Then Sehwag, now Bumrah. My favorites has always been special and antiques in regards to the game. Let achievements do the talking, Bumrah has even surpassed Sehwag as the best-ever Indian hero on the field. Fast-forward to the current Border-Gavaskar trophy, the first match, led by Bumrah, won by India comfortably, thanks to his brilliant performance and captaincy. Then, inclusion of Rohit as a player and captain, our execution slipped drastically in the 2nd and 3rd where we lost and drew respectively. Now going 4th, its neck and neck between both sides. Hope we pull-off something miraculous and emerge victorious. Then take that momentum into the 5th and last match, where we do the job and qualify for the WTC finals.
Taking Bumrah into spotlight, he has just been phenomenal in his career, deceiving the opposition with his unorthodox style of bowling no what who the batsman is. That makes him once-ever player to find each batsman’s thumbscrew to get his wicket and choke the opposition. He became the player of the tournament in 2024 ICC Men’s T20 WC where India won after so many near finishes in the recent years. You just never know which type of ball will come next regardless of the situation and field-setup. Taking a closer look at his run-up, he walks, walks faster, brisking speed and hitting highest before he finally delivers the ball, looks scary and threatening for the batsman. Be it internationals or IPL, he has always proved to be match-winner and game-changer.
Coming to captaincy, in one of his recent interviews, he said that he is his favorite captain as he dwells on his captaincy. His aggressive, intimidating and entertaining selection of right resources of the team at right time makes him a great captain and one of the best ever to win matches for his team. In his captaincy, he has a high ratio of win records and that proves him to be a sensational bowler-captain who thrives under pressure and seize every opportunity as his chance to show his caliber.
His confidence as a bowler and captain makes him a versatile powerhouse to grace the game, we would be feeling nostalgic when he retires just like we are feeling for Sehwag. There’s a lot of resemblance between the two – attacking, relentless and flag-waving. There’s no player in the history who is more worshipped by experts than Bumrah who is so inch-perfect in his bowling – be it yorkers or in-swingers. In the current match, Travis Head got bowled by him when he left the ball and the ball in-swinged to hit the wickets. Such smart and sly by the Indian who saved us from monster total and picked an important wicket. Always a wicket-taker bowler and even less runs-conceding makes him a hardcore-achiever who always turns the game around in favor of the team and makes his team lucky to have him by their side – be it Indian National Cricket Team or Mumbai Indians, always a spearheaded-sensation.
Having said that, we have enough content to tag him as The Greatest Of All Time.
