Australian bowling great Glenn McGrath has thrown his weight firmly behind pacer Jasprit Bumrah, who is yet to regain form and rhythm since his return to international cricket, while being the cynosure of India\u2019s bowling across formats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bumrah had missed as many as four series at home across formats against South Africa, Bangladesh, West Indies and Sri Lanka as he recovered from a back stress fracture. Without any domestic cricket, in his first assignment since August 2019 he claimed six wickets in all five T20Is against New Zealand. But a wicketless three-match ODI series followed by just one wicket on a bowling-friendly pitch at Wellington for the first Test saw Bumrah losing momentum and coming under scrutiny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bumrah\u2019s struggles in a T20 World Cup year followed by Test series in Australia might be concerning, but McGrath says a fast bowler needs to have clear understanding of himself rather than feeling the burden of expectations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIndia have got a quality batting and bowling attack. Bumrah, I am a big fan of him at Test level. He has been amazing at the shorter versions of the game too. I was surprised to see him so far down the order in the rankings, he has been injured a little bit of late,\u201d McGrath told reporters here on Wednesday during a Tourism Australia event in sync with the T20 World Cup, which the country will host in October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cA lot of time when you have had success, you want to come back in here [signalling high with his hand] but after coming in at the start of the season or after an injury, you do not come in there. You come in here and you got to work and build-up to get there ,\u201d McGrath said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt took me a few years to realise that, and by knowing that you give yourself time to get in, you go through your processes and concentrate on what you are looking to do. If you think you should be up here, but you are down there, that plays with your confidence. And if you lose confidence, it affects the rest of your game. Bumrah just needs a bit more bowling, bit of confidence in his body and if he has got that, it will not be long before he is back,\u201d added the fast bowling legend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
McGrath pointed at toss in the first Test in which No 1 India lost by 10 wickets. \u201cI do not have any issues with the bowling attack; you do not lose form overnight. It was just one of those things whether the toss made huge difference. But you still got to make those runs too,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI still have total faith in the Indian line-up; they had a few injuries too. Ishant Sharma coming back, he did get five wickets, Bumrah has had a couple of injuries and he is also coming back. I think Indian bowling is world-class; there is no doubt about that. Shami bowls good pace, he is deceptive, he can move around, and he knows the game so well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
McGrath backed India to do well in Australia later this year in a four-Test series, which is a part of the ICC World Test Championship. \u201cAustralia are playing pretty good brand of cricket. They have got both Steve Smith and David Warner back in. We saw what Dave Warner is capable of in the Australian summer against Pakistan and New Zealand. Having batsmen like Warner and Smith back, it is a totally different game. It is going to be tougher for India, but that is not to say they cannot perform well. They have got confidence of playing in Australian conditions now, they know how to do it, they have done it, they have been successful and there are still enough positives,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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