Veteran commentator Aakash Chopra said that the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) 2024-25 will be remembered for Jasprit Bumrah irrespective of the result as well. He added that the Indian pacer has performed like a wizard in the first four Tests of the ongoing series as well. Notably, Bumrah registered figures of 5/57 in the fourth Test.
In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra’, he said, “Jassi jaisa koi nahin. What a bowler he is. A magician, who can do anything, a wizard, Jasprit Bumrah is alone that guy. Sam Konstas did something in the first innings. Jasprit Bumrah conceded 34 runs in a spell and 19 runs in an over. Here he bowled an inswinger and hit his stumps.”
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“That was just the start. In fact, the way he is bowling in this whole series, we don’t know which way this BGT will go, this series will eventually be remembered for Jasprit Bumrah, the result notwithstanding because it’s very rare that a bowler like this comes to Australian shores and bowls like this consistently. Doing well in a Test match or two innings, or against three or four batters, that can still happen. However, we say that these Australian pitches are slightly difficult both for batters and bowlers. There is slight help for fast bowlers but the grounds are very heavy. Your joints start aching but he has taken nearly 30 wickets,” he again shared.
Jasprit Bumrah has claimed 29 wickets at an outstanding average of 13.24 in eight innings in BGT 2024-25. However, the Indian bowler accounted for more than five dismissals in the series as well. In the same video, Aakash Chopra stated that Jasprit Bumrah has virtually
been India’s lone warrior with the ball in the ongoing BGT series.
“He has been absolutely sensational. He is unbelievable. Many times, it seemed like Jassi alone is on one side and everyone else is on the other, that he is carrying the team alone and no one else is able to support him. The truth is that he doesn’t get that much help from the other end. Words fail us. Indian cricket is very fortunate that a batter comes at times seeing whom you say ‘wow’, and then you get a bowler like that suddenly. We have seen batters dominating but I can’t remember the last time a bowler went to foreign shores and performed like this,” Aakash Chopra concluded.
