Jasprit Bumrah is the best seam bowler who has played white ball cricket: Michael Vaughan

Michael Vaughan and Jasprit Bumrah (Source:Twitter)

Jasprit Bumrah became the Man of the Series as India won their second T20 World Cup title beating South Africa at the Kensington Oval in Barbados on June 29. Bumrah led from the front whenever India fell apart and provided crucial breakthroughs. The star India pacer displayed the lowest economy rate for any bowler in the T20 World Cup edition. He plucked 15 wickets at an average of 8.26 and an economy rate of 4.17.

While South Africa marched towards victory in the final as Heinrich Klaasen’s 52 off 27 had almost sealed the deal for the Proteas, Bumrah executed his best spell. He picked up two wickets in his four overs, giving away just 18 runs. When the Proteas needed almost run a ball in the last five overs, the pacer bowling two overs just gave one and six runs respectively. Former England Captain, Michael Vaughan kept Bumrah at par with the likes of Wasim Akram.

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“He is obviously a great bowler who plans to ball against all the different batters but you still got to have the skill sets and you’ve got to know when to bowl which delivery. If you can tell me a better seam bowler. I know Wasim Akram was special and there have been many others to mention but I just think he’s got this amazing action ability and he’s got the pace, he’s got all the different skill sets and he does it under pressure day in and day out. It’s not just two or three times at the World Cup. it’s pretty much every single game,” said Vaughan as quoted by Wisden.

I honestly think he’s the best seam bowler who has played white ball cricket: Vaughan

The Indian pace sensation was particularly best in the powerplay as he started the Indian bowling onslaught by picking up Reeza Hendricks’s wicket. The delivery was exclaimed as unplayable by the broadcasters on air and he replicated something similar as he cleaned up Marco Jansen at death. Vaughan highlighted these dismissals and termed Bumrah the best seam bowler.

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“That first one to Reeza Hendricks is an absolute peach. He’s probably angled in probably going on to hit the leg stump and at the last minute it whips away and hits the off stump. That ball that gets Jansen again just angled in it through the gate but it’s more than that. It’s the other deliveries that you know the batters are trying to hit him and he just kind of follows them so they don’t get any width and then he sees them get a little bit of kind of room and he throws it out a bit wider he’s got that slower ball that’s a genius delivery. I honestly think he’s the best seam bowler who has played white ball cricket,” he added.