Legendary Pakistan Left-arm bowler Wasim Akram has shared a suggestion for India pacer Jasprit Bumrah. Akram believes the Indian speedster shouldn’t exhaust himself by playing in county cricket in England as he already a regular in all 3 formats for the Indian national team.

Regarded as one of the greatest left-arm pacers of the game, Wasim Akram points out that Bumrah, who plays in the Indian Premier League needs to relax and a little. “Cricket has become too much today. A guy like Bumrah being a top bowler, India no.1, I would have suggested him to relax and not run after county cricket. Young players need to play more first-class cricket from there they will learn bowling,” Akram said.

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Speaking with Aakash Chopra on his YouTube channel, Akram also shared how Test cricket remains the ultimate format for the legendary pacer. He said, “T20 is amazing, good entertainment; there’s plenty of money involved and I’m all in for the importance of money in a sport and the players. They won’t learn bowling from T20. I don’t judge a player by T20 performance, I judge them from their performances in the longer version of cricket.”

Akram also reminisced his initial days at the international stage and recalls how he had no clue about his talent.

“When I came in the team as a youngster I used to listen to Imran (Khan) Bhai, Javed (Miandad) Bhai, Mudassar Nazar that this kid has talent but that time I didn’t understand what they were trying to say; Akram said.

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He concluded with, “Then I asked Imran Khan and he said your pace is deceptive and swing the ball and then I started to work on those areas. Nothing comes easy was one advice which I learned from all these three players all though their ways were different. As a bowler, our job is to create doubts in the minds of the batsmen. I enjoyed the tag that I am talented.”