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 translated Siraj's speech from Hindi to English as the latter talked about their performance in the Test match. At one point, the duo shared a hilarious moment as Bumrah tried to remind Siraj about his role as a translator when the latter tried to answer questions in English.
Team India achieved their first-ever win in Tests in Cape Town in their seventh appearance at the venue as the visitors levelled the two-match series 1-1. The match was completed in 107 overs, which is the shortest for a Test that ended in a result as India won by 7 wickets on Day 2 itself.
Jasprit Bumrah was on fire yet again as he picked up his second five-wicket haul at Newlands in Cape Town, a venue where he made his Test debut six years ago in 2018. India bowled out South Africa for just 176 in the second innings and will need 79 runs to chase to win first-ever Test in Cape Town.
Dean Elgar finished as the eighth-leading run-getter for South Africa in Test cricket history. The southpaw played 86 games for his country across 11 years and scored 5347 runs with the help of 14 centuries and 23 half-centuries.
Not many expected India to skittle South Africa for just 55 runs but the trio of Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah shared 10 wickets between them. The batters were never let off the hook at any stage during the session as South Africa crumbled under pressure.
The place where it all started for Jasprit Bumrah in Test cricket, the Indian pacer returns to that very place, the Newlands in Cape Town. The importance of the Test match is second to none given the series is on the line and Bumrah will be eager to make it count.
Jasprit Bumrah, who was the best bowler for India in the series opener in Centurion, tried his hand at off-spin during the training ahead of the second Test against South Africa. India will be looking to level the series in Cape Town after suffering a defeat by an innings and 32 runs.
India are 0-1 behind in the two-match Test series against South Africa having lost the opening game by an innings and 32 runs. Bumrah made his Test debut at the Newlands in Cape Town back in the New Year Test in 2018 and returns to the same venue with a record to aim.
The ongoing first Test between India and South Africa is interestingly poised at the moment. After posting a competitive 245 on the board in the first innings, the visitors desperately needed a wicket at 104/1 and Kohli's hilarious actions provided the breakthrough for India.
Having failed on the previous eight occasions, the Indian cricket team is on a mission to claim its first Test series win in South Africa. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are back in action on the international scene after India's heartbreaking loss to Australia in the ODI World Cup final.
One of the world's best bowlers Jasprit Bumrah is known to wreak havoc on the best batters but is also famous for his short run-up and how can generate so much pace from just that. Now, India's golden boy Neeraj Chopra has a suggestion for Bumrah on ways he has can increase his pace.
India defeated Australia 4-1 in the recently concluded five-match T20I series with a thrilling six-run win in the final match in Bengaluru. Axar Patel was the hero for India yet again as his all-round skills came to the fore for the men in blue.
The BCCI announced three different Team India squads for the multi-format tour of South Africa. This will be the first time that the Indian team will be playing a Test match since July and there have been some significant changes in the squad from the one that played in the West Indies.
With ODI World Cup done and dusted, the focus now shifts on the other two formats - Tests and T20Is. India will be facing Australia in five-match T20I series starting from November 23 and will resume playing Tests next month in South Africa.
India are chasing their third ODI World Cup title and have Australia in front of them in the summit clash. Australia are also looking to add to their tally of ODI World Cup titles, having already won five titles in the past.
The 23-year-old New Zealand all-rounder is leading the scoring chart in the ICC World Cup 2023 with 565 runs in nine innings and has also taken five wickets to all but confirm his team's qualification for the semi-finals.
Jasprit Bumrah gave India a sensational start with in-form Pathum Nissanka's wicket on the first ball of the innings. Mohammed Siraj and Mohammed Shami also contributed as India produced the best-ever figures in powerplay overs of the ODI game.
India are in ominous form in the ongoing World Cup. They have won all of their six matches thus far and are second on the points table with 12 points to their credit. The Men in Blue need just one win to advance to the semis.
Pakistan seemed to have found themselves in their comfort zone bowling first against a weak opposition in Bangladesh as Shaheen Afridi gave the Men in Green a terrific start in the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 match in Kolkata on Tuesday, October 31.
Jasprit Bumrah has equalled India's legendary allrounder Kapil Dev in terms of the most wickets taken by an Indian in ODI World Cup history. Bumarh has grabbed 28 scalps and recorded the feat in his 13th World Cup game. On the other hand, Kapil took 26 matches to snare 28 scalps in the tournament.
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