Gavaskar feels this bowler can help lessen Jasprit Bumrah's bowling workload

Former Team India cricketer Sunil Gavaskar feels that lead pacer Jasprit Bumrah is doing the heavy lifting for the teams pace attack The legendary batsman also opened up about how other speedsters and Mohammed Siraj can lessen Bumrahs workloadBoth pacers contributed to Indias 295run win in the first Test match against Australia The hosts later bounced back by registering a 10wicket victory in the second Test matchAs Team India is all set to lock horns with Australia for the third Test match the key issue will be Jasprit Bumrahs workload He has taken the majority of Indian wickets which is 12 and delivered the majority of the teams overs with 54 oversMohammed Siraj is second with nine wickets and 525 overs followed by Harshit Rana four wickets and 45 overs and Nitish Kumar Reddy two wickets and 14 overs among pacersSpeaking exclusively to Star Sports Sunil Gavaskar spoke on Team Indias heavy reliance on pacer Jasprit Bumrah to lead the bowling attack He said that Siraj must step up his performances pick up fivewicket hauls and break partnerships more frequently to be of help to BumrahAlso ReadIN PHOTOS Pickleball will find its way to Olympics soon Andre AgassiYes to a great extent if India relies too much on Jasprit Bumrah You have got to say that Mohammed Siraj is a good foil but he has to start getting five wickets in an innings Otherwise the load is being picked up mainly by Jasprit Bumrah But if Siraj can pick up two three wickets keep on breaking partnerships then he certainly helps Bumrah he saidHarshit the newcomer bowled impressively in Perth was not as impressive in the second game at Adelaide Maybe he just could not find his rhythm therefore was not bowling the length that he should have or the line that he should have But hopefully he will have learned And then that makes it easy It takes the load off Bumrah Bumrah can then come in in short bursts of four or five overs and be much more effective he addedAhead of the third Test against Australia Harbhajan Singh picked Washington Sundar as his spinner for the matchIf we have to play a spinner I think Team India will look back at Washington Sundar Because he played well in Perth and his bowling was also good He has performed very well in front of New Zealand also So he must have felt confident too he saidPiyush Chawla also spoke on Ashwins performance in the second test saying that he kept Aussie batters in check during the second Test and should play the third TestBecause after losing one test match if you think so much about it it becomes difficult he addedCheteshwar Pujara too feels that Washington Sundar could be the man if Team India needs to boost their battingThere is no comparison in bowling Ashwin is a very good bowler But if they want a little more strength in batting they can play Washington he addedThis year in Tests Ashwin has 47 wickets in 11 matches at an average of 2725 with three fivewicket hauls and best figures of 688 Sundar has picked 18 scalps in three games averaging 1527 with best figures of 759While Ashwin has a Test century this year he has scored just 310 runs in 17 innings at an average of 1823 Sundar has shown capability to hang around more with 122 runs in three Tests and six innings at an average of 3050 and best score of 38With ANI Inputs