Jasprit Bumrah captured eyeballs first time with his unorthodox activities and then his tremendous bowling expertise. Equipped with an inconsistent, align-arm activity and unusual speed, the extraordinary release point of Jasprit Bumrah’s deliveries make it very tough for batsmen to pick him.
When the team of India searching for a bowler for death overs desperately, Jasprit Bumrah came to the squad through the Indian Premier League as a blessing for Indian cricket. The hardly-built bowler from Gujarat has managed the splendid bowling art inch-correct yorkers as a substitute to study Sri Lanka’s bowler Lasith Malinga as a part of the Mumbai Indians and has developed into a crucial part for the team of India in the limited-overs format.
Jasprit Bumrah, known as the man with a golden arm, has a very interesting life story, just like a movie. In the year 2013, he joined with the Mumbai Indians franchise in the IPL when he was just a teenager and after 3 years, he has got the opportunity to earn the cap of India’s ODI team. All it can be possible because of his extraordinary bowling action and unusual bowling figures.
It has no doubt that Jasprit Bumrah is the number 1 bowler in the ICC rankings in the one-day international format. He is a right-arm fast-medium bowler who appeared as one of the most dangerous death-overs bowlers for his perfect bowling skills.
The master of Yorkers, Jasprit Bumrah has played both white as well as red ball and has a record of five-wicket haul in England, South Africa, and Australia and makes his spot permanent in the Indian team as death over’s specialist.
Family
Jasprit Bumrah was born in Ahmedabad, Gujrat on December 6th, 1993. His father’s name is Jasbir Singh Bumrah and his mother’s name is Daljit Bumrah. Jasprit has a sister, named as Juhika Bumrah, who is a teacher at Zebar School, Ahmedabad. They belong to a middle-class Sikh Ramgarhia family.
Jasprit’s father was an industrialist and when Jasprit was seven years old, he lost his father. After that, his mother raised them single-handedly. His mother was the school principal of Nirman High School at that time.
Jasprit Bumrah completed his schooling at Nirman High School, Ahmedabad. In childhood days, Bumrah always wanted to get settled in Canada but after some time, when he was 14 years old, he realized that cricket is his passion and worked hard to improve his game. When he was studying in school, Kishore Trivedi was his coach. In the year 2012, he started playing for the Gujrat Under-19 as a bowler.
Let’s check out the bowling career of Jasprit Bumrah:
Jasprit Bumrah – Along the years
Year Age Achievement
2013 19 Played Ranji Trophy debut for Gujarat
2013 19 IPL Debut for Mumbai Indians
2016 22 T20I Debut
2016 22 ODI Debut
2017 23 Test Debut
2019 25 World Cup Debut
Domestic Career
During the 2013-2014 season, in 2013 October, Jasprit Bumrah played his debut first-class match against Vidarbha for Gujarat. In this starting match, he showed his shining skill and took 7 wickets. Jasprit Bumrah became the top wicket-taker by the time the whole tournament finished.
After his Ranji Trophy achievement, Jasprit played his first Twenty20 match in the year 2012-13 Syed Mustaq Ali Trophy against Maharashtra and also won Man of the Match title.
One Day International Career
Jasprit Bumrah played his first one-day international match at Sydney against Australia on 23rd January 2016. Till that date, he had already taken 103 wickets in 57 games.
In ODI cricket, Bumrah became the second-fastest bowler of India, who is able to take 100 wickets. He is just one game behind Mohammad Shami, who played 56 matches and took 100 wickets.
Jasprit Bumrah’s awesome strike rate of only 4.5 per over makes him the best bowler. For five-time, he has taken 4 wickets in an innings while 5 wicket haul in a match. From all these figures, it has been proved that Jasprit Bumrah is the best bowler in all over the world in the death overs in any format.
Test Match Career
Jasprit Bumrah has played only 10 test matches till date. He played his first test match on 5-8 January 2018 at Cape Town against South Africa.
In these 10 Test matches, he had claimed 49 wickets and his best figure is 6/33. Three times, he has taken 5 wickets and his economy is only 2.66 per over.
Bumrah is the first bowler of Asia, who is able to take 5 wickets haul in a Test innings in England, South Africa, and Australia in the same year.
Although Jasprit Bumrah is a newcomer for playing Test matches, he has overcome the 40-year-old record of Dileep Joshi of taking the maximum number of wickets for India in the debut year with his 48 wickets.
