Border Gavaskar Trophy | ‘Aussies prefer to attack the leadership’: Ravi Shastri advises Jasprit Bumrah to not ‘overtry’ due to captaincy pressure | Cricket News
Border Gavaskar Trophy: Former India coach Ravi Shastri on Thursday said that Jasprit Bumrah should stick to his strengths and not over-try just because he is the captain in the first Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy against Australia. Bumrah is the stand-in captain for the first Test before Rohit Sharma, who will miss this Test due the birth of his second child, comes back into the fold for the second Test at Adelaide. “The Aussies prefer to attack the leadership. Whoever the captain is, they train their guns and their spotlights on the captain. If they can bring down the confidence of the captain, they feel that the confidence of the team comes down. The pressure will be on Bumrah—there’s no question about that. Any captain coming here will feel the heat, and Bumrah will be the same,” he said in an interaction in Star Sports Press Room. He also added that the pacer was a mature cricketer and knows exactly what he is up against. “But Bumrah is a mature and competitive cricketer. …
