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The 31-year-old quick bowler sits on the No. 1 place within the ICC Check bowler’s rating however will not be taking part in within the Champions Trophy 2025 as a consequence of a decrease again damage.
Ex-Pakistan pacer Sarfraz Nawaz praises Jasprit Bumrah. (Image Credit score: PTI)
Former Pakistani quick bowler Sarfraz Nawaz has reserved huge reward for star Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah and mentioned that the 31-year-old cricketer from Ahmedabad is the perfect bowler on the planet at current instances. Bumrah, who was dominated out of the continued Champions Trophy 2025 on February 11 as a consequence of a decrease again damage, sits on the No. 1 place within the ICC Check bowler’s rankings, and he additionally performed a giant position in India’s T20 World Cup 2024 title win. For his tremendous present with the ball in each Assessments and T20Is final 12 months, Bumrah gained ICC Cricketer of the Yr and ICC Check Cricketer of the Yr awards in 2024.
Impressed by Bumrah’s rise, Nawaz, who performed 55 Assessments and 45 ODIs for Pakistan throughout his 15-year-long worldwide profession, mentioned, “I have to let you know, he (Bumrah) is the perfect bowler on the planet immediately. Sadly, he’s not match. In any other case, we may have seen extra of him, you understand, like he did in Australia. Excellent job. It’s a disgrace that he’s not match for this Champions Trophy.”
The 76-year-old former right-arm quick bowler, throughout an interview with Cricbuzz on Thursday, additionally talked in regards to the India-Pakistan Champions Trophy 2025 match, which was performed in Dubai on Sunday, February 23.
In response to Nawaz, “It was a one-sided sport as a result of the Pakistan workforce was not correctly chosen. They didn’t take spinners with them, after which there have been two accidents (Saim Ayub and Fakhar Zaman). The workforce was unbalanced. Some gamers had been chosen due to backing from increased authorities. When the workforce was introduced, I wrote to the chairman of the PCB, suggesting spinners like Sajid (Khan) and Noman (Ali), who had wrecked England earlier. They carried out effectively in opposition to the West Indies too, however they weren’t picked in any respect.”
“Pakistan cricket is gone now. I feel it’s due to all of the PCB officers operating the board. They’re non-cricketers; they’re bureaucrats. That’s why I feel they don’t know how one can go about issues like that. They’ve picked individuals who beforehand destroyed Pakistan cricket. After which there are frequent modifications within the PCB. Inside a 12 months and a half, there have been three chairmen and 4 captains. What else do you anticipate?” he added.