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.
Read MoreBumrah has been the best bowler of the series so far despite so much focus on the spinners. But his workload management has come into the picture after playing three consecutive matches. Moreover, he has also been playing continuously and was also part of South Africa tour.
Team India thrashed England by 434 runs in the third Test in Rajkot after the visitors were bowled out for 122 in their second innings. Babar Azam, on the other hand, became the first batter to score 3,000 PSL runs. Here are the top 10 trending news stories from the sporting world on February 19.
Team India vice-captain Jasprit Bumrah is set to be rested for the fourth Test of the five-match series against England in Ranchi. India have a 2-1 lead in the series after the hosts handed England a 434-run hammering in the third Test in Rajkot.
Jasprit Bumrah's wife and sports presenter Sanjana Ganesan was not going to take any hate comments from trolls about her body as she gave a fitting response to one of them on her Valentine's Day post. Bumrah and Sanjana became parents to a baby boy in September last year.
R Ashwin is one shy of completing 500 scalps in his Test career. He was left stranded on 499 wickets after the Indian pace attack made light work of the English tail in the second Test match in Visakhapatnam.
Jasprit Bumrah was crowned the No.1 Test bowler following his heroics against England in the second Test in Vizag. Bumrah became the first Indian pacer to be ranked No.1 in Tests and the second Indian to be ranked No.1 in all three formats of the game.
Jasprit Bumrah was adjudged the Player of the Match (POTM) for his match-winning figures of 6/45 in the first and 3/46 in the second innings of the Vizag Test against England. He is the first Indian fast bowler to claim the No. 1 spot in the ICC Test rankings.
"No doubt Bumrah is very good, but we have come up against very good bowlers all through the last 18 months or so and found ways to counter them and that is what we have got to do in this one," Brendon McCullum said.
The star pacer produced his best figures at home by taking nine wickets against England in the second Test match and claimed the Player of the Match award. The management is considering resting Bumrah to keep him fresh for the last two matches in the series.
Indian pacer took six wickets to bowl out England on 253 in their first innings at the Vizag Test and also completed 150 wickets in red-ball cricket. Bumrah became the fastest Indian pacer to reach the 150-wicket mark in Tests and set another huge milestone on Saturday.
After a sensational double ton by Yashasvi Jaiswal, India also dominated with a ball to take a staggering 171-run run lead at the end of Day 2's play at the Vizag Test. Jasprit Bumrah produced his best figures in Tests in India with six wickets to bowl out England on 253.
India bundled out England for just 253 runs in the first innings helping the hosts take a massive 143-run lead. Jasprit Bumrah was the hero for the home side as he ran through the visiting line-up with a brilliant six-wicket haul and tumbled records for fun.
Jasprit Bumrah completed 150 Test wickets as he ripped apart England's star-studded batting lineup with five wickets in the first innings of the second Test match at Visakhapatnam's ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium on Saturday.
Jasprit Bumrah got rid of England's premier batter Joe Root for a record eighth time in Test cricket as the latter departed after scoring just five runs.
Jasprit Bumrah displayed his class in the India vs England first Test in Hyderabad. He was clinical with the ball in the second innings, taking four wickets in a spinners' disappointing run.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) pulled up Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah for "deliberately stepping in Ollie Pope's way as he went for a run" during the first Test in Hyderabad. Bumrah was slapped with a fine and a demerit point for the error. England took a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.
Ollie Pope scored his maiden Test hundred against India by smashing 148* on Day 3 of the first Test match at Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. Pope's hundred and Ben Foakes' 34 off 81 helped England take a 126-run lead at the end of the day's play on Saturday.
Jasprit Bumrah got two quick wickets in succession on the third day of the India vs England 1st Test. The Indian speedster got rid of Ben Duckett and Jor Root with two brilliant deliveries. He set-up Root's dismissal with a jaffa reverse swing ball.
England have been bundled out for 246 runs in the first innings in the ongoing opening Test match in Hyderabad. Ben Stokes played a masterly knock of 70 runs to help the visitors recover from a precarious position on 137/6 in the second session. Bumrah finished the innings picking up Stokes' wicket.
Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah is looking forward to taking on England in the upcoming five-match Test series. Bumrah admitted that England are playing an exciting and aggressive brand of cricket but that means he as a bowler will be in the game and has an opportunity to take wickets.
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