How Jasprit Bumrah Was Discovered: Jasprit Bumrah is currently the number one bowler in Test cricket. He has spread the flag of his ability all over the world. Many veterans also believe that in the current era of cricket, Bumrah is the best fast bowler in the world. Now on the discovery of Bumrah, former Team India coach John Wright made a big revelation and told how he came in his sight. Mumbai Indians played a very important role in Bumrah’s success.
Let us tell you that John Wright saw Jasprit Bumrah for the first time during a domestic T20 match in 2013. In that match being played in Ahmedabad, Bumrah was playing for Gujarat against Mumbai.
In one of his interviews, John Wright said, “I saw that kid with an unusual bowling action who was trying to bowl yorkers all 12 balls. I thought I had never seen anything like that before. He was fast.”
After this, Wright took information from Gujarat captain Parthiv Patel. Parthiv said he is boom. We signed him immediately. At that time you did not need to know about the auction.
After this, Wright made Bumrah bowl to Sachin Tendulkar during the practice session. After practice, Sachin asked Wright who is this child? It is difficult to pick him up. During that time, Wright felt that he was successful.
Wright further said, “Despite a good start, Bumrah faced difficulties in his early season, as he played only a few matches in 2013. It was not an overnight success.
Then in 2014, Bumrah emerged as an important bowler for Mumbai. Along with John Wright, Mumbai Indians also played an important role in discovering Bumrah. It was only after playing in Mumbai that the door was open for Bumrah to join Team India.”
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