Jasprit Bumrah: The boom that won India the World Cup
ICC T20 World Cup only because of Jasprit Bumrah.
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In the course of the tournament, he bowled 178 balls, or 29.4 overs, conceding only 124 runs. In the course of maintaining an economy rate of 4.17, he took 15 wickets, two fewer than teammate Arshdeep Singh and Afghanistan's Fazalhaq Farooqi. But neither came close to having that devastating impact.
T20 cricket is a game of resources. There are 120 (legal) deliveries any batting team has at their disposal to do their worst. On true and flat pitches, which is what you get in most T20 franchise leagues, including IPL, batsmen can hit through the line or on the up at will, with little risk. And the thirst for this means boundaries are inevitably pulled in as close as 60 yards.
But in this World Cup, conditions were different. In New York, the drop-in pitches had clearly not had enough time to settle and were seaming too much. In the Caribbean, there was too much variety — bounce up and down at times, there was grip for the spinners and, occasionally, a lack of any real carry.
Through it all, one man stood tall and broad-shouldered. In New York, Bumrah was a real menace. 2 for 6 against Ireland in 3 overs, 3 for 14 against Pakistan in four overs and, oddly, none for 25 against US. Overall, his figures in New York were 11-1-45-5. These are unplayable numbers.
In Barbados versus Afghanistan, 4-1-7-3; Antigua against