Bumrah is the third-highest wicket-taker in a debut year in test matches with 48 wickets by playing 9 matches whereas Dileep Joshi took 40 wickets in his debut Test year in the year 1979.
T-20 I Career
Jasprit Bumrah is taken as a tremendous bowler of rapid-fire format. That’s why in only 42 matches, he has taken 51 wickets in Twenty20 matches with an economy of only 6.71. His best bowling record in T20 is 3/11.
In this Twenty20 format, Bumrah’s strike rate is 18, which means that he usually takes a wicket after giving 18 runs which is very uncommon in this format.
IPL Career
In the year 2013, Jasprit Bumrah played his first Indian Premier League for Mumbai Indians and till date he involved with Mumbai Indians franchise only. With Lasith Malinga of Sri Lanka, Jasprit Bumrah became the nightmare for batsmen and also troubled great batsmen like Virat Kohli.
Bumrah played 77 matches in Indian Premier League (all for Mumbai Indians) with his unnatural speed and sling-arm action and he claimed 82 wickets to his name with an economy of 7.55 and with an average of 26.59. He has the best bowling figure of 7/3 in IPL.
ICC World Cup
Jasprit Bumrah was included in the team India for the Cricket World Cup 2019. The International Cricket Council (ICC) selected Bumrah as one of the five talented cricketers making their debut in the Cricket World Cup. Jasprit Bumrah took his 100th wicket in one day international and became the second-fastest wicket-taker of India after Mohammad Shami against Sri Lanka. In the year 2019 World Cup, he was the highest wicket-taker. From nine matches, he has claimed eighteen wickets.
Bowling Style of Bumrah
Jasprit Bumrah became the limelight because of his unorthodox activities, his capability to bowl Yorkers at the perfect time, and being a death-overs specialist. He has an uncommon, sling-arm bowling action and coupled with abnormal speed, and a very different release point of his balls makes it difficult for the batsmen to realize him early. Often he bowls outside of the off-stumps or short quite constantly.
Jasprit Bumrah made himself a status for possessing a mysterious capability to hit the blockhole, like Sri Lankan bowler and his Mumbai Indians teammate Lasith Malinga. In the limited-overs format, he has proved himself as a vital part of the Indian team.
Bumrah is taken as one of the fastest bowlers in all over the world with 142 km/h average speed. His fastest speed is 153.26 km/h, which he bowled for the first time during his debut test match in 2018 at the Adelaide Oval against Australia, dominating Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc.
JASPRIT BUMRAH CAREER STATISTICS
Test Debut
India Vs South Africa at Newlands, Cape Town on 5th January 2018
ODI Debut
India Vs Australia at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney on 23rd January 2016
T20 Debut
India Vs Australia at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide on 26th January 2016
Records
Made records of taking maximum wickets, 15 by any fast bowler by playing less than five matches in a bilateral ODI series against Sri Lanka.
Second fastest bowler to claim 100 ODI wickets.
Third Indian bowlers to get a hat-trick in Test series.
Awards and Achievements
- Named in the World Test XI by the ICC – 2018.
- Named in the World ODI XI by the ICC – 2018.
- In the season 2012-2013, Mohit Kumar Trophy, Jasprit Bumrah played his first Twenty20 match against Maharashtra and he became the key factor of the victory and also got Man of the Match title.
- In the year 2013, when he played his first Indian Premier League match for Mumbai Indians, he claimed three wickets for 32 runs of Royal Challengers Bangalore, which was held in Bangalore.
- In the year 2016, Jasprit Bumrah holds the record of taking most wickets (28) in T20 internationals in a single year.
Jasprit Bumrah is the first bowler of Asia, who was able to take 5 wickets haul in a Test innings in South Africa, England, and Australia in a single calendar year. - In his debut year, Bumrah became the third-highest wicket-taker with 48 wickets by playing eight test matches.
In 2016 August, Jasprit became the first bowler to take maximum wickets (28) in a single calendar year in a Twenty20 series against West Indies team overcoming Dirk Nannes record. - He ended the test series against Australia with 21 wickets and became the highest wicket-taker at the Boxing Day Test in 2018.
- He concluded his debut year 2018 with 48 wickets, which was a record for any bowler of India in his first year to play any test match.
- International Cricket Council (ICC) named him one of the big five talents and gave them chance to debut in the 2019 World Cup.
