Adam Gilchrist Statement on Jasprit Bumrah vs Don Bradman: Jasprit Bumrah, who has received praise in the cricket world for his bowling performance, would not have expected such praise, because a former Australian batsman said that if the great batsman Don Bradman (Don Bradman vs Jasprit Bumrah) had acted like Bumrah. If he had faced a bowling bowler, he would not have been able to reach such heights. Bumrah also impressed in the recent Border-Gavaskar Trophy, taking 32 wickets in five matches at an impressive average of 13.06, including three five-wicket hauls and a best performance of 6 for 76.
He was the highest wicket-taker in the BGT series and broke many records in the five-match series. He became the Indian to score the most Test five-fors in SENA (South Africa, England, New Zealand and South Africa) and overtook Indian spinner Bishan Singh Bedi to take the most wickets in overseas series.
Speaking during the Club Prairie Fire podcast, which also featured former England captain Michael Vaughan, Gilchrist said that no number is appropriate for Bumrah’s position in the game. “I am not rating him, there is no number commensurate with his position in the world game. In terms of balls he would have eclipsed Bradman’s peak. It would have been far below the batting average of Bradman (99), at which he sat If he had faced Bumrah, I would not have given him that much reward in terms of batting average.
Vaughan gave Bumrah’s performance a 10/10 rating. Bumrah performed brilliantly in 2024. Mohammed Siraj’s post-match interview after the T20 World Cup final in which he said ‘I only have faith in Jassi Bhai, he is a game-changer’, sums up the country’s love affair with the fast bowler.
Be it his 19 wickets in four matches at an average of 16.89 during the England home series, or his ‘Player of the Tournament’ performance in winning the T20 World Cup title with 15 crucial wickets at an average of 8.26. Or Bumrah, who scored once in a generation runs in his workhorse, BGT, has captured the imagination of people in cricket-loving India.
Bumrah was the leading wicket-taker in international cricket last year, taking 86 wickets in 21 matches at an average of 13.76, including four four-wicket hauls and five five-wicket hauls, with a best performance of 6/45. Even in a disappointing IPL 2024 for five-time champions Mumbai Indians (MI), he topped the charts with 20 wickets in 13 matches at an average of 16.80 and one fifer.
