Starc And Bumrah: The Best Death Overs Bowlers

Mitchell Starc and Jasprit Bumrah are two different bowlers in their own way but when it comes to overs 41 to 50 they employ the same tactics with deadly effect. The manner in which they are able to send down yorkers...

- Partab Ramchand

The toughest task for bowlers is to be in the thick of the action during the death overs when the batsmen have the license to go all out. They can essay the most outrageous of innovative shots or the old fashioned slog – anything that will make the ball go into the stands. Even if he is out in the process hardly anyone will take him to the task. For the bowlers, though it is a different scenario. In the overs 41 to 50, they still have to maintain line and length, think of different deliveries to combat the ultra-aggressive batting and yet be careful not to send down no balls or wides.

It is a scenario in which only the best of bowlers can come up trumps and during these times minds of cricket followers veer back to the days of Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis. The two W’s were absolutely unplayable in the death overs with their pace and accuracy and their ability to bowl yorkers at will mixed with well-directed bouncers.