'I don't think it is right to give him (Amir) too much hype.'
'Bumrah has got all what a modern day bowler needs.'
India opener Rohit Sharma says Pakistan’s tainted speedster Mohammad Aamir is just a ‘normal bowler’, while heralding young Indian sensation Jasprit Bumrah as a ‘rare talent’.
Aamir had dismissed Rohit, Ajinkya Rahane and Suresh Raina in quick succession in the Asia Cup encounter.
Rohit said the hype around the pacer is 'unjustified' and the 23-year old, who served a match-fixing ban, has a long way to go before being compared with legends.
"Stop talking about him already," Rohit said of Aamir in Kolkata. "He isn't the only bowler; Pakistan have five other bowlers who are doing well for them.
"There is just so much hype around Aamir. I don't think it is right to give him too much hype after one match. He is good but he needs to prove it over and over again.
"Now people are comparing him to Wasim Akram and all that. He is just a normal bowler; on that given day if he is good, he is good. It is not as if he turns up and blows everyone away."
Rohit, instead, heaped praise on Bumrah, who picked six wickets in five games for India in the Asia Cup, and had an impressive economy rate of 5.22.
"Bumrah is already starting to make a mark. I would tell you that instead of talking about Aamir you should talk about Bumrah.
"A rare talent like Bumrah … he is young and the way he has begun his career – he has a long way ahead no doubt – I think he will do something special for the country.
"He is an exception. He will come up with a surprise," Rohit said.
"Like, I was standing in the slip the other night in the finals and I couldn't make out what he is going to do. Even the captain doesn't know.
"He has got a good yorker, he has got a good bouncer, a good slower one. He has got all what a modern day bowler needs. His action is like that when (Lasith) Malinga first came, and when I played him at the nets for the first time it was difficult.
"You don't play such bowlers everyday; I know only two bowlers in the world - Malinga and Bumrah - who have such unique actions."
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