Mitron, kya aap bhi maan rahe hai ki hamare apne Jasprit Bumrah duniya ke ab tak ke sabse complete fast bowler hain? Yeh baat ab reject karna lagbhag namumkin ho gaya hai!
Headingley mein chal rahe pehle Test match mein Bumrah ne aisi bowling ki hai jo dekhne walon ko hypnotise kar deti hai! England ki pehli innings mein 5-83 ka shandar performance, aur uske saath teen catches drop hone aur Harry Brook ko no-ball par out karna – Bumrah ki kahaani abhi bhi adhoori hai.
Jab bhi Bumrah ke haath mein ball aati hai, toh samjho TV par blockbuster chal raha hai! Har ball par kuch na kuch magic hota hai. Woh doosre end par bowling karne wale bowlers ko aise dikha dete hain jaise woh koi alag khel khel rahe hon.
Agar mujhe kabhi Bumrah ka saamna karna pada, toh maximum do balls mein mera wicket pakka! Ek dum tagda bouncer, phir ek yorker, aur bas, game over. Sab kehte hain ki Bumrah ki bowling dekhna hi mushkil hai. Woh mujh jaise tail-ender ko toh pakka chot pahuncha denge!
Bumrah ka action bilkul anokha hai! Peeche se dekhein toh clock face par number 2 ki position se shuru hota hai. Phir jaise hi ball release hoti hai, unka elbow hyper-extend ho jata hai. Yahan se hi unko extra pace milta hai – ball elbow ke peeche gayab ho jati hai aur batsman ko ek pal ke liye dikhai nahi deti.
Bumrah ka forearm phir baki arm ke saath catch-up karta hai, wrist cock hoti hai, aur woh jo bhi delivery chunte hain uske liye taiyar ho jate hain. Bilkul gulel ki tarah! Aakhiri millisecond mein, ball phir batsman ki nazar mein aati hai, lekin tab tak 90mph ki speed se aa chuki hoti hai!
Bumrah ka release point bhi unique hai. Woh kisi bhi pace bowler se zyada batsman ke kareeb se ball phenkte hain.
Side se dekhen toh zyaadatar bowlers apne front foot ke exact upar se ball release karte hain. Lekin Bumrah apne front foot se 40cm aage se ball release karte hain! Yani batsman ke paas reaction ka time kam ho jata hai.
Unka run-up bhi koi tez bowler jaisa nahi lagta. Chote, rukk-rukk ke steps, bina kisi fluidity ke. Run-up dekhkar koi nahi batayega ki itni tez bowling aane wali hai.
Batsman chahe kitni bhi hours tak Bumrah ki footage dekhe, phir bhi jab saamna karenge toh surprise ho jayenge. Koi ‘tell’ nahi hai ki woh kya phenk rahe hain. Na arm path badalta hai, na finger position. Batsman sirf react kar sakta hai.
Joe Root jaise world class batsman ko Bumrah ne Test cricket mein 10 baar dismiss kiya hai! Sirf Australia ke Pat Cummins aur Josh Hazlewood ne Root ko zyada baar out kiya hai.
Versatility ki baat karein toh — T20 internationals mein, major nations ke pace bowlers mein (jinki kam se kam 500 deliveries hain), Bumrah ka economy rate 6.27 sabse best hai! Aur Test cricket mein? 200+ wickets ke saath Bumrah ka average 19.33 hai, jo ki history mein ab tak ka best hai! Unke baad Malcolm Marshall 20.94 average ke saath second position par hain.
Aur bhi gehra jayen toh — 100 se zyada wickets ke saath Bumrah se better average wale sab bowlers World War I se pehle khele the!
T20 aur Test dono formats mein best — yeh Bumrah ka jalwa hai!
Bumrah game ke baare mein bahut sochte hain aur Test captain ke liye first choice the, lekin har match khelne ki struggle ke wajah se unhone khud captaincy ka peecha nahi kiya. Unhone socha ki team ke liye fair nahi hoga.
Hum khushkismat hain ki great fast bowlers ke era mein hain. Stuart Broad, James Anderson, Kagiso Rabada, Cummins, Hazlewood aur Mitchell Starc – sab legendary hain.
Lekin Bumrah in sabse upar hain – ab tak ke finest fast bowler! Kya baat hai!