Shane Bond on Jasprit Bumrah’s quiet ODI series and New Zealand’s pace attack for the Test series against India


Shane Bond on Jasprit Bumrah’s quiet ODI series and New Zealand’s pace attack for the Test series against India

Former fast bowler Shane Bond feels that New Zealand’s conservative technique against Jasprit Bumrah might end up being a design template for other teams as they seek to take on the Indian pace ace who just recently withstood an unusual wicket- less getaway in an ODIseries

The premier bowler copped criticism for his lean run throughout the 3 ODIs against New Zealand and Bond put that to expectations.

“That’s the nature of expectations when you got a bowler of Jasprit’s quality,” Bond, the fastest New Zealand bowler throughout his time, informed PTI in an unique interview.

“I thought New Zealand played him well and identified him as a risk. They have played him conservatively and obviously there was some inexperience around (Navdeep Saini and Shardul Thakur),” he stated.

“All teams will now identify him as a risk and attack others. So that’s where the bowling group and what they do (as a group) is massive. It is not an easy place to bowl as wickets are flat.”

However Bond felt Bumrah’s bowling wasn’t all that bad throughout the series, which India lost 0-3.

“At the end of the day, all you can do is try and bowl well. He bowled reasonably well but sometimes you don’t get wickets,” Bond stated.

Bond, who has actually invested significant quantity of time with Bumrah as the Mumbai Indians bowling coach in the IPL, however anticipates India’s leading strike bowler to have a “massive impact” on the 2-Test series beginning Friday.

“When you come back from a lay-off, it’s always hard to get into the groove. Just that he hadn’t had a lot of game before the series and conditions are a bit foreign,” stated Bond.

“Although New Zealand played him well in limited overs, Jasprit will have a massive impact on the Test series. I have no doubt about that,” added the bowler, whose appealing profession was interrupted by various injuries.

“It always takes time to get back to top form because there is no substitute of game time. So it’s good for Jasprit that he is leading into Test matches with some short form cricket,” stated Shane Bond, who played 18 Tests, 82 ODIs and 20 T20 Internationals.

New Zealand are constantly hard to beat in their own den and Bond anticipates Kane Williamson to decide for a five-pronged pace attack.

” The most significant aspect of New Zealand wicket is that it does notspin Due to the fact that many motion in the pitch is in the first day, whoever wins the toss bowls. They will bowl if New Zealand wins toss.

“I won’t be surprised if New Zealand don’t play a spinner. Personally, I wouldn’t have played a spinner as they will just have a holding role.”

Shane Bond thinks that somebody like Colin de Grandhomme will have a big role on the first day of a Basin Reserve wicket if New Zealand takes place to bowl first.

“New Zealand might share 5 fast bowlers in Trent Boult, Tim Southee, Neil Wagner, Kyle Jamieson and De Grandhomme.

“The wickets later on become so flat that New Zealand are really hard to beat here. I don’t think it’s going to be any different,” he stated.

Like the Indians, even Shane Bond thinks that Neil Wagner can develop issues for the visitors with his brief things.

“Neil comes in one change with short ball part coming later on. In these home conditions, Wagner is special as you don’t face this kind of bowler too often. Whenever he comes in and bowls those (bouncer) stuff, it will be challenging for India,” he observed.

Likewise Basin Reserve in Wellington and the Hagley Oval in Christchurch are various premises, with larger measurements.

“Two grounds that they are playing are much bigger grounds (Basin Reserve and Hagley Oval), big outfields and big boundaries which makes Wagner even more effective,” he discussed.

“Look no doubt they will challenge India with short ball and they might have couple of options to do that,” he stated, showing that (Kyle) Jamieson looks great for a Test debut” he stated.

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