Bumrah: One of our best ever cricketer

[CoverDrive]

Just wanted to make a tribute post for Bumrah. I know everyone really appreciates him and i am not breaking new ground by saying this. But in everyday discussions and normal cricket discourse we somehow take his greatness lightly. I have a special appreciation for fast bowlers. They wreck their bodies and constantly living in danger of putting their career in danger. Sportsmen have short careers anyway and fast bowlers have even shorter ones. Even then they almost always face injuries and niggles. Someone like Nagarkoti could not even get started and people will write him off now forgetting how exciting he was when he came. 

But some of the most exciting moments in cricket are provided by fast bowlers. 

 

I feel like general public in India celebrates our batsmen way more than bowlers. Bowlers are just tools we associate with victories but there is hardly any fandom. I feel really sad for Bumrah right now as he faces yet another indefinite break from the game. I don’t care about him missing out affecting out CT25 chances. We have to stop thinking of our players especially bowlers as just ways to win. I just want him to get better and have a decent career where he can keep gaining new heights.

 

We don’t realise how great his recent run was coming from a big long injury break. He almost reached his full peak immediately on coming back and had one of the greatest year and half by any cricketer ever. He won a cup after taking us very close to one. He had one of greatest overseas tour while also having unreal home series. 

 

HE could have dialed down similar to likes of Afridi and he can just play t20 or ODIs and have a longer career but he has given us his all. That’s real greatness. 

 

Here’s wishing him all the success and more as he is one of the rarest breed in Indian cricket - a real fast bowler. 

[deepdynamo]

Bumrah > Kohli + Rohit

[express bowling]

Bumrah is the best Test and T20I cricketer we have ever produced. Genuine match-winner.

 

And his brand of cricket is exciting to watch too. Accurate genuine fast bowling with sufficient bounce and movement. 

[CoverDrive]

Also one of the smartest cricketing brains. We really had a golden age of fast bowling. I hope we make institutional changes to our pitches and domestic structure to promote fast bowling next generation and not wait for a genius to come from nowhere 

[Lord]

Perhaps most influential cricketer we have produced. Only Kapil Dev comes close.

 

 

But managed really badly.

[goose]

i'd love him to develop a signature celebration. i know it's the cherry on the icing on the cake but it sets tongues wagging

[Lord]

29 minutes ago, goose said:

i'd love him to develop a signature celebration. i know it's the cherry on the icing on the cake but it sets tongues wagging

 

[goose]

28 minutes ago, Lord said:

 

 

need some aggression!

[singhvivek141]

For a country which wasnt known for producing fast bowlers, let alone a world class one. Bumrah is definitely a refreshing change.

 

The way he has transformed himself from a T20 only bowler to a red ball G.O.A.T. is a motivation for every young fast bowler who are satisfied with IPL paychecks, Test cricket is what makes you once in a life time bowler. 

 

He has truly leapfrogged every Indian pacer historically ever produced. I would keep him at par with great Sachin Tendulkar and I hope he will inspire young fast bowlers just like Sachin did.

[Stan AF]

You all can thank Mumbai Indians for finding him.

[Majestic]

Yes, he is on the way to become India’s best ever. The gulf in the class of Bumrah’s bowling to others is massive.

[First class]

Kapil is the best India has produced , we can discuss who is after him . Not just he won the WC  but changed the Indian cricketing culture for good, a winning culture. 

[singhvivek141]

1 minute ago, First class said:

Kapil is the best India has produced , we can discuss who is after him . Not just he won the WC  but changed the Indian cricketing culture for good, a winning culture. 

Kapil Dev was a world class allrounder. But he was toe in toe with his competitors.

 

Bumrah is comfortably ahead of his peers, bring his all format stats and is in league of his own across the era's. ODI, T20, Test...he is a complete bowler in every sense.

[CoverDrive]

Bit counter productive getting in comparison of great players. They exist within their context which are so different. Kapil took Indian cricket from minnow level to world beaters in that age. Bumrah plays in peak professional era with so much tough high level cricket and has left everyone behind. He is undisputed best player without any excuse of condition or competition. 

