IPL 2023: 29-year-old Sandeep Sharma's name could not do much in India's international cricket team, but in the Indian Premier League, Sandeep Sharma has made international cricketers around the world spin a lot on his spinning balls. On the other hand, Jasprit Bumrah is such a bowler, whose sting is left in IPL as well as in international cricket. However, most fans would not know that the IPL debut of Sandeep Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah happened in the same year. In such a situation, if you want to know how similar is the IPL career of Jasprit Bumrah and Sandeep Sharma. Then definitely read this article of ours.
Jasprit Bumrah vs Sandeep Sharma
Jasprit Bumrah's IPL debut took place on April 4, 2013, against Royal Challengers Bangalore. In his debut match, Bumrah took 3 wickets for 33 runs in 4 overs.
Sandeep Sharma's IPL debut took place on May 11, 2013, against Sunrisers Hyderabad. In his debut match, Sandeep Sharma took 3 wickets for 21 runs in 4 overs.
Jasprit Bumrah has played in 120 IPL matches so far. During this, Bumrah has taken 145 wickets at a strike rate of 23.31 and 18.91.
On the other hand, Sandeep Sharma has so far taken 114 wickets in 104 IPL matches at an average of 26.33 and a strike rate of 20.33.
Jasprit Bumrah has an economy rate of 7.04 in IPL, while Sandeep Sharma has bowled at an economy rate of 7.77.
Bumrah's best performance has been taking 5 wickets for 10 runs, while Sandeep Sharma's best bowling figure has been taking 4 wickets for 20 runs.
Bumrah has taken 4 wicket haul 2 times in his IPL career, while Sandeep Sharma has also done this feat twice.
Jasprit Bumrah has taken 5 wicket haul once so far, but Sandeep Sharma has not been able to take 5 wickets in any innings even once.
Will Sandeep be able to fill the gap of Bumrah?
Looking at these figures, it seems that Bumrah and Sandeep Sharma are bowlers of almost the same category, but Bumrah has the speed and ability to bowl yorkers continuously. So on the other hand, Sandeep Sharma has the amazing ability to swing the ball both ways with the same length using the new ball.