Broad expressed complete admiration for Bumrah's output rather than his unorthodox action.
Former England fast bowler Stuart Broad heaped massive praise on Jasprit Bumrah, stating that it is hard to think he will see a better bowler than the Indian pace spearhead.
Broad made these remarks while revealing his all-time top 10 greatest Test fast bowlers. He placed Bumrah at No. 3 on his list, trailing only Glenn McGrath (No. 2) and his long-time bowling partner James Anderson (No. 1).
Speaking on Sky Sports cricket, Broad noted that some people might think Bumrah deserves the absolute top spot, but since he is still in the middle of his career, cricket fans have not yet seen his "full journey."
Broad expressed complete admiration for Bumrah's output rather than his unorthodox action, praising his incredible out-swingers, lethal in-swingers, ability to extract steep bounce, and expert control of the wobble seam.
“Phenomenally difficult to face. Unique, how he runs up, delivers the ball. But I am actually not bothered about how he runs up, delivers the ball. I am worried about what the output is. And his output, he’s got an incredible out-swinger, amazing in-swinger. Gets the bounce, he’s rapid and can wobble the seam. So his skillset in Test match cricket is outstanding,” Broad said.
He also highlighted that Bumrah maintains an extraordinary bowling average hovering around 20, a feat made even more incredible given how many Test matches he plays on the spin-friendly or flat wickets in India
“I think he averages around 20 actually and playing a lot of games in India. He is a complete package and he's done his own way. He's not followed a text book. He's not been moulded into something. He is Jasprit Bumrah. He is that natural flow of a bowler. I think it’s going to be hard to think that I will see a better bowler than him, actually. So people might think he has to be the number one. But we have not seen the full sort of journey of Jasprit Bumrah yet,” Board added.
“He brings that fast bowling drama. And all of these bowlers, I would say, whoever’s watching this, you’d have had times where they get a ball in their hand and you just want to sit in your seat and watch. And Bumrah, every time he gets the ball in his hand, I sit in the seat and I want to watch his spell,” he further remarked.
In Stuart Broad’s list, former South African skipper Shaun Pollock is in fourth place, followed by Curtly Ambrose of the West Indies, another Proteas in Dale Steyn, Pakistan’s Wasim Akram, Australia’s Pat Cummins, New Zealand’s Richard Hadlee and Mitchell Johnson of Australia.