English conditions and the likes of Trent Boult, Tim Southee, Neil Wagner, Kyle Jamieson, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah will be licking their lips to bowl in the seaming conditions at Southampton when India and New Zealand lock horns in the World Test Championship (WTC) final starting on June 18.
New Zealand's four-pronged pace attack has destroyed the oppositions left, right and centre in their almost spotless home season and now is considered to be one of the best fast bowling groups in the world with a left-arm swing bowler, a right-arm swing bowler, a hit-the-deck left-arm pacer and a right-arm hit-the-deck seamer - a well-rounded group, in short.
However, India's bowling attack is no roll-over, with the trio of Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah establishing themselves as a strong pace battery and proving to be one of the major reasons in India's success in Test cricket in recent times.
Speaking about the comparison between the two attacks and who is better, Shami told Sports Tak, "Obviously, we are (better than Boult, Southee and Wagner). When we play Test cricket, even if someone is having a bad day the other bowlers step up. When someone is down we make sure to pick up that teammate and carry the team forward as a unit. We try to cheer him up as well.
“If you see our records you will have an idea of what I’m talking about. Fans don’t become fans overnight, they know the entire history. We have done a lot of homework to build this fast-bowling trio of me, Ishant Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah," he said.
On the prospect of a mouthwatering clash between the top two sides in the world, Shami said, "The top two teams have reached the final and the match is in England. Conditions won’t be one-sided for either teams. It will be a good match I think, both teams are balanced and solid. I don’t think either team will leave any lose point."
