Australian pace legend Glenn McGrath on Wednesday said India’s bowling attack remains a “world class” one despite the recent debacles against New Zealand and blamed the under-whelming performance on factors such as injury layoffs and toss.
While Ishant Sharma returned with a five-wicket haul, his pace colleagues Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami managed just one wicket each as New Zealand posted a match-deciding first innings score of 348 despite being 216 for six at one stage in first Test.
“I still have total faith in the Indian (bowling) lineup. They had a few injuries of late. Sharma is coming back and he did get five wickets. Bumrah had a couple of injuries and he is coming back,” McGrath told reporters.
“So, yeah, I think the Indian bowling attack is world class and there is no doubt about that,” he added.
“I don’t have any issues with the bowling attack, you don’t lose form overnight. It was just one of those things where the toss made a huge difference. (in the first test in New Zealand), but you still got to get and score runs.”
McGrath praised Ishant for “reinventing” himself and also lauded Shami and Bumrah.