers for the Indian team in red-ball cricket. Shami has scalped 209 wickets from 57 Test matches while Bumrah has scalped 113 wickets from 27 Test matches.
Jasprit Bumrah made his international debut in ODI in 2016 and made his debut in T20I format the same year. He then made his Test debut in 2018 against South Africa. Talking about Jasprit Bumrah, Shami said that he would love to have the skill of bowling yorkers like Bumrah.
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During a recent conversation with the Indian Express, Mohammed Shami said, “The one thing I would love to have from him is his yorker. Such a lovely ball. It’s fun to bowl together. With the kind of Test match bowling we have now, I don’t think we ever had such a period in our cricketing history. If you look at our graph for the last five years, I feel it is the highest.”
He further added, “I enjoy bowling with Jassi, Umesh, Ishant, and all of them. We know each other’s abilities. The best quality of this bowling unit is that whenever someone is down, we lift each other up and give confidence. These are the things one remembers in life. We walk together through thick and thin.”
Bumrah turned a lot of eyeballs ever since he played his IPL debut in 2013 for Mumbai Indians. He has 130 wickets from 106 IPL games so far in the tournament and is also the tenth highest wicket-taker in IPL. Shami revealed that he felt a bit strange seeing Jasprit Bumrah bowl for the first time as his action was a bit weird.
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Explaining the same, Jasprit Bumrah said, “The first time I saw him was during the IPL. It felt a bit strange seeing him because of his bowling action. I wondered how someone could bowl so fast with that action and where he got the power from. When he got drafted in the Indian team, I knew him better. He performed and became part of the Test team. Today, you see a different Jasprit Bumrah. He has such control, he has everything.”
