Former India cricketers Sanjay Manjrekar and Anil Kumble hailed rich praise on pacer Jasprit Bumrah for his superlative performance in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024. Bumrah has taken 8 wickets for India in the tournament.

He has also won the Player of the Match award against Ireland and Pakistan for his brilliant bowling performances. Bumrah continued the form as he picked 3/7 against Afghanistan in India’s 47-run win in their first Super 8s stage match.

"There were many matches when we had not conceded the boundary and look at the difference between him and a couple of other seamers. They were also an international standard, but quite rightly I mean, he's looking even better when you look at all the top-class bowlers around the world.

There's a big margin between them and Bumrah and India is so fortunate to have him in your playing 11," Manjrekar said on ESPNCricinfo.

Former India captain Anil Kumble also lauded Bumrah's performance.

"The kind of understanding of his own bowling you can make out, even when he got Rahmanullah Gurbaz out on a slower ball and wide line. He gets the execution perfect. For each batsman, he would have figured that out and then done it right in a big game. This doesn't come easy and I think he has given limited boundaries in the entire tournament," Kumble said.

India will next face Australia in a Super 8s game in Antigua on Saturday.

(PTI inputs)