Jasprit Bumrah
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| Full name | Jasprit Jasbirsingh Bumrah | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 6, 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm fast medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 210) | 23 January 2016 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 23 January 2016 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 57) | 26 January 2016 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 12 February 2016 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2012/13–present | Gujarat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–present | Mumbai Indians | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: ESPNcricinfo, 23 January 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jasprit Jasbirsingh Bumrah (born 6 December 1993 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India) is an Indian right-arm fast-medium bowler who plays cricket for India, Gujarat and the Mumbai Indians.
Bumrah made a successful Indian Premier League debut for the Mumbai Indians on 4 April 2013, taking 3/32 against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
In January 2016 he was added to India's Twenty20 International squad for their series against Australia, as a replacement for the injured Bhuvneshwar Kumar.[1] Bumrah made his One Day International debut for India in the same tour against Australia on 23 January 2016, taking two wickets for 40 off 10 overs.[2] He then made impact on his T20 debut with figures of 3-23.
Early and personal life
Jasprit was born in Ahmadabad, Gujarat, India to a Punjabi family. He started his bowling career by playing for Gujarat under 19 team. He made his IPL debut with the Mumbai Indians in 2013. He showed some promise in his bowling with some pace and swing, he has impressed many in the IPL with his bowling figures, in his debut match of IPL 2013 he took 3 wickets for 32 runs against the Royal Challengers Banglore. From a very young age he has been playing cricket, showing very minimal interest in education, Bumrah focused on his cricket and was supported thoughout by his parents.
Domestic cricket
He grabbed eyeballs with his slingy action that has troubled many batsmen. Because of his variety in delivering the ball, Jasprit Bumrah was handed an IPL contract by Mumbai Indians (MI) in 2013 even before he made his first-class debut.
Bumrah plays first-class cricket for Gujarat and he made his debut against Vidarbha during the 2013-14 season. He had a great game indeed, picking up 7 wickets in the match. Eventually, he ended the tournament as the side's leading wicket-taker.
Though he played just a couple of games in IPL-6, his impressive show in the domestic circuit convinced the MI management to buy him back for IPL-7.
Career
A 22-year old Jasprit Bumrah grabbed instant limelight when on the Indian T20 League debut; he finished with figures of 3-32 against the Bangalore franchise. While doing so, he became only the second bowler in the side to pick three wickets on debut. The teenager was signed by the Mumbai for the sixth season of the Indian T20 League in 2013, with just 10 first-class matches in his bag. A right-arm 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. The youngster was quickly offered a lucrative Indian T20 League contract, and Mumbai used him as a secret weapon in their very first game of the tournament. The subsequent year, he was again bought by Mumbai for a whopping 1.2 crores for the 2014 edition of the Indian T20 League.
References
- ↑ "Bumrah replaces Shami in T20 squad". ESPNcricinfo (ESPN Sports Media). 18 January 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
- ↑ Brettig, Daniel. "Bumrah debuts, India send Australia in". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
External links
- Jasprit Bumrah - Cricinfo profile
- Jasprit Bumrah's profile page on Wisden
- Jasprit Bumrah - CricketArchive profile
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