Jasprit Bumrah has mastered the artwork we Pakistanis used to have as soon as: Shoaib Akhtar

Image Source : AP Jasprit Bumrah
Jasprit Bumrah is the “smartest fast bowler” in modern cricket who has learnt the artwork of deceiving rival batsmen in air, one thing that was the key of success for Pakistani greats, stated Shoaib Akhtar.
One of the quickest bowlers to have ever performed the sport, Akhtar is enamoured by Bumrah’s skill-sets and his capability to outwit a batsman in a mere “five seconds” from an ungainly run-up which is not precisely a critic’s delight.
“He (Bumrah) is probably India’s first fast bowler, who checks the wind speed and wind direction rather than how much grass has been left on the track. This thing used to be the art of Pakistanis, we used to know how you could play with the wind,” Akhtar stated on YouTube channel “Sports Today”.
He then cited instance of how the 2 Ws and him used to learn the wind speeds throughout their heydays.
“We used to actually (do that), me, Wasim bhai and Waqar bhai, we used to note the wind speed and direction, look the wind is blowing from that corridor, okay I might get reverse from that end,” he stated.
“We knew mechanics and aero dynamics of fast bowling, how much swing and at what time of the day. This is my assumption that Bumrah knows these sort of things which I hardly think other fast bowlers know these sort of things,” Akhtar added.
For Akhtar, submit Mohammed Asif and Muhammed Aamir, Bumrah is the “smartest operator” by way of intelligence.
With his seven-step run-up, Bumrah terrorises the batsman in a matter of 5 seconds.
“In Bumrah’s world, in these 5 seconds, he solely visualises the batsman and thinks about his artwork of taking wickets.

“He is a great character. He will be the most unusual but great fast bowler if fitness permits. If his back remains okay, he will play for a long time.”
Akhtar loves the way through which Bumrah has proved folks mistaken.
“He has proved people wrong time and again. The more people were critical of his ungainly action, he just told them, look boss this is what I can do with this action.”
Bumrah’s biggest asset is his capability to change size in a small hall and deceive the batsman first in air after which off the pitch.
“He sets up subtle traps. The 2×2 length corridor where he bowls, if you ask him to pitch 60 balls at same place, he can do that day in and day out.”
The use of crease can be considered one of his more practical weapons.
“When he comes over the wicket, he uses the crease well. He also comes close to the stumps, if need be goes wider, he plays with variations, so the length will increase or decrease as per need but it won’t be outside the corridor,” he stated.
“He can bowl these away swinger to left-handers which is able to swing again within the air because the batsman will decide to an incoming supply.
Then after pitching, it is going to develop into and away going supply,” defined Akhtar.
“He is that correct quick bowler that if you happen to get him out of sleep, he’ll pitch the bowler there solely. He is aware of artwork of taking wickets.