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Ahead of India’s highly anticipated T20 World Cup final against the New Zealand national cricket team in Ahmedabad, Jasprit Bumrah has received huge praise from one of the greatest names of fast bowling, James Anderson. The former England pacer, who became the first fast bowler in history to take 600 wickets, praised Bumrah’s exceptional skill set and described his bowling as something truly unique.India head into the summit clash with great momentum, and Bumrah has been a key contributor during the knockout stages of the Men’s T20 World Cup 2026. In the semi-final against the England cricket team at the Wankhede Stadium, the Indian pacer produced a crucial spell at the death. As the match turned into a high-scoring thriller, Bumrah conceded just 14 points in his last two overs. This tight end proved crucial as India scored 253 runs and held on to secure a narrow seven-run victory.
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Before that, Bumrah also played a crucial role in India’s must-win match against the West Indies cricket team at Eden Gardens. In a crucial match, he dismissed both Shimron Hetmyer and Roston Chase, preventing the Caribbean side from posting a bigger total and keeping India firmly in the contention.
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Speaking on the BBC, Anderson admitted that Bumrah’s ability is so exceptional that other bowlers would struggle to replicate what he does.
“The thing about Bumrah is that I look at him and think, ‘I don’t think you can learn anything from him. He’s a total freak. There’s not a single bowler in the world by any stretch of the imagination, men or women, who can bowl a Yorker six out of six and get it right every time. Even one Yorker, he bowled [vs England] His last over was a slow ball. “He beat five fast Yorkies and one slow Yorkie, as if you couldn’t beat them anywhere,” Anderson praised Bumrah highly.Anderson also noted that the England players dealt with Bumrah as best they could, choosing to play him cautiously rather than risk going after him.The veteran also felt that players like Jacob Bethell and Sam Curran made the right decision by simply trying to survive Bumrah’s excesses rather than targeting him.“England did really well to get six goals [balls] From the hole, as if they squeezed the ball. They played the game really well because they thought we knew we couldn’t push the limits or it would be really hard to take the limits off him.“So we’ll just take our chances against the other two at the other end. And they eventually saw that Shivam Dubey’s ball in the end went for 22 with Jofra Archer hitting him. I know the game was over then, but he was trying to bowl a yorker and missed it by a decent amount. So it’s just a ridiculous skill. There’s no one or certainly in T20 cricket, there’s no one better than him,” Anderson explained.With praise of this magnitude coming from a fast bowling legend like Anderson, Bumrah will head into the final with more belief as India look to lift the T20 World Cup trophy.