Shoriful Islam declares India star the greatest fast bowler of all time

Bangladesh fast bowler Shoriful Islam has made some bold calls while ranking some of the greatest fast bowlers in cricket history in a video shared by Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on social media, featuring Waqar Younis, Mitchell Starc, Wasim Akram, and Jasprit Bumrah.

During a fun comparison game on the Char Chokka Podcast, Islam declared India’s Jasprit Bumrah the best fast bowler of all time amid his witty response to paparazzi won heart online. Bumrah is one of the greatest fast bowlers of this generation across the formats and won many matches for India while delivering in the tough moments.

Shoriful Islam’s bold verdict on all-time best fast bowler goes viral

The rapid-fire challenge started with Sri Lankan legend Lasith Malinga and Bangladesh fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman. Shoriful Islam backed Malinga without any hesitation. When Malinga was compared with Mitchell Starc, Shoriful went with the senior Australian left-arm pacer.

He surprisingly picked one of the fastest bowlers of all time across the formats, Starc, over the likes of legendary bowlers Brett Lee, Trent Boult, and Kagiso Rabada. However, when the Australian speedster pitted with James Anderson, Shoriful felt the England legend was more dangerous than Starc, despite the latter only dominating the Test format.

The Bangladesh bowler even preferred Anderson ahead of Pat Cummins, the Australian captain and one of this generation’s dangerous fast bowlers. The next comparison brought another twist. When Anderson was put up against Wasim Akram, Shoriful picked the Pakistan legend.

Shoriful Islam picks Jasprit Bumrah as the ultimate ‘Pace King’

But the biggest surprise came when Wasim Akram was compared with Jasprit Bumrah. The Bangladesh pacer backed the Indian superstar and even surpassed the South African great Dale Steyn, Pakistan speed icon Shoaib Akhtar, and legendary fast bowler Waqar Younis.

By the end of the challenge, Shoriful made it clear that Jasprit Bumrah stands above all these legendary names and is the greatest fast bowler among them. Notably, Bumrah was rested for India’s ongoing home series against Afghanistan as well as for the upcoming Ireland and England tours.

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Shoriful Islam’s career-best 6/48 goes in vain as Cooper Connolly saves Australia

Meanwhile, Shoriful Islam made a stunning comeback and produced the best bowling performance of his ODI career against Australia in the third and final match in Mirpur on Sunday. Playing his first game of the series, the left-arm pacer finished with the outstanding figures of 6/48 runs.

Bangladesh posted 274/5 on the board against Australia in the final ODI, thanks to Towhid Hridoy’s brilliant 83 and unbeaten half-centuries from Litton Das and Mosaddek Hossain. Defending the target, Shoriful dismissed captain Josh Inglis and then removed Matt Renshaw early.

The pacer continued to trouble Australia and later dismissed Oliver Peake and Xavier Bartlett in successive deliveries. He also dismissed Marnus Labusgne and Ben Dwarshuis to finish with his career-best figures.

However, Cooper Connolly played a superb knock of 149 runs off 134 balls to help Australia avoid the embarrassing whitewash, beating Bangladesh by one wicket. Although Bangladesh lost the match, they still won the ODI series 2-1, having won the first two matches against Australia.