Ashish Nehra Names A Bowler Who Is More Skilful Than Jasprit Bumrah
Jasprit Bumrah played 5 matches till date, out if which he has picked up 4 wickets.
Both Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mohammed Siraj are enjoying a great time in the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League. With four wins from the as many number of matches, RCB are placed at the top spot in the points table, while Siraj has so far scalped five wickets bowling at an impressive average of 18.20.
Impressed with Siraj’s bowling display, former Indian fast bower Ashish Nehra said pacer Mohammed Siraj has even more skills than his senior India colleague Jasprit Bumrah. He also said that Siraj already has more variations than Bumrah and if he can maintain his fitness and increase his game awareness, ‘sky is the limit’ for him.
Nehra’s comment for Mohammed Siraj comes after the Royal Challengers Bangalore fast bowler made a match-winning impact against Rajasthan Royals in their IPL 2021 encounter on Thursday. Siraj broke the back of the Rajasthan batting line-up, picking up the wickets of Jos Buttler and David Miller before returning to send back Rahul Tewatia.
Siraj’s figures of 3/27 in 4 overs helped RCB restrict Rajasthan Royals to 177 in 20 overs in a high-scoring venue in Mumbai before Bangalore gunned down the target with 10 wickets to spare.
“There was talk about a couple of years ago that he used to pick up 5-6 wickets in every match for India A with the red ball… (now he) is a very good all-format bowler. There is no shortage skill, he has all type of variations. I would in fact say that skill wise, he is even ahead of Bumrah, if you talk of variations,” Nehra said in a video on Cricbuzz.
“He has a different slower one, there is no lack of speed, he can move the new ball. He needs to keep his fitness and sharpen his mind. If he can do these two things well, sky is the limit,” Nehra added.
The 27-year-old made his Test debut last year against Australia and he has not looked back since then, continuing his fine run of form in the ongoing IPL 2021. During the game against the Rajasthan Royals, which RCB won by 10 wickets on Thursday, Mohammed Siraj became the first bowler to reach 50 dot balls for the season.
