Border Gavaskar Trophy: Simon Katich picks one aspect of Jasprit Bumrah’s captaincy over Rohit Sharma’s | Cricket News
Former Australian batsman Simon Katich felt that Indian bowlers were more attacking with Jasprit Bumrah as captain in Perth, as compared to Rohit Sharma’s approach in Adelaide in the second Test between India and Australia. While India’s bowling attack roared at Perth to dismiss Australia for 108, the same attack fell flat at Adelaide, something that Katich blamed on Sharma’s use of his available bowlers and the lengths at which the bowlers were bowling. “When you compare the two results, obviously, in Perth, Rohit Sharma missed out. And I thought Bumrah’s captaincy, and particularly, the use of his bowlers in the length that they bowled, was far superior to what we saw in Adelaide. In Perth late on Day 1 when Australia were 7/67, India attacked the stumps and bowled much fuller and straighter lengths,” Katich said on the ‘Around the Wicket’ podcast. Katich also felt that Sharma was not proactive when it came to reading the lengths that were working on the Adelaide pitch and pointed out a particular session where that hurt India. …
