Jasprit Bumrah led a spirited group of Indian cricketers to a commanding Test victory on Australian soil, securing a massive win by 295 runs in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy opener in Perth.

The right-arm quick, who stepped in as captain in the absence of Rohit Sharma, made the Aussie batters danced to his tunes at the Optus Stadium, returning with eight-wicket haul (8-72) in the match.

Impressed with his exploits, former England captains Michael Atherton and Nasser Hussain heaped rich praise on Bumrah.

Speaking on the Sky Sports Cricket podcast, Atherton said he is happy that he didn’t have to face the Indian pace spearhead during his career.

“I thought Jasprit Bumrah was absolutely fantastic. Those two new ball spells. I mean, there’s a few bowlers when you retire; you don’t really think about, you know, your time as a player, but there’s the odd bowler that I just think, thank goodness I did not face him with a new ball," Atherton said.

“I mean, how would you play him? He’s like a nightmare, isn’t he? He stutters away from off about 10 yards and then unleashes these thunderbolts, usually bang on a sixpence," he added.

Hussain echoed similar views while also expressing his surprise that there wasn’t a lot of talk about Bumrah in the build-up to the Perth Test despite his sustained brilliance over a long period of time.

Hussain hailed the Indian Test vice-captain as the best all-format bowler in the world.

“I was thinking before the game; actually, he was doing the press conference. I was watching all the sort of focus had been on (Virat) Kohli and Rohit Sharma not being there and balance of the Indian side and Steve Smith," Hussain said.

“Would they get runs? These great players—I thought they don’t talk about Bumrah, and maybe it’s just being a bowler. Batters get highlighted so much more. Bumrah’s stats are up there with me. He’s popped under 20 over quite a long period of time. He’s incredible in all formats. He’s the best all-format bowler in the world bar none," he further remarked.