- On July 6, 2019, Jasprit Bumrah took his 100th wicket in the match against Sri Lanka in ODIs and became the second-fastest bowler, who can achieve this record after Mohammad Shami.
- In 2019 August, against West Indies, Bumrah claimed his five wickets haul in his 4th Test match in the first test match of India tour to West Indies. Also, he became the third bowler of India, who was able to take a hat trick in the test match.
Interesting Facts about Jasprit Bumrah
Debut Cap in IPL
In 2013 IPL, the Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar gave Jasprit Bumrah the first cap for Mumbai Indians.
First noticed by John Wright
John Wright, former coach of Mumbai Indians was the first person, who noticed the tremendous talent of Jasprit Bumrah. He noticed Bumrah in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and very much impressed by the bowling star.
Highest wicket-taker in his first international series
In the absence of Mohammad Shami, he was selected to feature in the T-20 series against Australia in the year 2016. Bumrah played a major role in India sweeping the series at 3-0. Bumrah concluded the series as the highest wicket-taker.
Not a single run
In his first 35 international matches, Jasprit Bumrah didn’t make a single run but claimed more than 50 wickets.
Dhoni named Bumrah ‘find of the tour’
MS Dhoni gets impressed with the power pack performance of Jasprit Bumrah in Australia and named him as the ‘find of the tour’. Then Bumrah cemented his spot in the Indian team within no time. Now he is considered as the death overs specialist.
Apart from playing cricket
Jasprit Bumrah likes to listen to music apart from playing cricket.
The reason behind the Yorkers
According to Bumrah, bowler of Sri Lanka and his Mumbai Indians teammate Lasith Malinga taught him how to bowl Yorkers.
Praised by Glenn McGrath
It is very tough to read the balls of Jasprit Bumrah, mainly because of his unorthodox action. But he turned into one of the dangerous bowlers when facing his death over balls. Jasprit Bumrah has done wonderful jobs along with Mitchell McClenaghan and Lasith Malinga. McGrath admired him for his uncommon capabilities and unique actions to swing the ball. Also, he asked Bumrah not to change his bowling style.
Maximum T20I wickets in a calendar year
Jasprit Bumrah started his T20 career against the Aussies in 2016 January and became the first bowler taking the maximum number of T20I wickets in a single year within seven months. At the time of India’s tour to West Indies, Bumrah overcome the record of taking maximum wickets of Dirk Nannes by taking 28 wickets.
Sledged ABD
In the year 2014, when Jasprit Bumrah got Mr. 360 out in an exemplifying fashion, he became all energetic. He celebrated this occasion by giving a ruthless send-off to the legend. But, he came to know about his mistake and apologized quickly to the star batsman through Twitter.
Amitabh Bachchan and Dhokla
Bollywood Badshah, Amitabh Bachchan is the favorite actor of Jasprit Bumrah. On the other hand, his favorite Gujrati dish is Dhokla.
Relationship with Grandfather
Santokh Singh Bumrah, his paternal grandfather has not tried to meet him at least once since the death of his father. Once he was a very successful businessman and was the owner of three factories in Gujarat. But because of certain circumstances, now he rides an auto-rickshaw to fulfill his needs. Sanokh Singh Bumrah blamed Jasprit’s mother for this sour relation.
Earnings of Jasprit Bumrah
Contract fee from BCCI (Annual salary): Rs. 7 cr
Test Match fee: Rs. 15 lac per match
ODI Fee: Rs. 6 lac per match
T-20I: Rs. 3 lac per match
IPL 11 Season: Rs. 7 cr (Mumbai Indians)
Quotes:
“My favorite bowlers for all time are Wasim Akram, Brett Lee, and Mitchell Johnson. I used to see their videos regularly and learn from them. I have learned many things about bowling from Malinga and Johnson too. I always try to learn from senior bowlers, who have ever played international cricket.”- Jasprit Bumrah
“ Jasprit Bumrah has the most excellent Yorker among the worldwide fast bowlers playing international cricket”- Wasim Akram, 2019
“ According to me, Jasprit Bumrah is very interesting. He makes off a very short run-up. With a very short run, he first jogs and then bowls. He has straight arms. His bowling style is extraordinary, very different from pace bowlers, which remembers me another bowler from my time, who was very unique from everyone”- Jeff Thomson, Dennis Lillee, 2019 December
From all the discussions it is clear that Jasprit Bumrah is a very smart & talented player in all formats. In the upcoming years, it is expected that he will break many records and create a history in the world of cricket.
