With an awkward action, Jasprit Bumrah never fails to deceive the best of batsmen. Within no time, he has become the captain's first-choice opening and death bowler across all the three formats. Representing Gujarat in the domestic cricket, Bumrah bowls for Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL). It won't be unfair to credit Sri Lanka's veteran speedster Lasith Malinga for Bumrah's success in international cricket. Having played together for Mumbai in the IPL, Bumrah has learnt a lot from the million-dollar arm-pacer, who has an equally odd bowling action. He first played for India in an ODI match on January 23, 2016, at Sydney. His T20I debut too came soon after as he took the field against the same opponents at Adelaide on January 26, 2016. The Ahmedabad-born fast bowler had to wait for two years before debuting in the longest format of cricket. Bumrah's Test debut came in January 2018 at Cape Town.
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Bumrah bowled a 10-ball over mostly comprising bouncers and one of them hit Anderson on the helmet.
The former India pacer lavished praise on seamer Jasprit Bumrah for his all-round show in India's win over England in the Lord's Test.
Sridhar revealed that Anderson was angry because Bumrah was bowling at him with a relatively quicker speed than the others.
"Bumrah is a competitive fast bowler but wouldn't want to intentionally hurt anyone," said Sridhar during a chat on R Ashwin's Youtube channel.
Shami (52 batting, 67 balls) might have just given India an outside chance of even winning this Test match with an overall lead of 259 runs and a maximum 64 overs left in the game
Bumrah's return to form after a lacklustre performance in the World Test Championship (WTC) final was one of the high points for India in the first Test which ended in a draw.
Jasprit Bumrah improved 10 slots to grab ninth place among bowlers after a match haul of nine for 110 in the Nottingham Test.
Bumrah remained wicket-less in the World Test championship final against New Zealand which India lost, but made a strong comeback in the first Test.
Bumrah endured a below-par WTC final against New Zealand and was also not effective when he played a couple of Tests against England in India on unhelpful tracks.
After a wicketless outing in the WTC final, Bumrah returned to form with a bang, registering figures of 4/46 and 5/64 against England in the 1st Test.
In the time left during the penultimate hour, India scored 52 for one with Stuart Broad dismissing KL Rahul (26 off 38 balls) with a beauty. Rohit Sharma and Cheteshwar Pujara were unbeaten on 12 each.
Jasprit Bumrah picked up four wickets for 46 runs, Mohammed Shami had 3/28, while Shardul Thakur bagged 2/41 as England collapsed for just 183.
Bumrah bowled the full first over of the day with the wrong jersey before rushing back to the dressing room to change it.
India's bowling coach Bharat Arun also highlighted Bumrah's peculiar bowling style, saying that the Ahmedabad-born's action makes it hard for batsmen to pick his deliveries early.
Bumrah was shown a number of pictures from his childhood as well as his playing career, as Ganesan asked him to go through each of them and recall the memories.
Balaji talked about the big change in Indian cricket over the past few years under the captaincy of Virat Kohli.
In an exclusive interview with India TV, Mohammed Shami said that Jasprit Bumrah allows him to bowl without "being worried about the other end."
Bumrah, who has so far played 19 Tests, said that Bond assisted him a lot in broadening his horizon which in turn helped him blossom as a cricketer.
Bumrah is expected to lead the Indian pace attack in the upcoming World Test Championship final against New Zealand and the subsequent away series in England.
The 29 completed matches at the halfway stage of the tournament provided ample breathtaking performances to select the best XI from the season so far.
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