Bumrah, who picked eight wickets in India\u2019s 295-run win in Perth, picked 4\/61 in the first innings in Adelaide. Though Siraj took 4-98, his economy rate was four, while Rana, who shined on debut by taking four wickets in Perth, conceded 86 runs without taking a single wicket.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cComing into the series, the uncertainty for India was what the support act for Bumrah is like. Siraj and Rana did a really good job in Perth, but they just weren\u2019t up to that same level in Adelaide. That still is the glaringly obvious part of that discussion. Bumrah is at a certain level, and the rest of them aren\u2019t quite there,\u201d said Gilchrist on Fox Cricket\u2019s The Follow-On podcast on Monday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He also believes pacer Josh Hazlewood should return to the Australian playing eleven in Brisbane if he is fully fit after recovering from a side strain which kept him out of Australia\u2019s ten-wicket win in Adelaide.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cThat\u2019s the nature of the beast. I would expect if Hazlewood is fit, they\u2019ll go back to Hazelwood, particularly at the Gabba. I think that the conditions that will suit him. I mean, either way you go, you know exactly what you get, and that\u2019s consistency and an opposing batting order that\u2019ll be under threat.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
If Hazlewood comes in, then Scott Boland, who took five wickets in Adelaide, makes way for him. Gilchrist felt it\u2019s a luxury for Australia to have a strong reserve bowler in Boland at their disposal to step up in Tests whenever called upon.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cThe time is unfortunate for Scotty, but I just love the way he steps up. It is like plugging in a ball machine that\u2019s got a setting on and it just cranks up again to the identical setting. I love the way the crowd embrace him and broadcasters. He\u2019s just a fascinating story, such a humble guy, who by just going about his day at work, he can electrify a nation and 50,000 people in the grandstands.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
With the first two Tests in Perth and Adelaide not being played out for entire five days, Gilchrist signed off by saying the intensity in both teams\u2019 bowling attacks will be sustained throughout the five-match series currently tied at 1-1.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cAs far as the workload, clearly that works in Australia\u2019s favour, but also, the game moves so quickly (that) India didn\u2019t exactly have to bowl a mountain of overs either. Looking at the two games, Australia has bowled more overs, but it\u2019s been a nice spread out now, with that extended break between (the) first and second (Tests) and now an extra few days gives them near enough to a week to be ready to go.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
With the first two Tests in Perth and Adelaide not being played out for entire five days, Gilchrist signed off by saying the intensity in both teams\u2019 bowling attacks will be sustained throughout the five-match series currently tied at 1-1.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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