India vs Bangladesh first Check | An honour to have somebody like Bumrah taking part in for us: Gambhir

India’s Jasprit Bumrah participates in a coaching session forward of their first check match between India and Bangladesh in Chennai. File.
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India head coach Gautam Gambhir hailed Jasprit Bumrah as one of the best pacer in worldwide cricket throughout codecs and was pleased that bowlers are getting the highlight they deserve.

“Bumrah is one of the best quick bowler on this planet in all three codecs. And it’s [not] simply his efficiency. It’s his starvation as properly. The perfect half is that he needs to play as a lot Check cricket as he can, and there’s no doubt about that,” mentioned Gambhir when requested if the speedster is probably the most helpful participant within the staff.

“What he has performed within the T20 format within the West Indies is corresponding to what he can do in red-ball cricket (like) towards England. I feel it’s an honour to have somebody like Bumrah taking part in for us and sitting in that dressing room. He could make a distinction at any stage of the sport. So sure, hopefully, we will do the identical on this collection and going ahead as properly,” he added.

“It has not occurred typically in India the place we discuss bowlers. India, at one stage, was a batter-obsessed nation. You’ve obtained to provide credit score to Bumrah, (Mohammed) Shami, (Mohammed) Siraj, Ashwin and (Ravindra) Jadeja, that we now have began speaking concerning the bowlers.”

The previous India cricketer additionally batted away the notion that his aspect might take any opposition frivolously on the eve of the primary Check towards Bangladesh.

“I’ve been an enormous believer that we concern nobody however respect everybody. And we don’t take any opposition frivolously,” remarked Gambhir.

“That’s what worldwide cricket is all about. We respect Bangladesh, and we’ll at all times respect any opposition. However we now have to go on the market and play the model of cricket that we need to play. We now have obtained to attempt to give all the things doable on the cricket area as a result of that’s what champion sides do. They don’t take a look at the opposition. They attempt to management the sport. They attempt to play the way in which they need to play the sport.”