Jasprit Bumrah Biography – An Indian International Cricketer AKA “Boom”

Jasprit Jasbirsingh Bumrah (born 6 December 1993) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Indian national cricket team in all formats of the game. In India’s domestic cricket, he plays for the Gujarat cricket team and Mumbai Indians in first-class cricket and Indian Premier League respectively. He is a right-arm fast bowler.

Personal life (Jasprit Bumrah Biography)

Bumrah was born into a Sikh Punjabi family which settled in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Bumrah’s father, Jasbir Singh, died when he was 5 years old. He was brought up by his mother Daljit Bumrah, a school teacher in Ahmedabad, Gujarat in a middle-class surroundings. Daljit made an appearance in the 2019 Netflix documentary Cricket Fever: Mumbai Indians where she was emotional about the cricketing success of her son.

On 15 March 2021, he married model and presenter Sanjana Ganesan in Goa. Hailing from Pune, Maharashtra, Ganesan is a former Miss India finalist and was also a participant in MTV’s Splitsvilla in 2014.

Domestic Cricket

Bumrah played first-class cricket for Gujarat and made his debut against Vidarbha in October 2013 during the 2013–14 season.

A right-arm fast-medium pacer from Gujarat with an unusual bowling action, Bumrah made his T20 debut against Maharashtra in the 2012–13 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and also helped his side clinch the title with his Man of the Match performance. His figures of 3/14 were instrumental to Gujarat’s win over Punjab in the final.

A 19-year-old Bumrah grabbed instant limelight when on his Indian Premier League (IPL) debut, he finished with figures of 3/32 against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Though Bumrah played 2 matches in the Pepsi IPL 2013 for Mumbai Indians, the Mumbai Indians retained him for Pepsi IPL 2014 season.

On 11 December 2020, he scored his maiden first-class half-century (55*) against Australia A during the India tour of Australia.

International Career

In the two matches, the T20I series against West Indies in August 2016, he became the bowler to claim the most wickets (28) in Twenty20 Internationals in one calendar year surpassing the record of Dirk Nannes.

In January 2017, in the second match of the T20I series of England’s 2016–17 India tour, Bumrah picked up two wickets and gave away 20 runs and was awarded the Player of the Match. During the 2017 Sri Lanka tour, Bumrah recorded the most wickets (15) taken by any fast bowler in a bilateral ODI series of five or fewer matches. He is remembered for bowling a no-ball in the final of the Champions Trophy 2017 that resulted in a wicket. The batsman, Fakhar Zaman, went on to score a match-defining century.

In November 2017, he was named to India’s Test squad for their series against South Africa. He made his Test debut for India against South Africa at Newlands in Cape Town on 5 January 2018 In the 3rd Test Match of India Tour of South Africa 2017-18, at Johannesburg, Bumrah took his maiden five-wicket haul in Tests, with the figures of 5/54 from 18.5 overs.

On 12 July 2022, he took 6/19 in a One Day International match against England, India’s best figures against England, and the third best figures for India in ODIs.

On 17 July 2022, Bumrah became the number 1 ranked bowler in ODIs according to ICC.

In August 2022, Bumrah was diagnosed with a stress reaction in his back and was ruled out of India’s Asia Cup campaign later that month. However, in September, Bumrah was declared fit and was picked in India’s T20 World Cup squad. The same squad also featured in India’s build-up to the tournament with home games against Australia and South Africa. Bumrah featured in two of the three T20s against Australia but was pulled out on the eve of the South Africa series, India’s last before the World Cup after he complained of back pain.

Bowling Style

Bumrah gained prominence with his unorthodox action and hyperextended elbows. His run-up is short, the first part of which consists of small, stuttering strides. He has an anomalous, stiff-armed action yet generates a high pace, and his unusual point of release makes it difficult for the batsmen to read his bowling. Indian team often uses him in death overs. He bowls outside the off-stump, Yorkers, and short-length balls frequently.

Bumrah’s slinging, unorthodox, front-on bowling action, puts lots of load on his back. This is possibly the cause for his back problems, which hinder him from representing India without un-interruption in recent times. Experts were often wary of an injury risk due to his unorthodox bowling action. He has a very short run-up, which puts a lot of pressure on his back when he lands, which puts him in a situation of high risk of injuries.

Bumrah is considered one of the fastest Indian bowlers with an average speed of 142 km/h, his fastest being 153 km/h, which he bowled during the first Test match of India Tour of Australia 2018, at the Adelaide Oval, outpacing Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins.

“My all-time favourite bowlers are Mitchell Johnson, Wasim Akram and Brett Lee. I used to watch their videos and learn from them. I have learnt a lot from Johnson, and Malinga too. I try to learn from any senior bowlers who have played international cricket.” – Bumrah.

Mumbai Indians bowling coach and former New Zealand fast bowler Shane Bond said: “Boom’s action, though unique, is repeatable. He has great control.”

Former Indian fast bowler Ashish Nehra also commented on his bowling action:

“What you do in 75–80% of your run-up, nothing matters. It’s the last 15–20%, the last four-five steps, which is the main thing. That is bowling. Bumrah runs differently, but in his last three-four steps – he is loading, front leg, back leg, everything is in alignment, and he is quick through the air.”

Statistics

He is the first Asian bowler to take 5 wickets in a test inning in South Africa, England, and Australia during the same calendar year. He also holds the record for most runs scored in a single over in a Test match, when he scored 35 runs off the bowling of Stuart Broad at Edgbaston in July 2022.

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