Jasprit Bumrah

Jasprit Bumrah

Jasprit Jasbirsingh Bumrah is an Indian international cricketer. He plays for the Indian national cricket team in all formats of the game. He is the first Asian bowler to take 5 wickets in a test innings in South Africa, England and Australia during the same calendar year. He made his Test debut for India against South Africa in Cape Town on 5 January 2018. In 2018 he took 78 wickets for Mumbai Indians in the IPL.

About Jasprit Bumrah in brief

Summary Jasprit BumrahJasprit Jasbirsingh Bumrah is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Indian national cricket team in all formats of the game. A right-arm fast-medium pacer from Gujarat with an unusual bowling action, he made his T20 debut against Maharashtra in the 2012–13 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He was named in India’s squad for its 2015–16 series against Australia, as a replacement to an injured Bhuvneshwar Kumar. He is the first Asian bowler to take 5 wickets in a test innings in South Africa, England and Australia during the same calendar year. He made his Test debut for India against South Africa in Cape Town on 5 January 2018. In the 2020 IPL, he was instrumental in Mumbai qualifying for the final. He went on to win the 2019 IPL title with Mumbai Indians for a record 4th time while also being adjudged the Man of the Match in the final against Chennai Super Kings.

He has been named in the ODI XI of the year by ESPNCricinfo and in 2017 by Cricbuzz. In 2018 he took 78 wickets for Mumbai Indians in the IPL. He also took his 2nd five-wicket haul in Tests, with figures of 585 from 29 overs, in the 3rd Test of England at Trent Bridge, 2018. He got his maiden Test wicket for 65 runs as he clean bowled AB de Villiers for 65 in the third Test of the South Africa Tour of 2017-18, at Johannesburg. In August 2016, he became the bowler. to claim most wickets in Twenty20 Internationals in one calendar year surpassing the record of Dirk Nannes. In January 2017, he picked up two wickets and gave away 20 runs in the second match of T20I series of England’s 2016–17 India tour.