Test Cricket remains my favourite format because it's bowler-friendly, reveals Jasprit Bumrah

It is widely known that the red-ball offers more support for the pacers in comparison to the white-ball. With conditions favouring the bowlers in the longest format, India’s Jasprit Bumrah has excelled beyond his weight in the format. In just the 14 appearances, the 26-year-old quick has picked up 68 wickets, including best figures of 6/27. And, for the same reason, the pacer revealed that the longest format of the game still remains as his favourite one in the sport. 

“In Test match cricket, yes (conditions are more bowler-friendly). That is why it's my favourite format, because we have something over there. But in one-day cricket there are two new balls, so it hardly reverses at the end. We played in New Zealand, the ground (boundary) was 50 metres. So even if you are not looking to hit a six, it will go for six. In Test matches I have no problem, I'm very happy with the way things are going,” Bumrah said, reported Cricbuzz. 

On top of that, Bumrah found it surprising that batsmen often complained about the ball 'swinging too much' and joked that the bowlers are not there to give the team just throwdowns in the net. The Mumbai Indians star also complained that the white-ball in present times does not swing as much as it used to before and also stated that he does not remember the last time he saw reverse-swing out in limited-overs cricket.

"Whenever you play, I've heard the batsmen - not in our team, everywhere - complaining the ball is swinging. But the ball is supposed to swing! The ball is supposed to do something! We are not here just to give throwdowns, isn't it? (laughter) This is what I tell batsmen all the time. In one-day cricket, when did the ball reverse last, I don't know. Nowadays the new ball doesn't swing a lot as well," he concluded.