“My leading wicket-taker for the tournament will be Jasprit Bumrah,” Ponting told The ICC Review.
He's just come off an outstanding IPL.
But at the end, his economy rate at the end of the IPL was less than seven runs an over.
He does bowl a lot of the hard overs too.
When you bowl the hard overs in T20 cricket, it gives you a chance to pick up a lot of wickets along the way.
Bumrah comes off the back of a sensational IPL season, where he took 20 wickets in 13 games, conceding runs at a miserly economy rate of 6.48 despite the large totals in the tournament.
“My leading wicket-taker for the tournament will be Jasprit Bumrah,” Ponting told The ICC Review.
“I just think an outstanding performer, contributor for a number of years now. He's just come off an outstanding IPL.
“What he can do with the new ball, he swings the new ball, he has the seam up. But at the end, his economy rate at the end of the IPL was less than seven runs an over.
“He takes wickets. He does bowl a lot of the hard overs too. When you bowl the hard overs in T20 cricket, it gives you a chance to pick up a lot of wickets along the way. So, I'm going with him.”
