MELBOURNE: Keep calm and listen to Jasprit Bumrah. That seems to be the mantra for India’s under-pressure support cast of pace bowlers going into the all-important fourth Test.
As the frontline pacers hit the nets at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday, Bumrah’s towering presence in this India squad was in full view. It also served as a sobering reminder of the team’s over-reliance on him in this series. A freakishly rare species of express fast bowler who needs judicious handling, Bumrah has instead been everywhere, done everything on this tour, even with the bat — like staving off the follow-on in the Brisbane Test in the company of pace compatriot Akash Deep.
