Bumrah's form - should we be worried?

[cric_fan]

Yes ,rushed back too soon and unnecessarily played in useless matches.
He should have been given ample rest till the test series , even nzl are without their 3 best Pacers 

Should have sat out this series. Might aswell have tried Mavi or Nagorkati.

[adi B]

1 minute ago, cric_fan said:

 

Should have sat out this series. Might aswell have tried Mavi or Nagorkati.

 

Captain doofus ain't trying any new blood .he'll keep playing safe ,yes man type of mugs like thakur ,khaleel

[Austin 3:!6]

Another wicketless flop show going on.

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[cric_fan]

Why is Kohli bowling Thakur in these crunch overs??

[FischerTal]

29 minutes ago, Austin 3:!6 said:

Another wicketless flop show going on.

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dude he is bowling the best out of everyone.

[Sandeep99]

Knowing the captain brat, I'm sure he will drop him for the first test and play Yadav. Wait and watch.

[Sachinism]

Is that 4 games in a row wicketless?

Defo should be concerned if our lead wicket taker isn't taking wickets

[Vickydev]

34 minutes ago, FischerTal said:

dude he is bowling the best out of everyone.

That's not saying much is it with Thakur  and Saini channeling their inner dumb and dumber. The wicket had pace and bounce but our pace spearhead was toothless, contrast that to the NZ second choice seamers. 

[ShoonyaSifar]

Said this earlier, will say it again. Bumrah does not look quite ready for rigors of Test cricket  - bowling 18-20 overs in a day yet. His 2nd spell speeds in ODIs were down, was lacking the zing even though he was the best pacers from our side.

[bhakum20]

I dug up a stat to console myself.

 

Curtly Ambrose, one of the most fearsome bowlers of all time, went wicketless with ER 4.3 in 3 match series Texaco trophy ‘95. The ER was almost 0.8 higher than his career ER.

 

Bumrah’s stats this series are as awful as that one. I don’t think Bumrah is a flash in the pan and he will come out stronger from this. There is hope

[putrevus]

I really hope this is just a blip.They need Bumrah to be firing on all cylinders.Especially after loss of Ishant Sharma in test series.

[express bowling]

No need to worry !!

 

His pace is near normal ... accuracy is decent enough.

 

He is not going for too many yorkers or bouncers ... perhaps because there is an important test series coming up and these deliveries put extra strain on the body.

 

I was actually expecting Bumrah to go this route, especially in the ODI series just before the test series 

 

He needed match practice before tests and he got it.

 

He is looking fit.

[Mariyam]

I wish Bumrah is rested from the meaningless test series against NZ and is in shape for the IPL. 

[Ankit_sharma03]

1 minute ago, express bowling said:

No need to worry !!

 

His pace is near normal ... accuracy is decent enough.

 

He is not going for too many yorkers or bouncers ... perhaps because there is an important test series coming up and these deliveries put extra strain on the body.

 

I was actually expecting Bumrah to go this route, especially in the ODI series just before the test series 

 

He needed match practice before tests and he got it.

 

He is looking fit.

Yup nothing much to worry

 

 i think NZ  has come up with a plan against his bouncers like upper cut and hitting his gull balls on covers. Bumrah just has to come with a counter plan. Also the plan of not giving him wkts might have made him a bit restless as well. So rather worrying on bumrah ill say well played NZ.

 

This has happened to every cricketer - teams will come up with a plan and player has to come against counter

[Vilander]

if test pitches are flat then it will  be a drawn test series. But it could be a problem if the pitch deteriorates day 4 and 5 for team batting second. 

 

If the test pitches are more like test pitches is should be a more even contest with India sweeping

[putrevus]

Ishant's absence will be felt.Bumrah might have to bowl short spells.So who is going to bowl the long spells to fill 90 overs.

[Forward Defence]

37 minutes ago, Mariyam said:

I wish Bumrah is rested from the meaningless test series against NZ and is in shape for the IPL. 

How is the test series meaningless? It is part of the Test Championship and we haven't won a series(or a test) there since 2009. 

 

[express bowling]

1 hour ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

Yup nothing much to worry

 

 i think NZ  has come up with a plan against his bouncers like upper cut and hitting his gull balls on covers. Bumrah just has to come with a counter plan. Also the plan of not giving him wkts might have made him a bit restless as well. So rather worrying on bumrah ill say well played NZ.

 

This has happened to every cricketer - teams will come up with a plan and player has to come against counter

 

The upper cuts against bouncers have been made easy by ultra short boundaries.  If normal sized boundaries were there, many of them would have been caught. 

 

The best way to get wickets early on was to target the top of off stump ... but execution of that tactic was made more difficult as a single  wide slip was placed by the captain.  The best incentive to bowl close to the off stump is to keep either a proper first slip or to keep 2 proper slips, whichever is possible to implement.

[Ankit_sharma03]

1 minute ago, express bowling said:

 

The upper cuts against bouncers have been made easy by ultra short boundaries.  If normal sized boundaries were there, many of them would have been caught. 

upper cut mostly goes straight back......forget catching i doubt fielder will cut it also unless u keep a fielder specially for that like NZ did for KL in last few t20s 

 

[express bowling]

3 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

upper cut mostly goes straight back......forget catching i doubt fielder will cut it also unless u keep a fielder specially for that like NZ did for KL in last few t20s 

 

 

Batsmen are afraid to try them as some may travel squarer.