Former Australia pacer Jason Gillespie lauded the current Indian pace battery, especially Jasprit Bumrah, predicting the ace quick to end among his country's greatest across all the three formats of the game.
Bumrah has played 14 Tests, 64 ODIs, and 50 T20Is in his already glittering international cricket, and has emerged as India's go-to bowler for all occasions and conditions. The 26-year-old right-arm pacer will be crucial to India's chances during their trip to Australia, especially the Test matches.
"They all bring their different ways of doing it (bowling fast). I think the Indian pace attack now is as good as they’ve had in a long time. That’s no disrespect to the guys who came before them," Gillespie told Sportstar.
"But they are a fine bunch now. (Jasprit) Bumrah is going to be a superstar once his career finishes. He will go down as one of India’s greatest in all three forms of the game. There’s no doubt about that."
Gillespie also acknowledged the likes of Ishant Sharma and Mohammad Shami.
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"Shami has been excellent. Ishant Sharma has shown what an adaptable player he is. He has had a few ups and downs but has shown real resilience. He is always trying to better himself," he said.
"India should be proud of how he has stuck to his task and found ways to reinvent himself. And then you’ve got other guys like Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Bhuvi is injured at the moment. Hopefully, he will be fit soon. Umesh Yadav has added a yard of pace, hasn’t he."
Gillespie said when he turned up internationally, Javagal Srinath, Zaheer Khan and co were individually brilliant, but India lacked overall "depth" to their attack.
"What a wonderful bowler (Javagal) Srinath was. Probably knocked me over on a few occasions (smiles)... Zaheer Khan, too, brought something different to the Indian seam attack," Gillespie said.
"[It’s] difficult to compare eras absolutely, but the biggest difference between the pace attacks (then and now) has been the depth. I am not sure if in the past they’ve (India) had quite as much depth as they have now," he added.
