India National Cricket Team fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has been single-handedly carrying the load of the Indian bowling lineup in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25, and this has been evident in the ongoing third Test. The match between the two teams is taking place at the Gabba in Brisbane.
Bumrah, despite having the support from the other bowlers, has troubled the Australia National Cricket Team batters. In the ongoing series, he is making sure that he brings his best with the ball and bails his team out of pressure situations in the matches.
Jasprit Bumrah picks fifer in Gabba, fails to get support from others
In Gabba, so far, Indian bowling has been all about Bumrah. The India National Cricket Team have picked 7 Australian wickets, and out of them, 5 have been taken by the premier pacer, which depicts the kind of impact he has made for the team in the crucial match of the series.
Bumrah set the tone for India National Cricket Team on Day 2 of the ongoing game. The speedster removed both the openers, Usman Khawaja and Nathan Mcsweeny, early and made sure that he put his team at the top in the first session of the game.
In the first five overs that he bowled, Bumrah had figures of 2/4. This made former Australia National Cricket Team pacer Brett Lee hail the India fast bowler. The ex-Australia speedster on air lauded the vice-captain of the team for his spell.
Most valuable primate, Jasprit Bumrah – Isa Guha
Brett Lee pointed out Bumrah’s spell, claiming that that is what the team needs from their ex-skipper. He said: “Bumrah, today: five overs, 2-4. So, that’s the tone, and that’s what you want from the ex-skipper.”
Replying to this, Isa Guha came up with the eyebrow-raising comment. The former Australia Women’s National Cricket Team player called Jasprit Bumrah the MVP of the team before elaborating on him as the Most valuable primate. She said:
“Well, he’s the MVP, isn’t he? Most valuable primate, Jasprit Bumrah.”
Isa Guha added that Bumrah has to do all the taking for India and added: “He is the one that’s going to do all the talking for India, and why so much focus was on him in the build-up to this Test match, and whether he would be fit.”
Isa Guha calling Jasprit Bumrah primate gives glimpses of the Monkey Gate incident
Isa Guha calling Bumrah primate fuelled anger among the fans against the commentator as they recalled the infamous 2008 Monkey Gate incident in Sydney. Harbhajan Singh was accused by the Australian team of racially abusing late Aussie allrounder Andrew Symonds by calling him a “monkey”.
Bumrah, meanwhile, waved his magic with the second new ball on Day 2. The fast removed Travis Head, Steve Smith, and Mitchell Marsh to complete his fifer. He also now has the most number of fifers by Indian pacers in the SENA Test with 8 five-wicket hauls under his belt.
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