Apart from fearless batting, Gautam Gambhir addresses using Jasprit Bumrah in 3 overs of Powerplay as an aggressive move

In an interview with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on their website ‘bcci.tv’, Gautam Gambhir spoke about the logic behind the Indian team using trump card Jasprit Bumrah for three overs in the powerplay during the recent Asia Cup that India won.

“A lot of people relate to this T20 side as a very aggressive batting lineup. For me I think bowling Jassi (Jasprit Bumrah) 3 in the first six was an even more aggressive option with the ball. We don’t want to be a side which is only known as an aggressive batting order, we want to be a side which should be known as an aggressive side overall,” he said.

“We wanted to go that way as well (Bumrah bowling three in PP), we wanted to see how it pans out, we wanted to see where it takes us in future as well, and I thought that Asia Cup, it has really worked well for us, because bowling Jassi in the first three obviously makes us win the powerplay most of the time,” he added.

“And then obviously we got two wicket-taking options in the middle with Varun (Chakravarthy) and Kuldeep (Yadav), so it gives them a lot of leverage to bowl with freedom in the middle phase, and we can take wickets all the time…I think it was a very aggressive move,” said Gambhir.