‘He’s on another planet’ – Stuart Broad hails Jasprit Bumrah ahead of IND vs NZ final

Former England fast bowlers Stuart Broad and Steven Finn have lauded India’s Jasprit Bumrah for his performances in the T20 World Cup 2026.

“Everyone else is mortal. There’s great bowlers, there’s good bowlers, but then there’s Jasprit Bumrah who sits above all of them at the moment, and I include people like [Pat] Cummins, [Mitchell] Starc. I think he is just on another planet to any other bowler in the world at the moment,” Finn said on the podcast ‘For the Love of Cricket’.

The Indian speedster was key in England’s seven run win against England in the semifinal in Mumbai on Thursday, with his figures of 1/33, keeping centurion Jacob Bethell and Sam Curran at bay in death overs.

“He could arguably, you could put a really strong argument that he’s the best quick bowler ever,” Broad said in response to Finn’s statement.

Finn further spoke about how he received criticism for a piece he wrote about Bumrah, where he called him the greatest fast bowler ever, backing it up with deep research. 

“Well, I wrote an article last summer saying that, for the BBC, like gave my reasons, statistics, everything. Um, and I had a lot of angry 50 and 60-year-olds telling me that Malcolm Marshall was miles better,” Finn added. 

Broad further shared that sentiment when he compared Bumrah to former greats like Malcolm Marshall, Sir Richard Hadlee, Sir Curtly Ambrose and Glenn McGrath.

“Yeah, Malcolm Marshall, (Richard] Hadlee, or, you know, for me, (Curtly) Ambrose, all these (Glenn] McGrath, all these guys. It’s difficult because we didn’t see Malcolm Marshall in a T20 World Cup semifinal where the ball was flying to all parts and I think I would lean on your article and it’s (Bumrah’s bowling) certainly the best I’ve ever seen live, that is for sure,” Broad added.