‘Our pacers are best in the world’: Raju Kulkarni

Updated On: 09 August, 2025 08:27 AM IST | Mumbai | Subodh Mayure

Former Test pacer Raju Kulkarni says there’s no comparison to the skills and fighting spirit of India’s fast bowlers after Oval heroics

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India’s Akash Deep (left), Mohd Siraj (centre) and Prasidh Krishna after their win over England at the Oval. PIC/Getty Images

If India want to win Test matches, especially in SENA (South Africa, England, New Zealand and Australia) countries, skipper Shubman Gill needs a pace-bowling arsenal that can take 20 wickets in a game consistently. And the Mohammed Siraj-led Indian bowling attack has proved that they are capable of doing it after levelling the five-match series against England (2-2) recently.

Former Test pacer Raju Kulkarni reckoned the current India pace bowling unit is the best in the world. “Undoubtedly, we have the best fast bowlers in the world, there is no comparison. I’m sure [Jasprit] Bumrah is taking other [Indian] fast bowlers along with him. He looks like a bowler, who knows that he will not be able to play five Tests in a row, [so] he is encouraging other bowlers and this has changed everyone’s body language,” Kulkarni told mid-day on Thursday.

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