Junaid Khan has criticized India’s bowling after the visiting team lost the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka. The hosts thumped the Men in Blue by 2-0, their first win against the rivals since 1997.
Indian batters were unable to handle the Sri Lanka spinners throughout the series and were dismissed in three games. Indian bowlers were not impactful and struggled to take scalps. Junaid feels Indian bowling is nothing without Jasprit Bumrah.
“Would you agree? Without Bumrah, India’s bowling is zero… #INDvSL #SLVSIND,” he wrote on X.
Jasprit Bumrah has been given a long break after the successful ICC T20 World Cup 2024 campaign. He missed the five-match T20I series in Zimbabwe and was also kept out of the white-ball tour of Sri Lanka. Bumrah was named the Player of the Tournament in the World Cup for taking 15 wickets at an average of 8.26.
Mohammed Siraj and Arshdeep Singh were below-par in his absence. The left-arm pacer was also dropped from the playing XI in the final game to include Riyan Parag.
After beating Sri Lanka 3-0 in the T20I series, India were the favourites for the ODI games. The first contest ended in a tie, while Lanka won the second by 32 runs. In the third and final game, the victors were outplayed entirely as the host nation won the match by 110 runs.
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