However after six dismissals to the India quick bowler throughout eight innings the place he confronted him, Khawaja admitted he “was simply getting Bumrah’ed”.
“To be trustworthy, I used to be simply getting Bumrah-ed,” Khawaja instructed ABC Sport after Australia regained the BGT in Sydney. “It was friggin’ powerful work. It was powerful work. Individuals had been asking me ‘what is going on on?’ I am being trustworthy, I am simply getting Bumrah-ed.”
Bumrah completed the sequence as the very best wicket-taker, with 32 scalps at a median of 13.06 and was duly named Participant of the Collection.
He might bowl solely 9 innings although, and he could not take the sphere throughout Australia’s chase on the SCG after experiencing again spasms throughout their first innings.
In Bumrah’s absence, Australia sealed the win with six wickets to spare, and Khawaja admitted that Australia felt extra assured on a spicy pitch once they noticed that Bumrah wasn’t on the sphere.
“You by no means wish to see anybody injured and it is a disgrace he was, however thank God for us. As a result of right this moment would have been an absolute nightmare dealing with him on that wicket,” Khawaja stated.
“And you may see what an enormous a part of their workforce he was. And everybody felt it. As quickly as we did not see Bumrah on the market, we had this sense of feeling that we have really received an opportunity right here.”
Khawaja stated Bumrah is “the hardest bowler I’ve ever confronted” and hailed the quick bowler’s enchancment from his first tour of Australia in 2018-19.
“He was all the time good, he was an excellent bowler [in 2018]. However he is been one thing completely different this 12 months,” Khawaja stated. “It seemed like he is simply received his tail up.
“The wickets have positively helped him, however he is six years extra mature, he is a greater bowler, he understands his expertise. He understands who he is bowling to and he has completely different plans for everybody.
“I all the time really feel like irrespective of how good a bowler is, they’re going to all the time give me one thing to attain off. I simply by no means felt like I might rating off him. It simply felt so onerous. I’ve by no means discovered somebody so onerous to attain off and get off strike as Bumrah and also you all the time really feel like he is received a wicket ball up his sleeve.”
