lamellavig

He is now a useless Indian nerd. I don't care how many wickets he takes when he can't even hit the deck hard or intimidate a batsman.

Are there any upcoming hit the deck bowlers, with the below criteria:- 1) Can bowl 140+ 2) Have not had a significant injury record already 3) < 20 years old

In 2018-19, Bumrah was a true-blue hit the deck bowler. He didn't swing the ball. He didn't bowl yorkers. He just repeatedly bowled the hard length. Decline hit Bumrah after the WI test injury in 2019. When he came back in 2020, he tried to replicate the same approach of 2019, but suddenly the ball wasn't rising. The zip wasn't there. He wasn't bowling the heavy ball. After failing in 2021 WTC final, Bumrah adapted, now bowling full regularly, looking for swing, bowling yorkers. And refusing to bowl the hard length as though he is a princess. But adaptation costs you. Sometimes adaptation is for improvement, but in this case the adaptation was to accept mediocrity. During 2018-19, Bumrah wasn't even Indian. He was a black man, like Jofra Archer. But following the 2019 WI injury (which occured because he did not warm up in the preceding Twenty20s), Bumrah suddenly transformed from a black athlete to a stereotypical Indian nerd.

hhh