Jasprit Bumrah
Mumbai’s historic Wankhede Stadium was packed that day. There were many times more fans standing outside than were there in the stadium. There was a huge crowd of fans on Marine Drive. There was no space to even set foot on the road from Nariman Point to Wankhede Stadium. The occasion was also similar. Our team India returned home after winning the World Cup title after 17 years. All the players of Team India gathered at Wankhede Stadium after the victory parade. During this, Virat Kohli mentioned one player in particular and called him the 8th wonder of the world. Along with this, a big demand was also made to declare it as a national heritage. The fans also started shouting the name of that player loudly while agreeing with Kohli and the whole stadium echoed with the slogans of Bumrah-Bumrah.
Many bowlers have come and gone in the history of Indian cricket, but the status that Jasprit Bumrah has achieved in his short career seems like the script of a movie. Jasprit Bumrah, who emerged from the streets of Ahmedabad and dominated the world of cricket, has emerged as the biggest hero of cricket. He has become another name of trust for Team India and its fans. Whenever Team India is in trouble, the first name that comes to mind is Jasprit Bumrah. Bumrah has become such a Brahmastra for Team India to which no opposing team has an answer. Statistics also clearly testify to this.
Got recognition from IPL
The debut of Bumrah, who played IPL for the first time for Mumbai Indians in 2013, was also amazing. In his very first match, Bumrah took a total of 3 wickets including the wicket of Virat Kohli. In the next 3 years, he became a part of Team India. After making his ODI and then T20I debut in January 2016, Bumrah did not look back and within no time he was established as the fastest bowler of the Indian team in all three formats.
Bumrah’s Test debut took place in a country where Team India has not been able to win the Test series till date. For the first time, Bumrah got a chance to play a Test match for Team India during the South Africa tour in January 2018 and in the very first series, he was the second most successful Indian bowler after Mohammed Shami by taking 14 wickets in 3 matches. After this, Bumrah gained such momentum that he created a new history by taking 48 wickets in 9 Test matches that year. Bumrah became the Indian bowler taking the most Test wickets in his debut year. He left Dilip Doshi’s record of 40 wickets miles behind.
Jasprit Bumrah’s T20 International career
flags planted on foreign soil
Bumrah proved this saying that the feet of a son can be seen only in the cradle, in his very first year in Test cricket. In the same calendar year, Bumrah took five wickets in an innings on the soil of Australia, England and South Africa and told everyone that the Indian team is no longer dependent only on its batting.
The secret of why Bumrah is so lethal has been revealed long ago. Bumrah’s unique bowling action makes him different from everyone else. Apart from this, his bowling has a tremendous combination of speed, accurate line-length and control. This is the reason why Bumrah has remained the most dangerous bowler in the world for many years.
Jasprit Bumrah
It is not that Bumrah has been blessed with everything by birth. Bumrah, who has been practicing yorkers since childhood, has always been focused on his target. He worked hard day and night to include himself among the best bowlers of the world and made new experiments in his bowling every moment, the result of which is in front of the whole world today.
When injury blocked the way
Bumrah’s career also started like a common fast bowler. As soon as he entered international cricket, he faced injuries. He was just climbing the stairs of progress when injuries surrounded him. Only about one and a half years after his Test debut, he suffered from back problems which kept him off the field for 4 months. After this, he started suffering injuries almost every year.
In the year 2021, he suffered a lower abdominal injury and could not play the Gabba Test against Australia. The year 2022 was the worst for him. A back injury after the England tour in July once again kept him away from the field for a long time. During this period, he could not play in the Asia Cup and T20 World Cup 2022 where Team India clearly missed him.
Jasprit Bumrah
India could not even reach the finals in the Asia Cup and India had to face a crushing defeat against England in the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup. Not only this, in the absence of Bumrah, India also had to lose the World Test Championship final for the second consecutive time in 2023. This was the worst phase of Bumrah’s career in which he remained away from the field for almost a year from September 2022 to August 2023. After this, his return as captain on the Ireland tour became possible. In this way Bumrah silenced those critics who were questioning his future a year ago.
After the Ireland tour, Bumrah had a different style. It seemed as if his hunger to take on the challenge had increased even more. He performed brilliantly with the ball in the Asia Cup and ODI World Cup 2023. And then in the T20 World Cup 2024, we got to see the miracle of Bumrah.
no one like jassi
Be it powerplay, middle overs or death overs, there is tremendous pressure. Whenever the captain handed the ball to Bumrah, getting a wicket was almost certain. We have seen this scene many times in the last few years. Who can forget that match of the 2024 T20 World Cup played in New York in which Pakistan had a target of only 120 runs to win.
Bumrah’s performance in different phases in T20I
Mohammad Rizwan was standing at one end and the match seemed to be going in Pakistan’s favor. But then captain Rohit Sharma handed the ball to Jasprit Bumrah in the 15th over and Rizwan returned to the pavilion on the very first ball of the over. The fate of the match changed with this one ball. This was not the first time that Bumrah came as a troubleshooter for Team India.
Game changer in T20 World Cup
In the Super-8 match of the World Cup, when Travis Head, who had pushed India away from the ICC trophy twice, put a peg, Rohit once again used his trump card Bumrah. Bumrah also lived up to his captain’s expectations and changed the result of the match in India’s favor by dismissing Travis Head. Bumrah repeated the same feat in the final. At one time South Africa’s victory seemed easy but in the 18th over, Bumrah worked such magic that Marco Janson was left standing and the ball flew off his bat. He gave only runs in this over and what happened after that has been recorded in history. In the T20 World Cup, Bumrah became the player of the tournament by taking 15 wickets. He proved to be a game changer for Team India throughout the tournament. That’s why it is said. Jasprit Bumrah is the Brahmastra of Team India whose attack never goes waste.
Jasprit Bumrah’s performance in T20 World Cup 2024
Bumrah best bowler
Former Indian fast bowler RP Singh also believes that Bumrah is the best fast bowler in the world at present. While talking to India TV, he said that it is a lucky thing for any captain to have a bowler like Bumrah in his team. Any format. Bumrah always takes wickets. Bumrah is the best.
After the T20 World Cup, Bumrah is now hitting sixes of his opponents with his lethal bowling in Tests. Taking 11 wickets in the Test series against Bangladesh, Bumrah has become the number-1 bowler in Tests. Seeing the way he is taking wickets this year, it seems as if New Zealand and then Australian batsmen are going to be in trouble in the upcoming Test series. Now it remains to be seen how many more records Bumrah makes till the end of this year.
Jasprit Bumrah’s test ranking and rating
