In the pantheon of great fast bowlers, the name of Jasprit Bumrah will always be taken to underline a hard cold fact about fast bowlers. And it’s something what we are aware of, but somehow don’t tend to appreciate. The very fact that fast bowlers are a lot like that under-appreciated highway where it comes to road and transport segment (such a vital contributor to an economy anyway). Alas, one that keeps the movement, traffic fluid or flowing despite not always being in great driving conditions. Bumrah’s destiny is one that will always be written in solid colours of gold despite his own pains and injuries and ups and downs maybe not forever allowing the selfless athlete to operate with gold standards of fitness. That he is hard to score off, bowls toe-crushing Yorkers and is just as good in Test match cricket as he is in white-ball clothing makes him one of a kind. Does it not?
| Tests | Wickets | Bowling Average | Best Bowling | Fifers |
| 8 | 38 | 20.7 | 6 for 61 | 3 |
As a matter of fact, one doesn’t even need to go all that far besides looking at the above. For these are amazing numbers against a team that besides contesting with full vigorous and passion, isn’t always the easiest to corner. On top of it, South Africa are the current World Champions of Test match cricket, the sport’s most respected format and also the litmus test, as they say, to measure the capability of an athlete.
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Just look at those numbers. 38 wickets from just 8 Test matches. Doing simple schoolboy math suggests that Jasprit Bumrah picks up 4.5 wickets per game and that’s the long format where endurance, patience and perseverance are vital.
Moreover, the great Gujarat-born fast bowler has already collected 226 Test match wickets for India in the red ball format of the game, where many consider his standing as great as the iconic Kapil Dev.