Jaspreet Bumrah and Mitchell Starc (Photo: PTI)
Jaspreet Bumrah of India and Mitchell Starc of Australia, currently have two top bowlers in world cricket. But who is the deadliest among these two too? Who is more dangerous in these two too? It is said that there is a real test of any player’s ability in Test cricket. And, in such a situation, the results of that test of both of them will decide who is the best in the Test? Jaspreet is 7 years senior from Bumrah in terms of Mitchell Starc experience. He has also played more than 53 Tests with them. But can a player be growing up only in experience is also a proof of his superiority? Probably not. And, this is the reason why we will try to measure some more parameters of these two bowlers.
What is special in Mitchell Starc?
First of all talk about Mitchell Starc, who is a left arm pacer. Stark’s bowling has a dangerous combination of swing and bounce along with speed. Apart from this, Stark’s Yorker and Bouncer are sleepy for batsmen. Stark becomes more dangerous on pitches like England and Australia, where the ball gets swing and bounce. Stark is an average of 27.02 in Test bowling. While his economy is 3.41.
What is special in Jaspreet Bumrah?
Now let’s talk about Jasprit Bumrah, whose biggest strength is, it is difficult for the best batsmen of the world to read. Bumrah’s ball is straight or swing, batsmen often stay in front of him. The ability of yorker and reverse swing makes Bumrah dangerous on every pitch in the world. In Test cricket, Bumrah has taken more than 200 wickets at an average of 19.48. He is the only player in Test history to take 200 plus wickets at less than 20.
Stark or Bumrah… Who is dangerous?
After knowing about Mitchell Starc and Jaspreet Bumrah, now the question arises that who is better and more dangerous in both of them? Stark’s experience and the advantage of left-arm make them special. At the same time, the peculiar action and reverse swing of Bumrah makes him dangerous in every situation. If we look at the strike rate and the ability to take wickets, Stark is ahead, but seeing Bumrah’s bowling average and an economy rate of less than 3 shows that he is more dangerous than Stark.
In Test cricket, Stark has taken 5 plus wickets in an innings 16 times. At the same time, Bumrah has done this feat 15 times. But, if you see the number of matches played by both of you to do so, then Bumrah will see you standing far ahead of Stark. Stark has taken 5 plus wickets 16 times in 100 Tests. At the same time, Bumrah has shifted 5 plus wickets in an innings 15 times in only 47 Tests.
It is clear that both the bowlers, whether Stark or Bumrah, have the ability to change the match in their own way. But, if seen in the current situation, there is no doubt that Bumrah is a little ahead. However, this is just our assessment. For cricket fans, who is a long running debate among Stark and Bumrah.
