Among Ian Chappell's 5 best bowlers, 3 Indians, Pat Cummins No.1

Australian Pat Cummins has found unanimous approval as the best speedster in world cricket after former cricketers Ian Chappell Sanjay Manjrekar and Aakash Chopra picked him as their first choice among the top five presentday Test bowlers Former Australia skipper Chappell has picked three Indians among his fiveChappells list of five includes Cummins Kagiso Rabada R Ashwin Mohammed Shami and Ishant SharmaPat Cummins for everything he contributes I have to go with him as first pick An example that I have to cite is the last Test against India in January at the Gabba when Australia produced that ridiculous tactic of bowling short for an hour Starc was shocked to pieces He had nothing to come back with But somehow or the other Cummins still in that last hour gave everything he had said ChappellI had the good fortune to captain Dennis Lillee Dennis was the last guy in our team who thought that victory was impossible I put Pat Cummins in that category Chappell who scored 5345 runs in 75 Tests said while explaining the reason behind picking Cummins in an espncricinfocom videoChappell also praised Sharma Ishants record since the start of 2018 is extremely good reasoned the 77yearold batsmanThe Australian said that James Anderson wont fit in because he hasnt been playing regularly If you narrow it down to best swing bowler Id say Anderson But he hasnt played a lot and missed a lot of cricket he saidChappell called India offspinner Ashwin as a better bowler than Australias Nathan Lyon I think Ashwin is a better bowler than Nathan Lyon Have a look at Nathan Lyons strike rate you are talking in the 70s and I am going back to 2018 he pointed outSince 2018 Lyon has taken 113 wickets in 27 Test matches with a strike rate of 725 and an average of 3343 Although he has six fivewicket hauls as many as four of them have come against two teams India and New Zealand His only 10wicket haul has come against the KiwisI think runs get scored through the onside when he Lyon is bowling to the righthanders and that really just shouldnt happen Yes he is a fine bowler but I think Ashwin is a better bowler Chappell saidManjrekar picked Jimmy Anderson Josh Hazlewood Jasprit Bumrah and Shami besides Cummins all pacersThe reason why I dont have a spinner is because spinners dont play enough I am looking at the last twothree years No point going back five10 years That is where Ashwin has got all these wickets He has missed nine10 overseas matches not enough for me to be applying that very important principle his performance out of his comfort zone said Manjrekar who played 37 Tests and 74 ODIsFormer India opener Chopra who played 10 Tests picked Ashwin along with Cummins Neil Wagner Bumrah and Josh Hazlewood Ashwin grew in stature on tour of Australia said ChopraI picked Wagner because he exposed frailties of modernday batting As for Bumrah he is there like Cummins picks wickets but if he had played a bit more cricket in subcontinent that would have pushed his case a bit more he said probably referring to Chappells list that didnt have himAlso Read WTC Final Geoffrey Boycott backs Team India to fireThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever