Jasprit Bumrah unfit? A significant drop in speed and precision in the Manchester test rings
Jasprit Bumrah had taken 12 counters in the two games he had played but remained without a counter in the Manchester test.
Jasprit Bumrah did not do a counter in the 4th test in India against England. Many on social networks are waiting for AS Pace to slide to criticize it. This is the perfect time to jump on him. Now, generally, it’s just an unfair denigration. But this time, these criticisms may well be right on Bumrah.
Not that he is not the clutch. Or don’t take counters when someone is not there to help. But Bumrah looks gassed in Manchester. The participation rate between the third and the fourth test was only 3 days. It seems that the lack of recovery time caused him a little problem.
Bumrah’s speed and precision disappear
You just need to bumrah more than one or two to correct yourself. So far, he has played 19 letters and has only created a handful of chances. Often the balls go down the leg. It is shorter than usual. Bumrah is wrong online and length. It doesn’t happen.
The former captain of the test in England Michael Vaughan shared Son, on Bumrah, declaring that the rhythm did not have the speed that Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer were able to generate.
“I must say that Jasprit Bumrah looked good and playable today. He did not get this punch that he came out of the surface at Lord when he played this incredible spell and it is the rhythm that Bumrah is not able to generate, unlike Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer”, “ Michael Vaughan said on the BBC.
It turns out that he was right. There was a significant drop in the speed of Bumrah. For someone who regularly does bowling down around 138-142, in the Manchester test, he did not deliver a faster than 140. This does not happen. And this is not a single-off. It was a trend in the current series.
Bumrah again to recover?
Bumrah looked likely in the second headingley test rounds. This land was flattest, so it may have played a role. At Lord, he looked good because he played 16 letters. But in Manchester, Bumrah looks dull and it is the first sleeves we are talking about.
He even got out of the field after having a bowling only 1 with the second new ball. Bumrah returned after a few letters, but the signs are not great. It is almost certain that he will be trying to play 3 test games in the current series. Who knows, he may even not make a bowl in the second rounds in Manchester. It seems that he is still not in his best physique. At least not for the moment.
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