While Sanju Samson, who played the match-winning innings of 97 runs in 50 balls against West Indies in Kolkata last night, is being talked about the most, Jasprit Bumrah remains the unsung hero for Team India. The West Indies cricket team, which had a lot of firepower in its batting line-up, took on Varun Chakravarthy, Hardik Pandya and Arshdeep Singh with ease.
Jasprit Bumrah was not one of those bowlers who gave 10 runs per over. The right-arm fast bowler dismissed Roston Chase and Shimron Hetmyer, two well-set batsmen, and completed his four-over spell with 3/36 with an economy rate of 9.00.
Michael Vaughan discusses Jasprit Bumrah’s bowling performance
After the match, former England captain Michael Vaughan discussed why Bumrah is great in the game. Vaughan pointed out that Bumrah is not only about the lethal yorker or outswinger but also about the pace variation, which proved to be very useful for the seamers in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2026.
Speaking on the Cricbuzz program after the match, the former England captain said, “You look at the numbers there, the average when he bowls at less than 128 kmph, he has got 12 wickets at an average of 7.41. His economy is 4.52, I mean when he gets a bit faster it doesn’t go up that much, but his average goes up.”
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“So you look at his average from 128 to 140 km/h, it goes up to 30 where he has got only 7 wickets. Now he gets a bit faster and the average gets to that kind of level before 128 km/h. 140 plus averages 10, 14 wickets, economy of 5.15. So you look at that economy at all those types of pace, it is very, very good”, he added.
Jasprit Bumrah’s variation in pace in T20Is
| pace | balls | Wicket | average | strike rate | economy rate | dot ball % |
| less than 128 kmph | 118 | 12 | 7.41 | 9.8 | 4.52 | 51.2 |
| 128-140 kmph | 226 | 7 | 30.85 | 32.2 | 5.73 | 47.8 |
| over 140 kmph | 163 | 14 | 10.00 | 11.6 | 5.15 | 50.6 |
In the ongoing T20 World Cup 2026, the fast bowler has been consistently playing for the Men in Blue. Jasprit Bumrah has taken a total of 9 wickets after playing 6 matches so far in the tournament.
Bumrah’s bowling performance in recent matches of T20 World Cup 2026:
| No. | match | bowling figures |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | india vs west indies | 2/36 |
| 2 | india vs zimbabwe | 0/21 |
| 3 | India vs South Africa | 3/15 |
| 4 | India vs Netherlands | 1/17 |
| 5 | india vs pakistan | 2/17 |
| 6 | india vs namibia | 1/20 |
He’s like a bowling machine – Michael Vaughan
Later in his clarification, Michael Vaughan called Jasprit Bumrah a machine. As mentioned earlier, bowlers often make slight variations in their action to generate swing. But Bumrah does this without making any changes in his bowling action.
“He’s like a bowling machine. He kind of sets himself up and goes, OK, I’ll bowl in-swinger. And it doesn’t make much of a difference to the action,” he said.
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