- India are on top in the first Test against Australia
- Comes after blistering bowling spell from skipper
- His wife was impressed by a very different figure
While millions of Indian supporters were left in awe of skipper Jasprit Bumrah’s bowling against Australia in the first Test, his wife had a very different take.
After declaring pre-game he thrived on responsibility, Bumrah (4-17) delivered a devastating first spell to remove debutant opener Nathan McSweeney (10), Usman Khawaja (eight), and Steve Smith (golden duck).
It has India in the box seat to claim first blood in the Border–Gavaskar Trophy, but it was Bumrah’s figure, not his bowling figures, that most impressed his wife Sanjana Ganesan.
‘Great bowler, even greater booty,’ the sportscaster hilariously posted to her following of 1.6 million supporters, including a cheeky emoji of a peach.
Prior to the carnage, former Australian opener David Warner explained why it was so difficult to face the Indian pace bowler.
‘The key challenge of Bumrah is getting used to his action. If you haven’t faced him before, it can be quite challenging,’ Warner said.
‘You’ve got to try and get used to the stutter at the crease. And then he lets go some thunderbolts. He always hits line and length. Can swing them both ways.
‘I think the beauty of him is he’s got two different gears. He can pitch it up when the ball is new and then he can go the other length.’
One of the greatest swing bowlers of all time, Wasim Akram, was also full of praise for Bumrah on Star Sports.
‘Bumrah was at the top of his game, reading the Australian batters brilliantly. His spell was a masterclass in understanding conditions and exploiting weaknesses,’ he said.
‘He is the best bowler in world cricket in all the formats. The control, the swing, the pace, using the crease, went around the wicket to Usman Khawaja. I mean, he’s just a brilliant bowler to watch.
‘He picked up the batter’s weakness very quickly, and he hardly bowled a short ball, and he realised that he would be expecting a short pitch delivery.
‘He pitched up everything, swung the ball both ways and got four wickets. That’s what you call the leader leading from the front.’
It comes after Bumrah said he was relishing the extra responsibility of being captain ahead of his devastating bowling spell.
‘I don’t look at captaincy as a post but I have always loved responsibility,’ Bumrah said at a press conference ahead of the first Test.
‘I wanted to do the tough job since I was a child. You want to do things and get thrown in tough scenarios, this adds a new challenge for me,’
