Only Two Grade A+ Indian Bowlers as per BCCI

The Indian National Cricket Team commonly known as Men in Blue or simply Team India is controlled by the Board of Control for Cricket in India. It is a member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) and plays Test, One Day International and Twenty20 International.

The bowlers who are declared as Grade A+ by BCCI includes Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah. There are only two Grade A+ Indian bowlers according to BCCI who are currently playing for Team India.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar is a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He can swing the ball both ways at a decent pace efficiently. His inswingers more effective than outswing. He is especially adept at creating the late swing. As far as his batting is concerned, he is a useful lower order right-handed batsman.

His special talent was first noticed in India vs Pakistan first ODI match where he successfully took a three-wicket haul and after his five-wicket haul against South Africa, he became the first Indian bowler to take a five-wicket haul in all formats of the game.

Bhuvi plays for Uttar Pradesh in domestic cricket and for the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League.

Bhuvi scored 38 runs off 97 balls on his debut test match and this is the highest by any Indian batsman coming at 10th position. He also faced the most number of balls by a debutant coming at number 10 to bat for India. He has the highest partnership for the 9th wicket with MS Dhoni during the 1st test match of India vs Australia in 2013.

Jasprit Bumrah is a right-arm fast bowler who plays in all formats of the game. He plays for Gujarat in domestic cricket. After playing successfully for the Mumbai Indians at the Indian Premier League, Jassi was named in India's squad for 2015–16 series against Australia. He was a replacement to an injured Bhuvneshwar Kumar. He made his One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals debut in series against Australia in 2015-16.


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