Jasprit Bumrah was very clear when it comes to denying suggestions that India has put poor first innings scores collateral to the pressure on the bowler himself at the Gabba at stumps on day three absent of rain outside which India was at 51 for 4 still needing 194 to avoid the follow-on in the third Test with respect to the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
“We have 11 players, it isn’t like that,” Bumrah said at the end of the play on Monday, “I don’t look at it that I have to do extra. As I said, we’re a new team; new players have come from–in the side, so we should care take and give them that cushion that they will learn from experience.”
“Nobody is born with all the experiences; nobody is born with all the skills. One keeps on learning; one keeps on finding new ways (and) keeps on learning about one’s own game,” he added.
Bumrah said that by and large, tackling a challenge is what he has always accomplished, not looking to others to come up with the solution.
“… I look at how do I solve it, what can I do in this scenario rather than whinging or complaining or looking at someone else or pointing fingers that I need this from this person,” he said.
Bumrah reiterated he wants to remain level-headed in dealing with success and failures and that he cannot carry the “baggage of expectations”.
“Yes, when I was young, maybe I would carry such extra baggage of fans and opinions. But I don’t take such opinions very seriously,” he said.
“I check myself. I look for answers for what I have to do. I give it my absolute best. I’ll take the results, if I have given it my absolute best. But I cannot carry someone else’s energy or baggage that people expect me to do the heavy-lifting,” offered an insight into his mindset.
“There will definitely be days when I will not get wickets. Somebody else will do, and I will have to do the holding job,” Bumrah added.
The Indian vice-captain said he enjoyed the challenge of bowling on different pitches in Australia.
“Always very interesting, such a different challenge. Because in the test match that we played in Perth, the wicket was different. Adelaide (with the) pink ball was different, the wicket behaved differently, the ball behaved differently,” he said.
“This one here is a little different because the wicket is at a level and the run-up at a low. In India we don’t use that,” he explained.