[Gollum]

22 hours ago, express bowling said:

Bumrah is the best Test and T20I cricketer we have ever produced. Genuine match-winner.

 

And his brand of cricket is exciting to watch too. Accurate genuine fast bowling with sufficient bounce and movement. 

Kohli in T20Is for me, he proved himself in at least 3 WCs. Bumrah flopped hard in 2016, 21, needs at least one more epic T20 WC to be compared to Kohli.

 

Even in tests he doesn't have longevity, and needs more to show, perhaps a WTC trophy or a defining performance in NZ. His record in important tests leaves a lot to be desired. 

[First class]

21 hours ago, singhvivek141 said:

Kapil Dev was a world class allrounder. But he was toe in toe with his competitors.

 

Bumrah is comfortably ahead of his peers, bring his all format stats and is in league of his own across the era's. ODI, T20, Test...he is a complete bowler in every sense.

Kapil Dev and Dhoni won WCs for India , how many WCs or WTC Bumbra has won , ( I don;t consider T20 a serious format ) ? 

Kapil was competing with all time great ARs , which the cricketing world had never seen before and will never see in future ( at the same time ) , Bumrah is the best bowler in the world today, no doubt , but he is competing only with some aging Australian fastmen, except Cummins or probably Rabada of SA. Thanks to the mergence of T20, quality fast bowler is an endangered specie . 

[singhvivek141]

46 minutes ago, First class said:

Kapil Dev and Dhoni won WCs for India , how many WCs or WTC Bumbra has won , ( I don;t consider T20 a serious format ) ? 

Kapil was competing with all time great ARs , which the cricketing world had never seen before and will never see in future ( at the same time ) , Bumrah is the best bowler in the world today, no doubt , but he is competing only with some aging Australian fastmen, except Cummins or probably Rabada of SA. Thanks to the mergence of T20, quality fast bowler is an endangered specie . 

Cricket tournaments can't be won by individuals, its a team game and unless the team as a collecting unit wont perform, how they will win big trophies ? 

 

The WC which Kapil won, he was aptly supported by Roger Binny, Mohinder Amarnath, Yashpal Sharma throughout the tournament. Even Srikkanth played a key role in the finals.

 

MSD won the 2007 & 2011 WC despite doing nothing except for the finals. It was Yuvraj who were the elite performer & GG weathered the storm in both the final games.

 

In 2023 WC, Shami & Bumrah did excellent as a pair. But batters failed to perform in the finals, what Bumrah can do then ? 

[JaFanatic]

On 2/12/2025 at 8:57 PM, singhvivek141 said:

For a country which wasnt known for producing fast bowlers, let alone a world class one. Bumrah is definitely a refreshing change.

 

The way he has transformed himself from a T20 only bowler to a red ball G.O.A.T. is a motivation for every young fast bowler who are satisfied with IPL paychecks, Test cricket is what makes you once in a life time bowler. 

 

He has truly leapfrogged every Indian pacer historically ever produced. I would keep him at par with great Sachin Tendulkar and I hope he will inspire young fast bowlers just like Sachin did.

Cut this crap pls. He was never a t20 only bowler he always had good numbers in fc right from the beginning.

 

It's a notion that he's a t20 specialist cuz of his action and his tendency to try yorkers. The management firmly believed that and so were some fans. He may have been undercooked for the longer format but he always performed. 

Edited February 14, 2025 by JaFanatic

[singhvivek141]

1 hour ago, JaFanatic said:

Cut this crap pls. He was never a t20 only bowler he always had good numbers in fc right from the beginning.

 

It's a notion that he's a t20 specialist cuz of his action and his tendency to try yorkers. The management firmly believed that and so were some fans. He may have been undercooked for the longer format but he always performed. 

I am talking about general perception from BCCI POV.

He was viewed earlier as a T20 bowler by BCCI, and had to wait for 1.5 yrs to debut in tests.

 

Avid cricket fans always knew the ability which Bumrah had for longest format. Just one concern was with injuries considering his awkward action. 

Else he took a 5fer in A tour to Australia (same match Umesh scored a 100 with the bat).

[wanted_desi]

my fav cricketer from India, hope he gets fits for that England series.