Anil Kumble has praised Marco Jansen for his brilliant performances during the Champions Trophy 2025. In South Africa’s victory over England, Jansen played a crucial role for his team when he took three early Wickts in seven overs. He also took three trapped, one of which was out of his own bowling.

Kumble is through Jansen’s growth as a player

In statements to Espncricinfo, Kumble shared his thoughts on Marco Jansen’s performance. He mentioned that while Jansen is still young, he has already played a lot of Crickt and has matured as a player. Kumble feels that grabbing three wickts in the game will increase Jansen’s confidence. He also congratulated Janen’s athletics, mentioning his excellent field and his multiple catches.

“I think he is still very young, although he has played enough Cricket. He has certainly matured, ”said Kumble. “I’m sure these three wickts [will give him confidence]And you can also see your athletics in the field with all those captures.

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Jansen’s integral skills make him a valuable asset

The former Captain of India also talked about the development of Marco Jansen as all terrain, highlighting his improvement in batting. He pointed out that Jansen has played important blows to South Africa in the past, which makes valuable contributions more down. According to Kumble, Jansen’s ability to play effectively and add crucial races makes it a complete package for the team, especially in position No. 7 or No. 8.

“He has also improved a lot with his batting. He has contributed with the bat on many occasions for South Africa. Then, in that sense, it is a complete package for South Africa at number 7 or number 8, ”he added.

Bring variety to the bowling of bowling of South Africa

Kumble was impressed with Jansen’s bowling skill, particularly with the new ball. He pointed out that Jansen can reverse the ball in the batters, so he is a difficult bowling player to play. Its height also makes it more difficult, since it produces a strong rebound, such as when Phil Salt was difficult to interpret it. Kumble also said that having a bowling player like Jansen brings variation to the attack of South Africa, which already has numerous options.

“And with the ball, with the new ball you can bring the ball again. It is tall, so it is not easy for the batters to simply get under it,” he said. “We saw that with Phil Salt, he just took off. It was quite steep, the rebound, and could not overcome it. You need that variety in your bowling attack and that is something that South Africa has in abundance, ”he also said.

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