Border Gavaskar Trophy | ‘He’s like a nightmare’: Michael Atherton lauds Jasprit Bumrah after India’s win over Australia in 1st Test | Cricket News
Border Gavaskar Trophy: Former England player Michael Atherton was all praise for skipper Jasprit Bumrah after India completed a remarkable turnaround after a horror batting show in the first innings to defeat Australia in the 1st Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy by 295 runs. “I thought Jasprit Bumrah was absolutely fantastic. Those two new ball spells. I mean, there’s a few bowlers when you retire, you don’t really think about, you know, your time as a player, but there’s the odd bowler that I just think, thank goodness I did not face him with a new ball. I mean, how would you play him? He’s like a nightmare, isn’t he? He stutters away from off about 10 yards and then unleashes these thunderbolts, usually bang on a sixpence,” he said in a Sky Sports podcast with Nasser Hussain. Talking about the Test in general, Atherton branded the result as “real shellacking” for the Australian team. “Australia can’t have been beaten like that, that heavily and that badly at home for a long time. That …
