If we look at the current times in world cricket, then in all three formats, if the batsmen will be afraid of facing any one bowler, then it is none other than Team India's star fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah. Bumrah's bowling has been amazing in all three formats - Test, ODI and T20, in which scoring runs against him has not been an easy task at all. For this reason, he is also compared to many former legendary bowlers. In such a situation, if we look at the present time, the performance of Shaheen Afridi in ODIs is also very good compared to Bumrah. Afridi, who leads the bowling attack of the Pakistani team, proves to be very dangerous with the new ball, in which he is adept at throwing the ball both inside and outside. In such a situation, we are going to tell you about the record of Bumrah and Afridi after 59-59 ODI matches.
Afridi took more wickets than Bumrah
While Jasprit Bumrah has played 89 ODIs so far, Shaheen Afridi has played 59 ODIs. In such a situation, if we look at the record of both after 59-59 ODIs, Afridi is ahead of Bumrah in terms of taking wickets. While Jasprit Bumrah took 103 wickets in 59 ODIs at an average of 22.36, Shaheen Afridi has taken a total of 119 wickets at an average of 23.14. Shaheen Afridi has managed to take 5 wickets in an innings 3 times during this period, while Bumrah has managed to do this feat only once.
Bumrah's economy rate is better than Shaheen
In today's era of limited overs format, the economy rate of any bowler also matters a lot, in which Jasprit Bumrah's economy rate was much better than Shaheen Afridi's after 59 ODIs. While Bumrah gave runs at an economy rate of 4.53, Shaheen Afridi has an economy rate of 5.5. Apart from this, Bumrah's best performance in a match after 59 ODIs was 5 wickets for 27 runs, while Afridi has 6 wickets for 35 runs.
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