NEW DELHI: Former England pacer Steve Harmison has highlighted the irreplaceable nature of the quick bowler by drawing a startling comparability between soccer icon Cristiano Ronaldo and India’s standout pacer Jasprit Bumrah.
In accordance with Harmison, it could be like a FIFA World Cup with out Ronaldo at his finest if Bumrah had been to overlook the forthcoming ICC Champions Trophy due to an damage.
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As a consequence of again swelling, Bumrah, who performed a pivotal function in India’s Take a look at sequence towards Australia, might be going to overlook the Champions Trophy group stage. Harmison, nonetheless, is adamant that India ought to hold him within the squad until the very finish within the hopes that he’ll make it again to the knockout phases.
Harmison offered a powerful argument for India’s endurance with their prime quick bowler whereas speaking to TalkSport Cricket.
“He is Jasprit Bumrah. For me, you possibly can’t exchange Jasprit Bumrah anytime,” Harmison mentioned. “And I imply, I might even go as much as the morning of the ultimate to take him that far as a result of he is Jasprit Bumrah. He is the very best on this planet. That might be my take from an Indian viewpoint.”
The previous England pacer in contrast a soccer World Cup with out one of many best forwards in historical past to Bumrah’s attainable absence.
“It is like going to a soccer World Cup with out your finest striker, Cristiano Ronaldo. Fifteen years in the past, you do not exchange Ronaldo till you need to. That is what I think about India will do with Bumrah.”
India would possibly “carry him round in a sedan chair” throughout the competitors, Harmison even quipped, and hope he is obtainable by the semifinals or the ultimate.
“It is a 14-man squad. That is ok to get me by the group video games. We would get him by the semifinal, greater than the semifinal. If he isn’t match, we’ll exchange him simply in case we now have one other damage. However he is Jasprit Bumrah.”
