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.
35 Facts About Jasprit Bumrah
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Jasprit Bumrah plays for Gujarat cricket team and Mumbai Indians in first-class cricket and Indian Premier League respectively.
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Jasprit Bumrah made his international debut in January 2016 and quickly established himself as a key player in the Indian team.
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Jasprit Bumrah has been consistently ranked among the top bowlers in the ICC Player Rankings for ODI and T20I bowlers.
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Jasprit Bumrah is known for his ability to take wickets in the death overs, and has been instrumental in India's success in limited-overs cricket in recent years.
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Jasprit Bumrah has several records to his name including the fastest Indian bowler to 50 and 100 wickets in ODIs and the fastest Indian to reach 50 wickets in T20Is.
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Jasprit Bumrah is one of the most successful fast bowlers India has ever produced.
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Jasprit Bumrah was born in a Sikh Punjabi family which settled in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
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Jasprit Bumrah was brought up by his mother Daljit Bumrah, a school teacher in Ahmedabad, Gujarat in a middle-class surrounding.
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Jasprit Bumrah has the best and the most effective yorker among fast bowlers playing international cricket now.
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Jasprit 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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Jasprit Bumrah had finished the year, with 48 wickets, which was a record for Indian bowler in his debut year in Test cricket.
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On 5 June 2019, in India's opening match of the tournament, against South Africa, Jasprit Bumrah played in his 50th ODI match.
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On 6 July 2019, in the match against Sri Lanka, Jasprit 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.
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Jasprit Bumrah finished the tournament as the leading wicket-taker for India and the fifth highest overall, with eighteen dismissals in nine matches.
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Jasprit Bumrah was named in the 'Team of the Tournament' by the ICC and ESPNCricinfo.
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Jasprit Bumrah was named in India's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.
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Jasprit 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.
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In January 2022, during the second innings of the second test of 2021 India-South Africa test series, Jasprit 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.
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In February 2022, Jasprit 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.
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In March 2022, Jasprit Bumrah took his maiden Test five-wicket haul in India during the second day night Test against Sri Lanka.
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On 1 July 2022, Jasprit 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.
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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.
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On 17 July 2022, Jasprit Bumrah became the number 1 ranked bowler in ODIs according to ICC.
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Jasprit Bumrah featured in two of the three T20s against Australia, but was pulled out on the eve of the South Africa series, India's last before the World Cup, after he complained of back pain.
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Jasprit Bumrah gained prominence with his unorthodox action, and hyperextended elbows.
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Jasprit Bumrah's run-up is short, the first part of which consists of small, stuttering strides.
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Jasprit 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.
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Jasprit Bumrah's slinging, unorthodox, front on bowling action, puts lots of load on his back.
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Jasprit Bumrah has a very short run-up, which puts lot pressure on his back when he lands, which puts him into the situation of high risk of injuries.
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Jasprit Bumrah's bowling is not textbook by any means, but it works.
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Jasprit 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.
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Jasprit Bumrah has grown into an asset for the Indian team in the limited-overs format.
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Jasprit 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.
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Jasprit 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.