Tests bumrah

ICC World Test Championship Final: As Shubman Gill leads a new-look Indian Test team when the five-match series against England begins on June 20, the spotlight will be huge on premier fast-bowler Jasprit Bumrah and his ability to tilt results single-handedly in the visitors’ favour under testing conditions.

With India yet to take a call on which Tests Bumrah, the top-ranked bowler in the format, will play in England as part of his workload management, Steve Harmison, the former England fast-bowler, believes if the fast-bowling spearhead plays at least four games, he can potentially replicate the performances showcased by Kagiso Rabada and Pat Cummins during the recent 2025 ICC World Test Championship Final at Lord’s.

“I look at the two bowling units and I think that's where this series is going to be won. If Jasprit Bumrah plays four Test matches, then he can do what we've just seen Kagiso Rabada and Pat Cummins do at Lord’s and in England’s overhead conditions. Obviously, Jasprit Bumrah is probably just ahead of those two in the pecking order of, in my opinion, the three best bowlers in the world.”