Australia equalized the tally 1-1 in the five-match Border Gavaskar Trophy after an emphatic ten-wicket win against India at the Adelaide Oval. As a result, Rohit Sharma’s return to captaincy didn’t quite go well with the passionate Indian fans as Bumrah led the troop to a memorable victory in Perth, which the former failed to achieve. With the focus shifting to Brisbane, Bumrah was in the spotlight two days before match day due to his bag of tricks.
One of the videos circulating on social media caught Bumrah bowling leg-spin at the practice session. He tried to flight the ball with Ashwin beside the pacer. Soon, he started emulating the 37-year-old’s bowling action and sprayed a couple of deliveries at the batter. However, this did not go on for long as Bumrah fastracked into pace bowling in quick time, prompting the Twitterverse into a frenzy.
Jasprit Bumrah started off with a couple of leg-breaks alongside R Ashwin but he’s now running in hot & bowling at full tilt, being an absolute handful to KL Rahul & Yashasvi Jaiswal #AusvInd pic.twitter.com/3IRzE0QXbm
— Bharat Sundaresan (@beastieboy07) December 12, 2024
Rohit’s fitness is surely a concern,but, India is losing matches because of bowling & NOT batting. In absence of a fit Shami,India is reliant on 1 bowler in Bumrah,which will only get tougher as the volume of matches add up..It’s simply not possible,unless other bowlers step up. https://t.co/uDlyo4tB3m
— ALL IN (@ALLINBET9) December 12, 2024
Some time to go
In some time AI will be able to create proper cricket matches between players of different eras with simple prompts.
Malcolm Marshall to Tendulkar
Steyn to Gavaskar
Bumrah to Viv Richards https://t.co/kLPrYNHU4J— Guru Gulab (@madaddie24) December 12, 2024
Need a 140+ pacer
@BCCI mfs we need a 140+ left arm bowler for tests😭😭😭😭😭😭
DO SOMETHING 💥💥💥💥💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
we need support for bumrah✅✅✅🩵🩵🩵 https://t.co/IUneyp2wHJ— arnav.🩺🥼 (@TheDrArnav) December 12, 2024
@imAagarkar bumrah ko jald captaincy dain,I hope garented khel change hoga,rohit khud ko changes nehin kr payenge,but woh odintarah mind set krdenhe ya khel change hoga,nehin bumrah captain sy ko dein please,india ki laj rakho sir
— Harekrishna Sahu (@Harekri05937524) December 12, 2024
The highest
The 2021 English Test summer had an average of 1.26° of swing, the highest in the last five years.
Joe Root in the 2021 summer, against an Indian bowling attack that consisted of Bumrah, Siraj, and Shami:
109 Trent Bridge
180* Lord’s
121 Headingley pic.twitter.com/h1lB9L3G1x— Westen (@Wessy_x) December 12, 2024
Good cricket
Because Aussies know that good cricketers have bad days, but they perform when it matters the most. When India didn’t have Bumrah for roughly 2 yrs on and off, Siraj was a new guy who was criticized everywhere. He still won so many games, BGT’21, ODI No1 bowler, Asia Cup. RESPECT https://t.co/lmhaC9rTR2
— Ross King (@Ross__Boss) December 12, 2024
Indian captains in Australia
Ganguly 1W, 1L, 2D / 4
Kohli : 2W , 1D , 2L / 5
Rohit 0W 1L 0D / 1
Dhoba 0W 4L 1D / 5
Part-timers
Rahane 2W 1D (2020) Kohli
Bumrah 1W (2024) Rohit
Sehwag 1L (2011) Dhoba
Kohli 1L 1D (2014) Dhoba
KOHLI as a captain and as an influence 🔥🔥 https://t.co/c2y3jCasUL pic.twitter.com/I6BuDR38uQ— Champion கரடி (I belong to RCB stock) (@disisvki) December 12, 2024
Just wow!
Most maidens by pacer in Test 2024:
59 : Jasprit Bumrah (22 innings). 🇮🇳
58 : Chris Woakes (18 innings). 🏴
54 : Matt Henry (16 innings). 🇳🇿
53 : Josh Hazlewood (12 innings. 🇦🇺
45 : Will O’Rourke (16 innings). 🇳🇿 pic.twitter.com/h2UvrXXIv5— All Cricket Records (@Cric_records45) December 12, 2024
Practice session
Captain Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah in today’s practice session at Gabba. ⭐#Bengulurusuicidecash #pepguardiola pic.twitter.com/hMCJGnxpSV
— Pushpendra Singh (@Cricketwala22) December 12, 2024
