Clarke believed that India would have won the decisive Sydney Test had Bumrah been fit to bowl in the second Australian innings. The stand-in skipper picked up an injury on the second day fo the game and was taken to the hospital for a scan.

Former Australia captain Michael Clarke has high praise for player of the series Jasprit Bumrah

Michael Clarke labels 'freak' Jasprit Bumrah as 'best ever' all-format bowler. (Photo Source: Philip Brown/Popperfoto/Popperfoto via Getty Images) There have not been many bowlers who have mastered all three formats of the game.

Sunil Gavaskar backed Jasprit Bumrah to take over as India's Test captain from Rohit Sharma, who chose to drop himself from the last against Australia.

Sunil Gavaskar wants Jasprit Bumrah to take over India’s captaincy from Rohit Sharma when the time comes. He said that Bumrah has the qualities of a captain and he doesn’t make his teammates feel too ‘pressurised’.

The speedster was India's skipper during the only victory in the series, which was in Perth, pushing them to take a 1-0 lead straightaway as the tour began.