‘Shaheen bahot accha hai, Bumrah toh uske paas bhi nahi aata’ (Shaheen is simply too good, Bumrah doesn’t even come near him): Abdul Razzaq
Shaheen Shah Afridi and Jasprit Bumrah share 538 worldwide wickets between them throughout codecs. The duo have been seen as two of one of the best pacers up to date cricket has needed to supply. But in the case of selecting one above the opposite, former Pakistan all-rounder Abdul Razzaq feels there’s no debate.
“Shaheen is too good. Bumrah doesn’t even come close to him,” Razzaq just lately informed paktv.television.
Afridi, 22, has been nursing a recurring knee damage and is at present present process rehabilitation for a similar. The left arm fast spent a lot of the latter half of 2022 out of motion, lacking out the 2022 Asia Cup and solely returned forward of the T20 World Cup in Australia.
It was in the course of the last in opposition to England that Afridi injured his knee once more and has remained out of motion since. Injury has additionally involved India’s proper arm tempo famous person Jasprit Bumrah, who missed out the Asia Cup in addition to the T20 World Cup and is but to return again to his match greatest.
The 29-year-old has additionally been coping with a recurring damage in his again that he picked in the course of the 2022 India tour of England. Having made a comeback within the three-match residence T20I collection in opposition to Australia, the correct arm fast would complain of again ache forward of the South Africa collection and was finally dominated out of the top occasion down beneath.
Bumrah was added to the India squad for the ODI collection in opposition to Sri Lanka earlier this month however was omitted ‘as a precautionary measure’ forward of the primary ODI in Guwahati.
“Very unfortunate. The poor guy has been working really hard at the NCA. He felt stiffness in his back a couple of day ago and if Jasprit Bumrah is saying he is not feeling well, you have to pull him out. We need to be extra careful with Bumrah,” India captain Rohit Sharma had mentioned.