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Experts point to overusage of slower balls from Jasprit Bumrah as reason behind his poor form: ‘gone over the top’
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Experts point to overusage of slower balls from Jasprit Bumrah as reason behind his poor form: ‘gone over the top’

The Indian Express·Sports Desk·about 1 month ago
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Jasprit Bumrah in action. (FILE photo) It is an unusually poor season for Jasprit Bumrah for the Mumbai Indians. The wickets have not been coming as Bumrah is accustomed, and strangely enough, the Mumbai ace-pacer has taken a bit of tapping in recent games. Experts have observed that there is a dip in the pace of Bumrah, and he has also been over-reliant on the slower ones, which is a byproduct of playing on slightly sluggish surfaces at the backend of the T20 World Cup 2026 that is causing his downfall. “I think it was also influenced a little bit by the back end of T20 World Cup. Because of the nature of surfaces, lots of games taken place, the slower ball became so effective. I think at the start of this tournament, it was kind of a hangover of that one was effective, let’s stick with it,” former South African cricketer Shaun Pollock said on Cricbuzz.…

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