New Zealand all-rounder Glenn Phillips said India’s pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah is “only human” as he hopes the star pacer has a rare off day in the T20 World Cup final.
Defending Champions India and New Zealand are set to face off against each other in the summit clash of the T20 World Cup 2026.
India entered the finals after a narrow 7-run victory against England in the 2nd semifinals. Despite a brilliant knock from Jacob Bethell (105), England failed to complete the chase due to Bumrah’s perfect spell.
Bowling his last two in the death overs, he conceded only 8 and 6 runs with precise yorkers and length balls put England behind in the chase.
On the other hand, New Zealand who trashed South Africa in the 1st semifinals are aiming for their first title in T20 World Cup and despite Bumrah threat, Glenn Philiips said team is confident to take on Bumrah.
“Bumrah is a fantastic bowler. He’s got so many variations. He hits the blockhole at the death incredibly well. You know, and he’s human as well. He is allowed to have a bad day, as are the rest of us. So hopefully we have a good day against him,” Phillips said.
Jasprit Bumrah has the ability to bowl with higher accuracy and also deliver yorker putting oppposition teams in tough spot. He is able to deliver match winning spells and his control in death overs has proved to be potential threat for batters.
During the semifinals game where 499 runs were scored, he conceded only 33 runs in his four over quota which shows his supremacy.
The Player of the Match Sanju Samson has also described Bumrah’s contribution is equally deserving of the award.
Glenn Phillips admitted that England has tried to bat slow during Bumrah’s overs and targetting other bowlers.
“The way England played him yesterday, in terms of trying to take on the last two overs, and give themselves as much of a chance as possible. That was the tactic that they’d employed.”
“It’s not necessarily going to be that, per se. As I said, a bowler is allowed to miss, and if he happens to miss, we do have to put it away. That also means that if he does bowl well, we do have to, I guess, accommodate for other things and adapt.”
India and New Zealand will be clashing on March 08 at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.
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