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Michael Vaughan praised Jasprit Bumrah, comparing him to Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. David Lloyd and Alastair Cook also lauded the Indian pacer.
Jasprit Bumrah is counted among the many world’s fines fast bowlers. (PTI Photo)
Michael Vaughan feels England would have won the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 in the event that they Jasprit Bumrah of their team.
“England would have won the WC in the event that they had Bumrah..” he shared on X, formerly Twitter, with a clip from their ‘Stick To Cricket’ podcast.
Within the video, Michael Vaughan said: “I reckon, when you put Jasprit Bumrah in English cricket, they win it (T20 World Cup). Probably like Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo, these type of…”
“Didn’t you say he’s the perfect bowler you’ve ever seen?” David Lloyd asked.
“Yeah, that I’ve seen,” Vaughan said.
“And also you gotta remember, I began watching cricket, probably from the 85-86, after I really began to check cricket. He’s the perfect I’ve seen,” Vaughan added.
“Is he the perfect in a match-winning spell in Test match cricket? He’s definitely, and not using a shadow of doubt, the perfect all-format bowler. You possibly can safely say that, can’t you? In any form, he like the perfect all-round bowler,” Alastair Cook said.
“Has he, like a Test match, he’s bowled some spells, and I’m not quite.. 8/15 or is he not that type of bowler?” Cook added.
“I’ve seen him a bit in Australia produce some spells, and he has been just different,” Vaughan said.
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In actual fact, it was Bumrah’s India that knocked out England within the semi-final after which went on to beat Recent Zealand in the ultimate by 96 runs.
Bumrah played a vital role in India’s success, ending because the tournament’s joint-highest wicket-taker with Varun Chakravarthy, each taking 14 wickets at a mean of 12.42 and an economy rate of 6.21. He also achieved a four-wicket haul. He became the primary pacer to secure a four-wicket haul in a T20 World Cup knockout match, joining spinners Ajantha Mendis (4/12 against West Indies within the 2012 final) and Shadab Khan (4/26 within the 2021 semifinal against Australia) because the third overall bowler to achieve this.
Bumrah now stands because the fifth-highest wicket-taker in T20 World Cup history, with 40 wickets in 26 matches at a mean of 13.65 and an economy rate of 5.66. He can be probably the most successful pacer within the tournament’s history, surpassing Sri Lanka’s Lasith Malinga (38 wickets in 31 matches at a mean of 20.07).
Bumrah could possibly be considered the tournament’s best bowler ever, having won the trophy twice. Within the 2024 win, he was named ‘Player of the Tournament’ with 15 wickets in eight matches at a mean of 8.26. Now, in 2026, he once more topped the wicket-taking charts and earned the ‘Player of the Match’ title in the ultimate.
(With inputs from Agencies)
March 11, 2026, 23:28 IST
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