I think we have two best death bowlers, says Rohit Sharma of Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar

The vice-captain of the Indian team Rohit Sharma has rated Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar as world’s best death bowlers. He has hailed the duo for contributing significantly to the team’s success in the limited overs cricket. India won their seventh consecutive bilateral series on Sunday but they came very close to losing against the spirited New Zealand side. However, the ability of Bumrah and Bhuvi to land the perfect yorkers in demanding situations won the game for India by six runs.

Bumrah had an excellent match and he returned with the figures of 3/47 on a pitch which yielded more than 670 runs. His ally Bhuvneshwar had a bad day at the office and conceded 92 runs in his quota of 10 overs. But he scalped a crucial wicket of Henry Nicholls with a searing yorker which tilted the game in India’s favour. However, it was that over from Bumrah in which he ran out the most prolific batsman of the series Tom Latham which sealed the match and series for the hosts.

They pulled the game back for us

Rohit Sharma himself scored 147 while batting first and his efforts would have gone in vain if the bowlers had conceded the runs required. “I think we have the two best death bowlers. If you look at the last series against Australia, the way they have bowled, you have to praise them a lot. Because if you look at Australia‘s batting, with their power hitting, those were the two bowlers who got us back most of the times,” he said.

“Even in this match there was so much dew, the ball was wet to be able to defend on that kind of wicket, with two set batsmen. We are talking about two best death bowlers in world currently. On this wicket, in these conditions, 35 required in four overs, it should have been made easily. It’s only because of these two that we could pull the game back,” Rohit continued acknowledging the job of his bowlers.

The 30-year-old also said that the bowlers have delivered every time they are put under pressure in the recent past. “We knew that it was not going to be that easy because there was a lot of dew on the field. But our bowlers did exceptionally well to come back every now and then. Whenever they are put under pressure, they know how to come back. It’s not happened once, it has happened many times now. It’s a good thing for the team going forward. If you can respond to these situations really well and handle that situation really well, as a team you are only going to grow,” Rohit signed off.