Bumrah vs Shami in tests: Comparing India’s premier quicks
Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Shami have different strengths and weaknesses, but both know the art of picking up regular wickets. Team India currently boasts of a great assortment of pace bowlers like Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Shami, Umesh Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Navdeep Saini among others and has enough options to choose from. Two pace bowlers have stood out – Bumrah and Shami. When in search of a wicket, captain Virat Kohli throws the ball to one of them and more often than not, they deliver. Here’s a comparative look at their performances in test cricket : Mohammad Shami and Jasprit Bumrah are bowlers with a golden arm. More than keeping the runs dry, they have a knack of picking up wickets and repay the faith of skipper Virat Kohli whenever he throws the ball to them. While Shami can be a bit erratic when there is swing on offer, Bumrah provides more control. In terms of the probability of taking a wicket, Shami is better placed, but when it comes to keeping the ru...