Ian Morris made allegations on Bumrah’s bowling action: Indian team’s experienced bowler and vice-captain Jasprit Bumrah performed brilliantly against the Australian batsmen in the Border Gavaskar Trophy. Bumrah took more than 20 wickets in 3 matches. World number 1 Test bowler Bumrah troubled the Australian batsmen a lot. However, ahead of the fourth Test in Melbourne, Bumrah is being accused of illegal bowling action.
Australian cricket broadcaster Ian Morris made this allegation
Bumrah’s bowling action remains a topic of discussion before the Melbourne Test. Australia’s veteran cricket broadcaster Ian Morris has raised questions on his bowling action. He wrote on ‘X’, ‘Why did no one question the bowling of Indian fast bowler Bumrah? I am not saying that he is throwing, but when Bumrah bowls the ball, the position of his hand should be checked.
Even before this, questions were raised on Bumrah’s bowling.
This is not the first time that Bumrah’s bowling action has been questioned. Even before this, Bumrah had to face such things due to his unique action. Whereas in the first innings of Perth Test, Bumrah took 5 wickets and bowled out Australia for 104 runs. Then many questions and discussions started taking place on social media regarding his bowling action.
Bumrah’s brilliant performance in Border Gavaskar Trophy
Jasprit Bumrah has taken 21 wickets in 6 innings of three test matches of the current Border Gavaskar Trophy. He became the highest wicket taker in Australia during the Gabba Test. He has taken a total of 53 wickets in 20 innings so far in Australia. In this matter, Bumrah has broken the record of veteran Kapil Dev. Kapil Dev took 51 test wickets in Australia.