Take advantage of Jasprit Bumrah while you can! Ex-NCA Coach explodes criticism of workload management

Former Jasprit Bumrah coach at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) and the 1983 World Cup winner Balwinder Singh Sandhu criticized those who criticized the quick launcher to rest from two test games during the Indian tour of England.

Different rules for battlers and quisors

Sandhu questioned those who are selectively critical. While strikers often ignore the test matches for various reasons, if and when a launcher does it, in particular one of the quality of Bumrah, everyone is in arms on this subject.

“During these seven years, how many drummers have gone without injury breaks?” Sandhu wrote in a chronicle for midday.

Overloaded Bumrah

The old stimulator wrote how Bumrah has little time to recover. Even in the matches he plays, he usually offers the most oversize. Everyone calls Mohammed Siraj a workhorse, but in the matches where the two played, Bumrah played more Overs than Siraj. Sandhu wants people to realize how difficult it is for quick quasses to play day after day and how they punish their bodies.

“I was amazed when I saw these figures. Jasprit Bumrah has experienced a remainder of 3.2 days for each day of play in the past seven years, while Mohammed Siraj has had 3.5 days, and Mohammed Shami, 3.7. And don’t remember – Bumrah and Shami also missed matches because of injuries. This only makes these even more revealing statistics. ”

“It is easy to criticize these pacers who have brought the charge for India over the years, but when you see the real figures, we realize how much the life of a quick launcher is. He added.

Difficulties due to biomechanics

As a NCA coach himself, Sandhu saw Bumrah closing, even before he made his debut in India. At that time, he did not think that the shop would have a good career because of its unorthodox action, which put a heavy load on the back.

“I worked with Bumrah at the National Cricket Academy, even before he entered the Indian team. When I studied his bowling alley and his biomechanics on video at the time, to be honest, I did not think that he would have lasted so long, given his attitude, discipline and dedication. The force necessary to manage the load that its unique action puts on the body, “ The 69 -year -old added.

For the same reasons, the Pace Ace cannot be compared to the others. Other legendary quaisors had no action or slowdown like his. Most of them who have had a career for a long time have taken place through the fold, and with regard to their action, Bumrah is not. In fact, most of its speed comes from its action itself, mainly from its arm and its strong wrist.

“Someone like Bumrah generates a rhythm, not from a long round, but of pure force. And when you rely on strength, your muscles are necessarily wearing. Compare Bumrah to legends like Kapil Dev, Wasim Akram, Richard Hadlee, or Malcolm Marshall. Pacer’s speed comes from the momentum of the rise in power. He said.

Enjoy Bumrah while you can

Sandhu hopes people stop these quarrels on the management of Bumrah’s workload and take advantage of his mastery. Not just him, but all the rapid Indian quasses who gave everything.

“So, instead of hammering these questions to” choose matches “, let’s take advantage of watching them play every time they can. Take advantage of the skills, execution, moments they create,” wrote Sandhu.