Jasprit Bumrah vs Wasim Akram? Pakistan legend tips hat to India’s pace ace

Jasprit Bumrah vs Wasim Akram? Pakistan legend tips hat to India’s pace ace (BCCI/AFP Photos)

Jasprit Bumrah is among the top bowlers in cricket, with numerous legendary cricketers even referring to him as the greatest in the game's history attributing to his supremacy on the field. According to former India cricketer Aakash Chopra, Pakistan great Waqar Younis shares an exact opinion.

"We were in a car. Waqar Younis was with me. I asked him, 'The entire cricket world has respect for Wasim Akram for the variations in his bowling and the control he possessed. He was par excellence. Bumrah is like right-handed Wasim Akram, right?' He replied, 'No, he is better than all of us. We didn't have this thinking level at his age. His skill is better, his thinking is better. He is the best that the world has ever seen'," revealed Chopra in a video on his YouTube channel.

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Chopra also brought attention to the criticism leveled at Bumrah for his workload management. In the recently-concluded England series, Bumrah participated in three of the five Tests with BCCI maintaining extra precaution to avoid any injury.

"It was being said that India couldn't have a better captain than Jasprit Bumrah. It was being asked why bowlers can't become captains, as he was vice-captain under Rohit Sharma's captaincy and had captained in Perth and won the match as well, so he should become the captain. This is how it started, and this is how it's going - trolling, that when he plays, the team loses, and doesn't take full responsibility when he plays, which means from Boom Bumrah, our fans have become gumrah (gone astray). I am very, very surprised and sorry," he added.

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Bumrah was described as a "generational talent who is head and shoulders above the rest" by the former Indian batsman. "He is the best bowler in the world right now across formats. If Bumrah plays only three matches, let him play. If workload management says that, without breaking down, I can keep Bumrah playing in important matches, I will do whatever it takes," explained Chopra.