Jasprit Bumrah and Wasim Akram: There is a saying in cricket. It is said that batsmen win you matches and bowlers win tournaments… Today we are going to talk about two such bowlers, who are the most influential fast bowlers of their times. We will talk about Jaspreet Bumrah, the best fast bowler in the world at present, and Wasim Akram, the most dangerous fast bowler of his time.
India’s Jaspreet Bumrah and Pakistan’s Wasim Akram are bowlers of the same style. Now you must be wondering how this is so. So here we are going to end all your dilemma. Understand in detail how the secret of success of both the legends is the same.
Big batsmen were defeated with a short run-up
Like Jasprit Bumrah, Wasim Akram’s run-up was also very short. Just like Bumrah does not jump before releasing the ball while bowling, Wasim Akram also did not jump before releasing the ball while bowling. If you watch old videos of Wasim Akram or you have seen Akram bowling and now have seen Jasprit Bumrah bowling, then you will clearly see that due to this reason both were adept at bowling on the exact line length with control. It is because of the unmatched control that Bumrah and Akram were successful in defeating big batsmen even with a short run-up.
Gautam Gambhir and Wasim Akram told the special qualities of Bumrah
Gautam Gambhir, the current head coach of Team India, had said some time ago that he has not seen a better bowler than Jasprit Bumrah. He is the most lethal bowler at present. Gambhir had said that Bumrah is not a bowler of any one format, and this is his specialty that he is the most successful.
Talking about Bumrah’s specialty, Gambhir said that his control makes him the best bowler. He does whatever he wants because his control is excellent. He succeeds in every plan because his control is better.
Wasim Akram himself had said that when it comes to the best fast bowler, the first thing that comes to mind is the format. Some are better with the red ball and some with the white ball. But Bumrah is such a bowler who is excellent with both the balls. Akram says that he has swing. He swings the ball on both sides. He bowls with good pace, and most importantly, he bowls an accurate yorker. Bumrah’s X factor is that he has understood how to get which batsman out, and a bowler who knows how to get a batsman out is extremely dangerous.
Wasim Akram was also known as the magician of swing
In the 90s, there was no better bowler than Wasim Akram. Akram was called the magician of swing. Akram has more than 500 wickets in ODI cricket. He also took more than 400 wickets in Test cricket. Akram’s specialty was that he was as good a red ball bowler as he was a white ball bowler. Akram is one of those few players in the world who made their international cricket debut without playing first class cricket.
Former Indian legend Sunil Gavaskar, who was the first to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket, while watching Wasim Akram bowling in 2021, said that Akram used to bowl very fast from a short run-up. He used to swing the ball at the same pace. If you read or listen to the comments of old legends, you will know that Wasim Akram had the same specialty as Jasprit Bumrah.