India, June 6 -- Some one-on-one battles have the power to shape the course of a team contest. Especially when bowlers begin to play with a key batter's psyche - whether it was Shane Warne leaving Daryll Cullinan in a tailspin, Glenn McGrath rolling over Micheal Atherton, Zaheer Khan making short work of Graeme Smith... the list is a long one.

But few did it like Jasprit Bumrah versus Usman Khwaja during the last Australian summer. "I was just getting Bumrah'ed," Khwaja would say after six dismissals across eight innings.

English wicket-keeper batter Jamie Smith is already in awe of Bumrah. "Hopefully, (bat) down at No. 7, I can watch other lads go and face him first," he said.

That's the effect Bumrah can have on his opponents. India'...