Greatest T20 Player: Not Malinga-Kohli or Gayle, de Villiers called them the greatest players of T20; Watch Video – Not Gayle, Kohli Or Rashid, Ab De Villiers Names Jasprit Bumrah As Greatest T20 Player Video; ipl 2026
There has always been a debate about the greatest player in T20 cricket. Some consider Virat Kohli to be the best, while others call Chris Gayle’s explosive batting the real face of T20. While deadly bowlers like Lasith Malinga have also had great influence in this format, South African batsman AB de Villiers has given a different opinion about the greatest player of T20 cricket. Interestingly, the name of De Villiers himself is included among the greatest T20 players of all time. However, he neither took the name of himself, nor Kohli, nor Gayle nor Malinga. In a video, De Villiers described such an Indian bowler as the greatest T20 bowler, hearing whose name even big batsmen tremble. The name of that bowler is- Jasprit Bumrah.
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Bumrah with family – Photo: PTI
What’s in the video?
Cricket commentator Nikhil Uttamchandani has shared an old video. In the caption of this video, Nikhil wrote, ‘ABD already knew that Bumrah is great. After his statement, Bumrah has given two T20 World Cup titles to Team India. In the video, Nikhil asks ABD – Who is the greatest T20 player of all time? On this De Villiers replies – This is going to be controversial. I wouldn’t call it controversial, but people will definitely taunt it. I think Jasprit Bumrah is the greatest T20 player of all time. After this De Villiers quipped, ‘However, I am not great at bowling.’
De Villiers, popularly known as Mr. 360 Degree, also told the specialties of Bumrah in the video. ABD said, ‘His consistency is excellent. He can bowl in any conditions in a 20 over game and also has the amazing ability to take wickets under heavy pressure. Be it new ball or old ball, he can bowl to anyone. If there is a super over, give him the ball and he will give you victory. This is Jasprit Bumrah.
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Bumrah – Photo: ANI
Aaqib Javed’s absurd statement
On one hand, De Villiers, who is considered among the best T20 batsmen, is calling Bumrah the greatest of all time, while on the other hand, Pakistan’s senior selector Aaqib Javed had given an absurd statement. Aaqib Javed praised Bumrah’s unique bowling action and compared him with Pakistan’s mystery spinner Usman Tariq. However, cricket fans did not like this comparison and Aaqib was criticized a lot. Fans said that it is absurd to compare a world-class fast bowler like Bumrah with a relatively lesser-known player. Shoaib Akhtar, one of Pakistan’s legendary fast bowlers, has compared Bumrah with the king of swing Wasim Akram in terms of match awareness.
