Jasprit Bumrah Picks The Best Yorker Bowler In The World

Jasprit Bumrah credited his Mumbai Indian's teammate Lasith Malinga for helping him with the craft of bowling yorkers.

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New Delhi: Lavishing praises on the legendary Sri Lankan bowler Lasith Malinga, Indian cricket team ace speedster Jasprit Bumrah said that Malinga is "the best yorker bowler in the world."

Bumrah, who is himself considered to be one of the best bowlers to possess the ability of bowling fiery yorkers, credited his Mumbai Indian's teammate Lasith Malinga for helping him with the craft.

"Malinga is the best yorker bowler in the world and has used it for such a long period of time to the best of his advantage," he said according to a tweet by MI.

Expressing his thoughts on the burning subject of saliva ban which gives some indication about how the future of cricket will pan out, Bumrah said there needs to be an alternative to the usage of saliva on the ball if it is banned.

"I was not much of a hugger anyway! And not a high-five person as well, so that doesn't trouble me a lot. The only thing that interests me is the saliva bit," Bumrah told Ian Bishop and Shaun Pollock on the ICC's video series Inside Out interviews.

"I don't know what guidelines we'll have to follow when we come back, but I feel there should be an alternative. If the ball is not well maintained, it's difficult for the bowlers.

"The grounds are getting shorter and shorter, the wickets are becoming flatter and flatter. So we need something, some alternative for the bowlers to maintain the ball so that it can do something -- maybe reverse in the end or conventional swing," he added.