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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Yuvraj Singh had a hilarious reaction to Jasprit Bumrah's serious pose as he posted a picture with trophies after the BCCI awards.
India spearhead Jasprit Bumrah on Sunday headlined the BCCI Annual Awards function, grabbing the prestigious Polly Umrigar award apart from annexing the Dilip Sardesai honour for his exploits in international cricket in the 2018-19 season.
While Bumrah nets the biggest prize in the men's category, Poonam Yadav will claim the top prize in women's section and will be awarded the best international cricketer.
While Bangar largely retained the squad that India featured against Bangladesh at home in November, he did put forth a surprising name for the reserve all-rounder.
Bumrah on Friday bagged a solitary wicket which he picked up in the first over of Sri Lanka's innings by dismissing Danushka Gunathilaka for 1 with a short-of-a-length delivery.
Pathan also shared an important piece of advice for the Indian bowling unit on how to bowl in Australian conditions during the World Cup.
India's lead pacer Bumrah is returning to action after a three-month injury lay-off, and the visiting Australians are wary of the threat he could pose in the series starting in Mumbai on January 14.
Jasprit Bumrah is currently tied with R Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal with 52 wickets to his name in T20 Internationals.
Out for four months with a back stress fracture, the 26-year-old Bumrah is that precious diamond in this Indian set-up, which had been wrapped in cotton wool during the rehabilitation period.
India will begin their World T20 preparations against Sri Lanka in the opener of the three-match series at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium.
Bumrah is making a comeback to competitive cricket against Sri Lanka in the opening T20 international here on Sunday.
Bumrah will be playing his first international game since September, when he was sidelined with a back injury.
The spotlight will be on Bumrah who was last seen in the West Indies tour last year where he had finished with an impressive 6 for 27 at Sabina Park.
Jasprit Bumrah has been one of the most accurate bowlers in the world when it comes to bowling yorkers at the death overs.
Jasprit Bumrah ended 2019 as the number one bowler in ODIs while in Test cricket, he finished at the sixth position in the ICC Rankings and is now ready to leave a mark in 2020.
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The Indian team's support staff's unofficial guideline that Bumrah "shouldn't be bowling more than 8 to 9 overs" didn't amuse the Gujarat team management which wants to win a match.
Reports have emerged that BCCI president Sourav Ganguly had asked Jasprit Bumrah to skip the game because he wants the Gujarat pacer to focus on white-ball cricket.
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