Australia legend Ricky Ponting made some bold calls while trying to decide who will be more impactful in the 2022 T20 World Cup - Jasprit Bumrah or Shaheen Afridi.
Two of the premier fast bowlers in the world, Bumrah and Afridi, boast of having enviable records in the shortest format. Bumrah has picked up 69 wickets in 58 matches while Afridi has scalped 47 in 40.
The two pacers are equally effective with the new ball as well as in the death overs. Ponting too had a tough time in picking one, stating in The ICC Review: "Look, how do you split those two guys?
They are two of the best performing bowlers in the world in the last couple of years in all formats of the game." Eventually, Ponting settled for the experienced campaigner in Bumrah. "I'll probably go on experience alone - I'll go for Bumrah.