<p class="title">Legendary pacer Wasim Akram was all praise for Jasprit Bumrah's ability to bowl the "most effective yorker" currently in world cricket.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Bumrah, who played a pivotal role in India's maiden Test series win on Australian soil, has been an X factor in Virat Kohli's set-up.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Jasprit Bumrah has the best and the most effective yorker among fast bowlers playing international cricket now," Akram told PTI during an interaction.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Arguably the greatest left-arm fast bowler to have ever played the game, Akram believes that Bumrah will make a difference during death overs at this year's World Cup with his 'go to ball'.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Bumrah has an exceptional action, very different from other fast bowlers and yet he gets the ball to swing and also move off the deck at good pace," Akram said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"But what makes Bumrah special is his ability to bowl yorkers on a regular basis. Also yorker is not just used for ODIs but for Test matches too as me and Waqar did in our times," the Sultan of Swing said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A lot of it Akram believes could be attributed to tennis ball cricket, which helps aspiring bowlers perfect their yorkers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"If you see, whether it's me coming from Pakistan or Bumrah coming from India, we are all products of tennis ball cricket," said Akram, who is a mentor in the upcoming 10PL tennis ball tournament in UAE.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"When you play gully cricket with buildings on both sides and the batsman being deprived of playing cross batted shots on both sides, they are forced to play straight then.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"And then you start pitching it up and in the process learn to bowl at the base and prevent the batsman from going down the ground," said Akram.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was all praise for India, which became the first country from Asia to win a Test series in Australia.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It's a huge achievement to win a Test series in Australia. I don't subscribe to the view that this is a weakened Australian side. Let's not take away any credit from Virat and his boys. The kind of consistency they have shown is indeed a big deal," said Akram.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Whenever a young talent is discovered in Pakistan, they start comparing him with Kohli, only to fade away like an Umar Akmal.</p>.<p class="bodytext">So why do potential 'Kohlis' of Pakistan fall off the radar? "Had we known what the problem is, wouldn't we have addressed the issue?"</p>.<p class="bodytext">"On a serious note, it is Virat's mindset that makes all the difference. When I mean mindset, it also includes off the field preparation also."</p>
<p class="title">Legendary pacer Wasim Akram was all praise for Jasprit Bumrah's ability to bowl the "most effective yorker" currently in world cricket.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Bumrah, who played a pivotal role in India's maiden Test series win on Australian soil, has been an X factor in Virat Kohli's set-up.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Jasprit Bumrah has the best and the most effective yorker among fast bowlers playing international cricket now," Akram told PTI during an interaction.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Arguably the greatest left-arm fast bowler to have ever played the game, Akram believes that Bumrah will make a difference during death overs at this year's World Cup with his 'go to ball'.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Bumrah has an exceptional action, very different from other fast bowlers and yet he gets the ball to swing and also move off the deck at good pace," Akram said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"But what makes Bumrah special is his ability to bowl yorkers on a regular basis. Also yorker is not just used for ODIs but for Test matches too as me and Waqar did in our times," the Sultan of Swing said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A lot of it Akram believes could be attributed to tennis ball cricket, which helps aspiring bowlers perfect their yorkers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"If you see, whether it's me coming from Pakistan or Bumrah coming from India, we are all products of tennis ball cricket," said Akram, who is a mentor in the upcoming 10PL tennis ball tournament in UAE.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"When you play gully cricket with buildings on both sides and the batsman being deprived of playing cross batted shots on both sides, they are forced to play straight then.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"And then you start pitching it up and in the process learn to bowl at the base and prevent the batsman from going down the ground," said Akram.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was all praise for India, which became the first country from Asia to win a Test series in Australia.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It's a huge achievement to win a Test series in Australia. I don't subscribe to the view that this is a weakened Australian side. Let's not take away any credit from Virat and his boys. The kind of consistency they have shown is indeed a big deal," said Akram.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Whenever a young talent is discovered in Pakistan, they start comparing him with Kohli, only to fade away like an Umar Akmal.</p>.<p class="bodytext">So why do potential 'Kohlis' of Pakistan fall off the radar? "Had we known what the problem is, wouldn't we have addressed the issue?"</p>.<p class="bodytext">"On a serious note, it is Virat's mindset that makes all the difference. When I mean mindset, it also includes off the field preparation also."</p>