Bumrah crucial for Gabba, can adjust length more easily than others

By Khurram Habib New Delhi, Jan 14 : Pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah was never more needed by the Indian team as it is now, for the fourth and final Test at the Gabba that begins on Friday.
The right-arm pace bowler, who is suffering from an abdominal strain and is a doubtful starter, is required not just because he is the only pacer left from the battery that won India the Test series last time in Australia in 2018-19. He is also needed because he is the only one who can more easily adjust to the length needed on the Gabba wicket.
India are playing a Test at the Gabba after a gap of six years. In the current squad, there are only four players from the team that played at the venue back in 2014 and three of those are batsman – Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane and Rohit Sharma.
The only bowler who has played at the Gaba is R Ashwin, a spinner.
It leaves the India camp without a fast bowler who has bowled on one of the most ideal but also tricky wickets for a pace bowler in Australia.
Former India pace bowler Irfan Pathan describes the Gabba wicket challenging but one where Bumrah could most easily adjust among all the Indian bowlers including those that have returned home injured.