'GREATEST WHITE BALL BOWLER EVER': JASPRIT BUMRAH RATED HIGHLY AS MICHAEL VAUGHAN IGNORES WASIM AKRAM

Jasprit Bumrah's contribution to India's T20 World Cup triumph was monumental. The fast bowler had 15 scalps to his name at an average of 8.26 and also maintained an insane economy rate of 4.17.

Bumrah again played a pivotal role as he struck twice at crucial junctures to help India towards a seven-wicket victory in the T20 World Cup final. The 30 year old was unplayable throughout the tournament and he barely made a mistake in the T20 World Cup campaign.

The Mumbai Indians fast bowler gave away just six runs in the last two overs and also picked up the crucial wicket of Marco Jansen to tilt the momentum in India's favour. His heroics also earned him the Player of the Tournament award and with both Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma retiring from the T20Is, the fast bowler is expected to play a more central role to India's plans in the next few years.

On a Cricbuzz show, Vaughan dissected Bumrah's bowling and hailed him as the best ever white ball bowler ever.

"That first one to Reeza Hendricks is an absolute peach. He's probably angled in probably going on to hit the leg stump and at the last minute it whips away and hits the off stump. That ball that gets Jansen again just angled in it through the gate but it's more than that. It's the other deliveries that you know the batters are trying to hit him and he just kind of follows them so they don't get any width and then he sees them get a little bit of kind of room and he throws it out a bit wider he's got that slower ball that's a genius delivery. I honestly think he's the best seam bowler who has played white ball cricket."

"If you can tell me a better seam bowler. I know Wasim Akram was special and there have been many others to mention but I just think he's got this amazing action ability and he's got the pace, he's got all the different skill sets and he does it under pressure day in and day out. It's not just two or three times at the World Cup. it's pretty much every single game."

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