No one has said what Shoaib said
Although Bumrah is getting praise from different players after this performance, but what Malik said is the biggest comment till date, because he has linked Bumrah with Virat Kohli. Malik said, ‘Bumrah is the Virat Kohli of bowling in the world.’ These few words of Malik are equivalent to a hundred words of praise given by any other player. And you can understand what it means.
Shoaib Malik said "Jasprit Bumrah is the Virat Kohli of Bowling in the World". [Ten Sports] pic.twitter.com/Y8khTdNaDn
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) June 21, 2024
The feat is confirming Malik’s words.
Statistics also seem to confirm what Shoaib Malik is saying. Now that Virat Kohli is the master of world records in batting, the same can be said about Bumrah in pace bowling. Now you can see for yourself that out of the 15 overs bowled by Bumrah so far (till the Afghanistan match), 62 balls have been dot (blank), which is a big thing in itself. At the same time, Bumrah’s economy run-rate (3.46) is the lowest among the top 12 bowlers. And this is Jassi’s USP (Unique Selling Points, Specialty), which forces the batsmen to look sideways