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Waqar Younis says Bumrah still has more to prove in Test cricket
Waqar Younis says Jasprit Bumrah still has more to prove in Tests despite the India fast bowler's strong record.
Younis considers Bumrah the world's best white-ball bowler, referring to one-day and T20 cricket.
Bumrah has taken 234 wickets in 52 Tests and was named ICC Test Cricketer of the Year for 2024.
Younis also pointed to Bumrah's impact in the 2024 T20 World Cup match against Pakistan in New York, where India won by six runs.
Injuries have limited Bumrah's time in Test cricket, which Younis says leaves him with less experience than some other leading bowlers.
Bumrah may return for India's two-Test series in New Zealand next month, with a place in the World Test Championship final at stake.
Waqar Younis says Jasprit Bumrah still has more to prove in Test cricket, where he has played less often.
Younis calls Bumrah the world’s best white-ball bowler and says he delivers in important moments.
Bumrah has taken 234 wickets in 52 Test matches, at an average of 19.7.
He was named the ICC Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year for 2024 and took 32 wickets in five Tests during the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Younis recalled Bumrah’s spell against Pakistan at the 2024 T20 World Cup in New York, where India won by six runs.
- Who
- Former Pakistan captain Waqar Younis and India fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah.
- What
- Younis said Bumrah still has more to prove in Test cricket, while praising his white-ball bowling.
- When
- Younis’s comments were reported on October 29, 2026.
- Where
- Younis made the comments on the Shubhankar Mishra podcast.
- Why
- Younis said Bumrah has played less Test cricket and cited other bowlers as competitors. He praised Bumrah’s impact in T20 and one-day cricket.
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Bumrah became the fastest Indian pacer to take 50 Test wickets, reaching the milestone in his 11th match.
Bumrah became the third Indian bowler to take a hat-trick in Test cricket.
Bumrah was named the ICC Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year and took a match-turning spell against Pakistan at the T20 World Cup in New York.
Bumrah took 32 wickets in five Tests during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Articles reported Younis’s assessment that Bumrah still has more to prove in Tests.
- Test wickets
- 234 in 52 matches
- Test bowling average
- 19.7
- Test bowling strike rate
- 42.8
- England Tests
- 51 wickets in 11 matches
- Border-Gavaskar Trophy
- 32 wickets in five Tests in 2024-25
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What people are saying
There’s no modern-day bowler of the same calibre as Bumrah with the white ball. Leave out Test cricket. He still has a lot to prove in Tests; he hasn’t played as much.
Whenever an India captain is in trouble, he always gives the ball to Bumrah. Pakistan had no business losing in New York.