{"id":59177,"date":"2025-01-06T08:33:59","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T08:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/?p=59177"},"modified":"2025-01-06T08:34:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T08:34:00","slug":"harbhajan-singh-lauds-jasprit-bumrahs-heroics-in-border-gavaskar-trophy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/06\/harbhajan-singh-lauds-jasprit-bumrahs-heroics-in-border-gavaskar-trophy\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Harbhajan Singh Lauds Jasprit Bumrah\u2019s Heroics in Border-Gavaskar Trophy<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former cricketer Harbhajan Singh has hailed star pacer Jasprit Bumrah as the savior of India\u2019s campaign in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, asserting that without Bumrah, India would have faced a humiliating 5-0 series defeat against Australia. Instead, the spirited pacer\u2019s exploits limited the loss to a 3-1 margin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over 45 days of gripping cricket, Bumrah emerged as India\u2019s standout performer, tormenting Australian batters and etching his name in history. His fiery spells were pivotal in India\u2019s record-breaking 295-run triumph in the series opener in Perth. Bumrah\u2019s relentless brilliance continued across the series, culminating in his tally as the highest wicket-taker with 32 scalps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A Record-Breaking Performance<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bumrah\u2019s extraordinary achievements in the series included three five-wicket hauls and a career-best 6\/76, with an exceptional bowling average of 12.64. These efforts propelled him past Bishan Singh Bedi\u2019s record of 31 wickets on the 1977-78 tour, making him India\u2019s highest wicket-taker in a Test series against Australia on their soil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Harbhajan\u2019s High Praise<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The former off-spinner, speaking on his YouTube channel, described Bumrah as a \u201cnational treasure\u201d and credited him with single-handedly keeping India competitive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf Jasprit Bumrah wasn\u2019t in this tour, the series would have ended 5-0. Jassi saved India in Perth and continued to do so in the remaining matches. Without him, it would have been a clean sweep in favor of Australia,\u201d Harbhajan said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Global Recognition<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bumrah\u2019s dominance did not go unnoticed, with accolades pouring in from around the cricketing world. Australian batter Travis Head called it the best \u201cindividual performance\u201d he had witnessed in Test cricket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite India\u2019s series loss, Bumrah\u2019s heroics were honored as he was named Player of the Series, cementing his status as one of the most formidable bowlers in modern cricket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former cricketer Harbhajan Singh has hailed star pacer Jasprit Bumrah as the savior of India\u2019s campaign in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, asserting that without Bumrah, India would&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59177","post","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59177"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59179,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59177\/revisions\/59179"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}