Former India pace-spearhead Zaheer Khan feels that the awkward action of Jasprit Bumrah has worked as an advantage for him in bowling rather than a weakness. Bumrah is one of the key players for India across formats.
“He (Jasprit Bumrah) is a special talent, he has got that awkward action which works as an advantage for him over the batsmen. He is keen to learn and drive to excel. He has been working on his fitness, adding new things to his bowling. He has evolved as a bowler in a short time, that have been the keys to success,” Zaheer told PTI on Monday. “It is about how you take things into stride and what kind of approach you have. I think Bumrah has shown all the attitude of achieving that success.”
Zaheer Khan, who was part of 2011 World Cup winning Indian team, also commented that wrist spinners, Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal have chances to return as the World T20 is still away.
“They have been transparent about what their approach is. At the end of the day, we just have to wait and see how things evolve and shape up. We have plenty of time for the T20 World Cup (to be held in Australia), so we will have to wait and see how things evolve and what kind of experimentation happens. So everyone is allowed to have a thought process, we have seen with other teams as well. We have seen with England team, before the World Cup, they have been transparent about it and so is this (Indian) team,” he added.
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Zaheer also commented on young South African pacer Kasigo Rabada, that he should adapt the conditions quickly and use the reverse swing to be successful in India. Rabada is considered as one of the top bowlers in the world. In 37 Tests, he has taken 176 wickets so far.
“In India, we will have to see how he adapts to conditions. You have to adapt to conditions and for any fast bowler to be successful in India, he should possess the ability to bowl with the old ball and use the reverse swing. So, I am looking forward to see how Rabada goes about it and how quickly he adapts in the (Test) series,” said Zaheer.
It will be interesting to see how this newly formed South Africa team give tough competition to the Indian team in their backyard in the upcoming Tests.
