India vs Sri Lanka 2016: Five takeaways from India vs Sri Lanka T20I series

#2 The Bumrah phenomenon

Jasprit Bumrah’s accuracy and ability to bowl yorkers has given India an extra dimension headed into the future

As India captain MS Dhoni rightly pointed out earlier in the season, Jasprit Bumrah has been India’s find this winter. Initially not drafted into the squad for Australia, he made his way into the XI after an injury to Bhuvneshwar Kumar and made an immediate impact.

Bumrah hasn’t had a poor match since, be it the ODIs or the T20Is that India has played. Bumrah has shown a prodigious ability to bowl spot-on yorkers, a calm head under pressure, and an ability to keep the economy-rate low.

India has invested a lot of faith in Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma, and Varun Aaron over the years as possibly aggressive and wicket-taking options that could hold their own in the international game, but it’s the unassuming Bumrah who has filled the gap brilliantly.

One can only hope that Bumrah doesn’t join the long line of the past Indian seamers: bowlers that have burned brightly briefly in international cricket before fizzling out.