New Delhi, Nov. 7 -- "He can make even the best batters look stupid". "The best death (final overs) bowler in ODI cricket". "Undeniably the best cross format bowler of the T20 era". "Best bowler India has ever produced".

In The Boom Effect: Decoding the Magic of Jasprit Bumrah, authors Aayush Puthran and Nicholas Brookes dig deep into data and statistics to establish that the Indian fast bowler, the one with an unusual action, a scorching yorker and an admired cricketing intelligence, is all of the above-and maybe more.

Every generation believes that its contemporary hero or heroes are the best of all time-and sometimes there are statistics to validate it. Novak Djokovic has more Grand Slam singles titles than Rod Laver; Lionel Messi sc...