27 Facts About Bumrah

Jasprit Jasbirsingh Bumrah was born on 6 December 1993 and is an Indian international cricketer, who plays for the Indian national cricket team in all formats of the game.

Bumrah was born in a Sikh Punjabi family which settled in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

Bumrah was brought up by his mother Daljit Bumrah, a school teacher in Ahmedabad, Gujarat in a middle-class surrounding.

Jasprit Bumrah has the best and the most effective yorker among fast bowlers playing international cricket now.

Bumrah is remembered for bowling a no-ball in the final of the Champions Trophy 2017 that resulted in a wicket.

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Bumrah had finished the year, with 48 wickets, which was a record for Indian bowler in his debut year in Test cricket.

On 6 July 2019, in the match against Sri Lanka, Bumrah took his 100th wicket in ODIs and became the second-fastest Indian to do so after his teammate, Mohammed Shami, who is currently the fastest Indian to 100 ODI wickets.

Bumrah finished the tournament as the leading wicket-taker for India and the fifth highest overall, with eighteen dismissals in nine matches.

Bumrah was named in the 'Team of the Tournament' by the ICC and ESPNCricinfo.

Bumrah played his maiden Test match in India in the M A Chidambaram Stadium against England in February 2021 after playing 17 Tests overseas.

Bumrah was named in India's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

Bumrah was one of the only three fast bowlers in the main squad, the other two being Mohammed Shami and the white-ball specialist, Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

In January 2022, during the second innings of the second test of 2021 India-South Africa test series, Bumrah became the Indian bowler with the worst economy rate while defending a target with minimum 100 balls bowled, which was his first test as team India's vice-captain.

In February 2022, Bumrah was named Vice-captain of India for the T20I and Test series against Sri Lanka owing to the unavailability of regular vice-captain KL Rahul.

In March 2022, Bumrah took his maiden Test five-wicket haul in India during the second day night Test against Sri Lanka.

On 1 July 2022, Bumrah captained the Indian Test team against England for the first time instead of Rohit Sharma, who is ruled out due to suffering from COVID-19.

On 2 July 2022, Jasprit Bumrah hit 35 runs in an over bowled by Stuart Broad in Test cricket, beating the 18-year older record set by Brian Lara .

On 17 July 2022, Bumrah became the number 1 ranked bowler in ODIs according to ICC.

Bumrah's run-up is short, the first part of which consists of small, stuttering strides.

Bumrah has an anomalous, stiff-armed action yet generates high pace, and his unusual point of release makes it difficult for the batsmen to read his bowling.

Bumrah have slinging unorthodox, front on bowling action, which puts lots of load on his back and due to it he is suffered back problems and not able to play fo India without interruption in recent times.

Bumrah have very small run-up, which puts lot pressure on his back when he lands, which puts him into the situation of high risk of injuries.

Bumrah is very different from other pace bowlers, which reminds me of another fast bowler of my era, who was very different from everyone else – Jeff Thomson.

Bumrah carved himself a reputation for possessing an uncanny ability to hit the block hole, just like his former Mumbai Indians teammate, Sri Lankan Lasith Malinga.

Bumrah has grown into an asset for the Indian team in the limited-overs format.

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Bumrah is the first Asian bowler to take 5 wickets in a test innings in South Africa, England and Australia during the same calendar year.

Bumrah holds the record for most runs scored in a single over in a Test match, when he scored 35 runs off the bowling of Stuart Broad at Edgbaston in July 2022.