‘Jasprit Bumrah as valuable as Kohinoor’: Dinesh Karthik can’t keep calm, Shastri’s ‘Malcolm Marshall’ remark steals it

India’s pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah delivered yet another remarkable performance in Leeds on Day 3 of the first Test against England, finishing with figures of 5 for 83 his 14th five-wicket haul in Test cricket. After taking three wickets on Day 2, he added two more on the third day, ensuring England narrowly missed surpassing India’s first-innings total, falling just six runs short. Bumrah’s brilliance once again drew admiration from the global cricketing community.

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Bumrah Shines Alone at Headingley as Others Falter

It was a one-man show in the second innings at Headingley as Bumrah struggled to find support from fellow quicks and the fielders. Despite three dropped catches off his bowling on Saturday, Bumrah finished with 3 for 48 that left the game evenly poised at the close of Day 2. He added two more for 34 runs the next day, while the remaining three pacers – Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj and, Prasidh Krishna picked three wickets for 288 runs.

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Dinesh Karthik Hails Jasprit as ‘Team India’s Kohinoor’ for His Exceptional Test Record

Speaking to Sky Cricket, former India cricketer Dinesh Karthik could not keep calm as he deemed Bumrah to be as valuable as the Kohinoor diamond,” as he highlighted that the India star has the best bowling average (19.33) among all 86 cricketers in history who have at least taken 200 or more wickets in Test cricket. “He is as valuable as the Kohinoor diamond. I hope people realise how important he is to the team across formats. He will make it work regardless of formats, bowling phase and any kind of ball. But more importantly, he has got the brain that knows what the batter is trying to do and he has got that wired very nicely.

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