Playing against him, I would always think of the yorker as his main threat: AB de Villiers on Jasprit Bumrah

South Africa’s AB de Villiers was all praises for Jasprit Bumrah and his electrifying performance against England in the second Test at Visakhapatnam.

Bumrah took 9 wickets in 2 innings in that match including a 6-wicket haul in the first one. “Bumrah bowls brilliantly. What a bowler, Jasprit Bumrah! He outbowled other Indian bowlers, but I feel the others took their turn, and it was hunting in packs,” de Villiers said in his Youtube channel.

“Their (other Indian bowlers) figures don’t look great, yes. But they did play a role in setting up for him. It is not an individual sport, and this is what I like about this Indian attack,” he added.

With Bumrah’s yorkers the talk of town once again after that fiery delivery that shattered the stumps of Ollie Pope, de Villiers said he would always think and prepare for the Indian’s yorkers whenever he played against him.

“That (yorkers) is certainly his (Bumrah’s) weapon across all the formats he plays in. Playing against him, I would always think of the yorker as his stock threat or main threat. Even in Tests, he picks a lot of wickets with that,” the 39-year-old said.

On Wednesday, Bumrah created history when he became the first Indian pacer to become the No 1 ranked Test bowler.

The performance in the second Test also helped him go over Australia captain Pat Cummins, South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada and compatriot Ravichandran Ashwin, making him only the fourth from his country to attain number one position with Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Bishan Singh Bedi the other Indians who have been at the top of the charts.

Bumrah has 881 rating points with Ashwin (904) and Jadeja (899) the only India bowlers to have aggregated more rating points. Ashwin and Jadeja also have the unique distinction of being jointly top-ranked in March 2017.

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