Nathan McSweeney hailed and opened up on the challenges while facing Jasprit Bumrah in the BGT 2024-25. Australia registered three wins with a loss and a tie in the five-match series.
Despite a dominant win, Jasprit Bumrah was the hero of the tournament and created havoc among the Australian lineup through his exceptional spells.
Nathan McSweeney opened up about how Bumrah was a nightmare to Australia due to consistent line and length.
“Yeah, tough work is probably an understatement. He’s an incredible bowler. I was probably naive going into it, never faced him before and (thinking) he’ll be fine. But he’s an incredible bowler that has a great skill but just relentless ability to pitch the ball in the area where you don’t want as a batter,” said McSweeney.
He revealed that facing Bumrah was a tough challenge, but it also gave him some hope as none of the batters during the Border Gavaskar Trophy.
“So, it was a very tough challenge but also gave me a hope that no one kind of had great success against him and everyone was trying to tackle him at the same time and no one was playing him with ease, which gave me a little bit of confidence,” he added.
The 31 year old has been out of action since the fifth test of the BGT due to an injury. He missed the white-ball home tour against England and the Champions Trophy 2025 in Dubai, where the Men in Blues beat New Zealand in the finals to clinch their third Champions Trophy title.
He is still in recovery phase and is set to miss the early stages of the IPL as well. If he is set to miss few games for Mumbai Indians, it could prove to be a blow for the side in IPL 2025.
Mumbai Indians will begin IPL 2025 campaign against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on March 23 at M.A. Chidambaram Stadium.
