Team India players and the support staff reached Sydney on Thursday, November 12, almost 20 hours after their departure from Dubai, where the IPL final was played on November 10. India are now be quarantined in Sydney after which they’ll play a full-fledged tour down under, starting on November 27.
The tour starts with 3 ODIs, followed by as many T20Is, after which the 4-match Test series begins on December 17.
While Australian pace attack will be led by Pat Cummins, Jasprit Bumrah will be India’s ace fast bowler. Just a little time since his international debut for India, Ahmedabad-born fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah was leading the pace attack. In this regard, former Australia fast bowler Jason Gillespie has predicted that Bumrah would go down as one of India’s finest pacers ever produced.
“They all bring their different ways of doing it (bowling fast). I think the Indian pace attack now is as good as they’ve had in a long time. That’s no disrespect to the guys who came before them,” Gillespie told Sportstar.
“But they are a fine bunch now. (Jasprit) Bumrah is going to be a superstar once his career finishes. He will go down as one of India’s greatest in all three forms of the game. There’s no doubt about that.”
Talking of the current Indian pace attack, Gillespie said that the senior bowlers like Mohammed Shami and Ishant Sharma are what make the current Indian pace attack one of the best they’ve ever produced.
“Shami has been excellent. Ishant Sharma has shown what an adaptable player he is. He has had a few ups and downs but has shown real resilience. He is always trying to better himself,” he added.
“India should be proud of how he has stuck to his task and found ways to reinvent himself. And then you’ve got other guys like Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Bhuvi is injured at the moment. Hopefully, he will be fit soon. Umesh Yadav has added a yard of pace, hasn’t he.”
When Gillespie played for Australia, he faced the likes of Javagal Srinath and, later, Zaheer Khan, who brought a lot to the table.
“What a wonderful bowler (Javagal) Srinath was. Probably knocked me over on a few occasions (smiles)… Zaheer Khan, too, brought something different to the Indian seam attack,” Gillespie concluded.
