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While Jasprit Bumrah's name might not frequently appear at the top of the Purple Cap standings, primarily due to opposition teams often playing cautiously against him, his influence within his four overs in a T20 match is undeniable. Across the seven IPL 2025 matches he has participated in, Bumrah has bowled 69 balls, averaging nearly 10 dot balls per game. This is a remarkable statistic, exceeding that of any other bowler who maintains an economy rate below 8 runs per over. Although Khaleel Ahmed and Josh Hazlewood boast a slightly better dot ball percentage this year, they have conceded over 8 runs per over in every match, starkly contrasting with Bumrah's exceptional economy rate of just 6.96.
Notably, since Jasprit Bumrah's return to the Mumbai Indians' lineup, he missed the initial four matches due to a back injury, the team's fortunes have dramatically improved. They have notched up wins in six out of seven matches to become the table toppers. While Bumrah's performance in his first two matches back was not his peak, going wicketless for 29 runs against Royal Challengers Bengaluru and conceding 44 runs against Delhi Capitals, he has since demonstrated his world-class ability. In his most recent two outings against Lucknow Super Giants and Rajasthan Royals, Bumrah claimed an impressive six wickets while conceding a mere 37 runs across his eight overs.
Heaping praise on his consistent brilliance and overall impact across all formats of the game, the legendary Australian cricketer Adam Gilchrist has lauded Jasprit Bumrah as the bowling equivalent of the iconic Don Bradman.
"He's maybe the best bowler, fast bowler of all time. When you start stacking up the statistics and the varying conditions that he has to go out and execute those skills in, I guess you look at Sir Donald Bradman's numbers compared to his peers and he's just so far ahead, so I think Bumrah is sort of in that category across all the different variations that you get in conditions and pitches that you've got to bowl on. He's significantly further ahead than the peers around him, so that tells you we are truly watching greatness," Gilchrist said on Cricbuzz.
Don Bradman stands alone in the annals of cricket, the only player to retire with a Test batting average nearing the extraordinary figure of 100. The statistical gulf between Bradman and his contemporaries is so significant that no other batter with more than 10 Test appearances boasts an average exceeding 65. Drawing a parallel, Adam Gilchrist observed that Jasprit Bumrah is rapidly establishing a similar level of dominance over his peers in all formats of the game with his exceptional bowling prowess. Bumrah's skill and impact were clearly evident during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy earlier this year, where he proved to be a constant challenge for the Australian batsmen. Despite India losing the series 1-3, Bumrah's brilliance with the ball consistently kept the Australian team on edge. Bumrah was adjudged the Player of the Series for picking 32 wickets in a span of five matches at an average of 13.
When questioned about whether Australian batsmen felt a sense of intimidation or fear facing an Indian bowler, akin to their experience against Jasprit Bumrah, Adam Gilchrist said:
"A seamer from India, consistently throughout, particularly the series that we just saw in the summer, back home in the Australian summer, no, I don't think so".
"We just sat and watched in awe at close range commentating on that series and again, I know it's a different format, but he is the best all-format bowler; that's nothing to argue there," the former wicketkeeper-batter concluded.
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