Team India head coach Gautam Gambhir spoke to reporters, donning his candid avatar like always. When the topic of Japsprit Bumrah came up, Gambhir expressed his delight at the appreciation a fast bowler is getting in India, as the country has traditionally worshiped batters more than bowlers.
Bumrah has undoubtedly risen the ranks when it comes to Indian cricket's superstars when Ravichandran Ashwin recently named him as the team's 'Most Valuable Player' at present.
Gambhir didn't hold back as the called the country a 'batting obsessed nation'. Gambhir, during the presser, also sent a message to Bangladesh, for their heroic 2-0 victory against Pakistan in the recently concluded Test series. "Jasprit Bumrah is the best fast bowler in the world, across formats.
It's great to have Bumrah in the dressing room, someone who can change the game at any point of time," he said. Not just Bumrah, Gambhir also credited R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja for changing people's perception towards bowlers. "India is a batting-obsessed nation.