Jasprit Bumrah has been one of India’s premium bowlers in all formats in the past few years. Ever since his debut in 2016, Bumrah had helped India in many victories which were memorable. Bumrah was recorded to be at his best during India’s campaign at the 2024 T20 World Cup.
In the bowling department, be it a bouncer, a spin, or a yorker, Bumrah initiates every ball with elegance. This makes him a perfect package as a bowler. Surprisingly, he has not taken much of a formal training and used to learn fast bowling through television in the early time of his cricketing days.
Bumrah recently has revealed that since he didn’t have any proper action for bowling, he used to watch TV and copy whoever would take wickets.
“I didn’t get a lot of formal training and my mother also didn’t want me to play cricket till I finished Class X because she thought that I would not be able to focus on my education, so the only way that I could learn was through televisions. As a child, I used to copy whoever took wickets because I didn’t have my own proper action,” said Bumrah.
“I think that jumbled up and became something interesting that I have now. But yes, I was fascinated by left arm bowlers as well. I used to try and bowl with my left arm. I am ambidextrous, so I can do that but obviously there is a pace difference,” he added.
Bumrah is known for his wicket taking deadly Yorkers, when asked about it he said it’s the first delivery he observed in cricekt.
“I watched a lot of television and this delivery is like a cinematic thing, so for a youngster, it’s exciting. It’s probably the first delivery I observed in cricket,” he said.
“That’s how I developed it and when I came into serious cricket, I realised that I have a skill. But along with that I cannot be a one-trick pony,” he said.
“The narratives can change every now and then but in my head, I have a lot of confidence that I am good …. As a child, I fell in love with fast bowling and I wanted to make my team win,” he said.
