Follow UsThere have been great fast bowlers that Pakistan have produced over the years. However, Wasim Akram remains the undisputed king of fast bowlers of the country. However, Wasim’s best pair with the ball, Waqar Younis, called India’s Jasprit Bumrah better than all Pakistan pacers, including Wasim.
It was the former India Test opener Aakash Chopra who revealed the comments made by Younis privately to him.
"We were in a car, and Waqar Younis was with me. I asked him, "The entire cricket world respects Wasim Akram for the variations in his bowling and the control he possessed. He was par excellence. Bumrah is like a right-handed Wasim Akram, right?’ He replied, ‘No, he is better than all of us,’” The Times of India quoted Chopra as saying on his YouTube channel.
Explaining the logic behind his assessment, Waqar, as per Chopra, said, “We didn’t have this level of thinking at his age. His skill is better, and his thinking is better. He is the best the world has ever seen.”
Bumrah, however, has been the talk of the town due to workload management and played only three Tests on India’s tour of England 2025. All the Tests that India played with Bumrah, they were unable to win.