Australia's World Cup Winner Scared By 4-Year-Old Nephew With Jasprit Bumrah's Action, Gets 'Nightmare'
India's pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah tormented Australia batters during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25, picking up 32 wickets across five Tests. And it seems as if the "nightmare" of facing him has continued for all-rounder Mitchell Marsh, who narrated a hilarious story about an unexpected challenge he is facing while playing backyard cricket with his four-year-old nephew. Speaking to cricket.com.au, Marsh revealed that his nephew had picked up Bumrah's action, and joked that seeing him do so continued Marsh's nightmare of facing India's pace talisman.
"My little nephew Ted, he is four years old, we played backyard cricket the other day. He came in with Bumrah's action, and the nightmare continued," Marsh recalled hilariously.
The star Indian pace spearhead was a nightmare for Aussies to face during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy concluded recently. The 3-1 scoreline in favour of Australia, who won the trophy for the first time since 2014 and avoided a hat-trick of series losses to India at home, does not truly show how much fight Bumrah single-handedly put for India.
"The nightmare continued"
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He got 32 wickets in five matches at a stunning average of 13.06, with three five-wicket hauls and best figures of 6/76. He was the highest wicket-taker in the series and broke record after record in the five-match affair, becoming the Indian with the most Test fifers in SENA (South Africa, England, New Zealand and South Africa) and outdoing spin legend Bishan Singh Bedi to have most wickets by an Indian in an away series.
The previous year's Allan Border Medal winner for Australian Player of the Year across all formats, Marsh had a poor series against