Bumrah is one of the best T20 bowlers in the world: James Pattinson

Australian pacer James Pattinson was a part of the title-holders Mumbai Indians (MI) squad in the recently concluded 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and got a chance to play alongside legendary pacers like Jasprit Bumrah and Trent Boult. Sharing his experience of training alongside Bumrah, Pattinson reckoned that he picked the ‘Yorker King’s brain and learned a lot of things from him.

Pattinson had gone unsold in auctions for IPL 2020 but he was later included in the MI squad as a replacement for veteran Lasith Malinga. The seamer featured in 10 games for Mumbai and picked 11 wickets at an economy rate of 9.01.

Showering praises on Indian pace spearhead, the right-arm fast-medium bowler asserted that the Ahmedabad-born is one of the best bowlers in the shortest format of the game. He also added that Bumrah trains a lot at the nets and likes to speak about the game and share his experience.

“Boom (Bumrah) is one of the best, if not the best, T20 bowler in the world. And he’s a fantastic guy. The biggest thing was just how much he loves talking about cricket…and he was happy to share a lot of information around his bowling mindset. He bowls a lot more than I thought he would at training. He just bowls and bowls and bowls…you see how switched on he is,” Pattinson was quoted as saying by cricket.com.au

It ignited a spark to play more white-ball cricket: James Pattinson

Bumrah is widely hailed for his pin-point toe-crushing yorkers. Speaking about the same, Pattinson added that he learned to bowl a perfect yorker for the Indian Stalwart. He also believes that one of the major reasons for Jasprit’s success in white-ball cricket is that nobody tinkered with his unusual bowling action.

“You watch him bowl and just think ‘how does he do that?” I picked his brain. I was asking about his yorkers and how he gets them so good; he likes to bowl from a higher position and a few other things.”

“It’s fantastic. He’s got an unusual action, been allowed to keep doing that and it’s what makes him successful,” the right-arm pace bowler added.

The 30-year-old also revealed that seeing Bumrah’s bowling had ignited an urge in him to pave his way into the white-ball cricket for Australia. The pacer is currently included in the Test squad of Australia for a four-match series against India.

“It ignited a spark to play more white-ball cricket…to try and get back into Australia’s white-ball teams,” Pattinson added.