Sunil Gavaskar Confident 'Bumrah Will Be At Hand For Gill To Lean On' In England

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Last Updated:May 27, 2025, 13:33 IST

Sunil Gavaskar was afloat of praise for Jasprit Bumrah, calling him a "team-man and selfless cricketer".

Jasprit Bumrah (left) and Shubman Gill (Image: AFP, Sportzpics)

Indian cricket fable Sunil Gavaskar called Jasprit Bumrah a ‘team-man and selfless cricketer’, adding that the elder pacer volition assistance newly-appointed Indian Test skipper Shubman Gill connected the circuit of England.

‘The information that a full team-man and selfless cricketer named Jasprit Bumrah informed the selectors that since helium whitethorn not beryllium capable to play each Tests due to the fact that of his backmost issue, the selectors could zero successful connected Shubman Gill arsenic the caller India captain, made the enactment easier. Bumrah volition beryllium astatine manus for Gill to thin connected to and volition besides pb the bowling radical arsenic they effort and crippled the English batters’ dismissals,’ Gavaskar wrote successful his MidDay file connected Tuesday.

‘Make nary mistake, Bumrah volition beryllium astatine manus for Gill to thin connected and helium volition besides undoubtedly pb the bowling radical arsenic they effort and crippled the English batters’ dismissals,’ helium added.

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India’s dense dependence connected Jasprit Bumrah during their caller circuit of Australia, wherever helium claimed 32 wickets successful conscionable nether 5 Tests, led to the ace pacer limping retired of the 5th and last lucifer successful Sydney. This wounded caused him to walk different 3 months recovering from a backmost issue.

In 2024, Bumrah was honoured with the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year and the Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year for his outstanding performances crossed formats.

Bumrah played a important relation successful India’s title-winning run successful the T20 World Cup successful the Americas successful 2024, taking 11 wickets. He besides amassed an awesome 71 wickets successful lone 13 Tests past year.

However, towards the extremity of this palmy period, Bumrah had to propulsion his limits portion serving arsenic the stand-in skipper successful Australia. The aggravated workload yet took its toll, and helium acknowledged this during the Melbourne Test.

“Bas ab nahi lag raha zor (Enough for now, I americium not capable to propulsion immoderate further)," Bumrah was heard saying connected the stump mic during the 4th Test successful which helium besides recorded the astir overs (53.2) bowled by him successful a match.

From aboriginal January to the archetypal week of April, Bumrah focused heavy connected his betterment and preparing for his instrumentality to top-level cricket. Despite India winning the Champions Trophy without his contributions, the right-arm bowler needed astir 3 months to marque a comeback.

Bumrah yet received clearance to articulation his Indian Premier League team, Mumbai Indians, aft missing a fewer archetypal matches. Since then, helium has been astatine the apical of his game, rapidly climbing the ranks of the highest wicket-takers.

(With inputs from Agencies)

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