Michael Vaughan has lavished praise on Jasprit Bumrah after he bowled India to victory during the T20 World Cup final against South Africa on Saturday (June 29).

India won their second T20 World Cup title on Saturday, and Bumrah was one of the leading architects of their success throughout their unbeaten run in the tournament. Against South Africa in the final, he produced a dream delivery to remove Reeza Hendricks cheaply while defending 176-7 in India’s quest to end their trophyless streak in global events since 2013. However, the spell that grabbed the headlines was the one which came in the latter half when Heinrich Klaasen (52 off 27 balls) took 24 off Axar Patel to bring the equation down to a run-a-ball in the last five overs.

Thereafter, India put a stranglehold on the South Africa batters, and Bumrah was at the forefront of it. His last two overs produced 1-6, swinging the match in India’s favour as they eventually won it by seven runs, with Bumrah finishing with 2-18 off his four overs.

While dissecting Bumrah's performance on a Cricbuzz show, Vaughan was all praise for the fast-bowler, hailing him as the best seamer to have played white-ball cricket. He was in awe of Bumrah's control and variations.

"He is obviously a great bowler who plans to ball against all the different batters but you still got to have the skill sets and you've got to know when to bowl which delivery," Vaughan said.

"That first one to Reeza Hendricks is an absolute peach. He's probably angled in probably going on to hit the leg stump and at the last minute it whips away and hits the off stump. That ball that gets Jansen again just angled in it through the gate but it's more than that. It's the other deliveries that you know the batters are trying to hit him and he just kind of follows them so they don't get any width and then he sees them get a little bit of kind of room and he throws it out a bit wider he's got that slower ball that's a genius delivery. I honestly think he's the best seam bowler who has played white ball cricket."

Vaughan added: "If you can tell me a better seam bowler. I know Wasim Akram was special and there have been many others to mention but I just think he's got this amazing action ability and he's got the pace, he's got all the different skill sets and he does it under pressure day in and day out. It's not just two or three times at the World Cup. it's pretty much every single game.

"Even in the game against Australia, he got hit. Travis Head had hit him in the first over in the powerplay, but he still came back to win India the game because he got Head with the slower ball later in the game. So even if you get him in one over, he's still got three to get you with. How are you facing him, how are you trying to hit him around I've got no idea because I've seen many try it and there are not many that are succeeding. He's a genius."

Bumrah was virtually unplayable in the tournament. He finished with 15 wickets from eight matches at an average of 8.26, but more astonishingly, at an economy of just 4.17, the lowest in any edition of a T20 World Cup. His prolific run earned him the Player of the Tournament award.

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