What did Akram say on comparison with Jaspreet Bumrah?Image Credit Source: PTI
Indian cricket team star fast bowler Jaspreet Bumrah is constantly discussed about the fitness and workload management. Due to this, they are also victims of criticism many times. But if you talk about their bowling apart from fitness, then hardly anyone can deny that he is the best fast bowler of the current era. This is the reason that they often compare the old tour fast bowlers and it also has a name for Pakistan’s great Pesar Wasim Akram. But what do Wasim Akram himself think about this? The Pakistani veteran gave a fun reply to this with an idiom.
In the Asia Cup 2025, the atmosphere between India and Pakistan on September 14 has started creating an atmosphere. In this match, once again, Team India will be very strong on Bumrah, who has also shown his amazing in the World Cup along with this tournament against Pakistan. In such a situation, there are discussions about Star Indian Pacer in Pakistan and during one such discussion, when Wasim Akram was asked about comparison with Bumrah, he told such comparison as ‘Abdullah Deewana in Begani Shaadi’.
‘Bumrah’s great bowler of today’
Wasim Akram praised Bumrah during the discussion in Jio TV’s show ‘Harena Mana Hai’ in a news channel in Pakistan and said that both comparison is wrong. Describing Bumrah in the best bowlers of this era, he said, “Jasprit Bumrah is a great bowler. His action is a bit different, speed and credit to the Indian Cricket Board, the way he has managed it. Today and 1990 bowlers compared to comparison to the bowlers.”
Akram further said, “He is a right-handed bowler and I was of left hand. I keep arguing on social media- Abdullah Deewana in Begani wedding. Neither do I make a difference and neither do they.
What do Bumrah and Akram figures say?
Wasim Akram, who was among the best bowlers of his era, performed equally amazing in Tests and ODIs. He took 414 wickets in 104 Tests for Pakistan. In the ODI format, he took 502 wickets in 356 matches. He was the first bowler to take 500 wickets in ODIs and was the most successful bowler for a long time. At the same time, Bumrah has shown power in all three formats in his 9 -year career. The 31 -year -old Indian pace has taken 219 wickets in only 48 Tests. At the same time, he has taken 149 wickets in his account in 89 ODIs and 89 wickets in 70 T20 International.
