It’s time for Jasprit Bumrah, this Australian batsman. (Photo: PTI)
Jasprit Bumrah is counted among the best bowlers in the world. Even the best hitters can’t last long against him. But there is also one Australian batsman who is not worried about Bumrah ahead of the five-match Test series. He’s been approaching his swing with ease so far. The most surprising thing is that Bumrah has not been able to get this player out in Tests till date. Here we are talking about Australian opener Usman Khawaja. Before the start of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, he said that playing Bumrah is very easy. However, Khawaja named one player outside the Indian team that he is very afraid of.
Khawaja was always superior to Bumrah
There are now days left for the start of the 5-match test series between India and Australia. The first match will be played from November 22. With this the war between bat and bat will begin. Batsmen and bowlers from both teams will be put to the test in fast-pitch Perth. But before this, Australian opener Usman Khawaja made a surprising statement.
Khawaja said that due to Jasprit Bumrah’s unique action, it is a little difficult at first, but after playing for a while, batsmen get familiar with it. According to Khawaja, he has no problem playing. The statistics also attest to this. In fact, the two faced each other in Tests in 2018 and 2019. During this period, Bumrah bowled 155 balls at him but couldn’t get him out even once. While Khawaja scored 43 runs. If this figure remains intact in this series as well, then the Indian team may be in trouble.
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Who did Khwaja call the biggest threat?
Usman Khawaja believes that everyone only talks about Bumrah, but there are bowlers more dangerous than him in the Indian team. According to him, Mohammed Shami, who is currently out of Team India’s squad, used to bowl very lethally when he was in form. It was very difficult to face him. He was adept at stitching the ball with a very precise line length.
It was very difficult to read Shami. Let us tell you that both of them faced each other in Tests in 2018, 2019 and 2023. During this period, Shami bowled a total of 296 balls, of which 242 were dots and he also got out twice. While Khawaja was able to score 109 runs at a strike rate of just 36, which included 14 fours.
