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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Pujara, his national teammates Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah were nominated for the Sportsman of the Year (Team Sport) award, along with Indian football captain Sunil Chhetri.
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Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram said that Jasprit Bumrah's ability to bowl yorkers at will is what makes him such an effective bowler.
Dada said that Dhoni's batting in Australia is really good news for the Indian team with the all-important World Cup to follow.
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Former India captain Sourav Ganguly said that the Indian pace battery sans Jasprit Bumrah is weak and inexperienced and it could be an area of concern for the visitors in the ODIs versus Australia.
Nannes added that barring a left-arm pace bowler, India have a complete bowling attack as concerns Test cricket.
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India became the first Asian team to win a Test series in Australia.
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