Jasprit Bumrah turns 32, relive his story:A mother’s struggle, an IPL break a ticket mix-up that led to his ODI debut

There have been many bowlers in Indian cricket, but none were able to make a name for themselves like Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli did in batting. Then in 2016, fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah made his entry, who in just a few years became India’s biggest bowling superstar. When Yorker King Bumrah is on the field, Team India has expectations from him that no other bowler in the world can fulfill. Today, Jasprit Bumrah is celebrating his 32nd birthday. Let’s know some special stories related to his career and life… Lost father at the age of 5 On December 6, 1993, son Jasprit was born to Jasbir Singh and Daljit Bumrah in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. His father Jasbir, who ran a chemical industry business, passed away in 1999 due to illness. Jasprit was just 5 years old then. Then his mother, who was a principal, and elder sister Juhika took care of him. Mother’s sleep made him a yorker expert Bumrah played club cricket in Ahmedabad since childhood and wanted to become a fast bowler from the beginning. In an interview, he revealed that he developed the habit of bowling yorkers at home. Due to the intense heat in summers, his mother would not let him play outside. So, he would bowl at home. During that time, his mother would sleep in the afternoon. Bumrah said that when he used to play, the noise would wake his mother up. Then he noticed that if he hit the ball on the lower corner of the wall, there would be no sound. This way, he started bowling without disturbing anyone. He didn’t know then that this was improving the line and length of his yorker, but gradually his yorker became perfect. This childhood habit of throwing the ball at the corner of the wall later became the strength to deliver precise balls at the corners of the stumps. MI coaches arrived to see Axar, were surprised to see Bumrah Jasprit was performing in junior cricket, but he was not getting a chance to debut for Gujarat. During this time, he continued to play club cricket. In 2012, John Wright, coach of IPL team Mumbai Indians, went to Gujarat to scout talented players. He had heard a lot about Axar Patel. Wright reached Gujarat specifically to see Axar, but in that match, he saw Jasprit, who had a Malinga-like slingy bowling action, bowling. Wright shortlisted both players for the auction. The IPL auction took place on February 3, 2013. Surprising all the teams, Mumbai bought two young players, Axar Patel and Jasprit Bumrah, for 10-10 lakh rupees each. Debuted for the State team after being bought in IPL Bumrah, who could not debut for the senior team in domestic cricket, came into prominence after being sold in the IPL. Gujarat selected Jasprit for the T20 team for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy right after the auction. On March 17, 2013, he made his domestic cricket debut. In his first match against Maharashtra, he took 1 wicket for just 20 runs in his 4 overs, which led Gujarat to win the match by 8 wickets. Very first wicket was that of Virat Kohli Mumbai Indians debuted Bumrah in their very first match of the IPL season. On April 4, in the match against Royal Challengers Bangalore, he faced Team India’s vice-captain Virat Kohli. Virat welcomed him with a boundary on the very first ball. A boundary was hit on the second ball as well, the third ball was a dot, and then Kohli hit another boundary on the fourth ball. Young Bumrah also appeared to be in some trouble after bowling 4 balls, feeling a leg injury. He bowled an inswinger on a good length outside off stump for the fifth ball of the first over. Kohli went for a boundary towards covers, but was caught at mid-off. In the very next over, Bumrah also sent Mayank Agarwal back to the pavilion. He finished his debut match with 3 wickets, but the team lost by 2 runs. In the first IPL season, Bumrah was played in only 2 matches, but the team won the title for the first time in history. However, considering Bumrah’s unique action, Mumbai also bought him in the next IPL mega auction. Selected for India A before ODI debut from Gujarat After his IPL debut, Bumrah was included in Team India for the 2013 Emerging Asia Cup, in which Under-23 teams from all countries participated. Bumrah played only 3 matches, in which he took 2 wickets. Axar Patel, Suryakumar Yadav, and KL Rahul also got a chance in this tournament. India also won the title by defeating Pakistan by 9 wickets in the final. Got a place in Team India 3 years after IPL After getting an opportunity in India A, Bumrah also made his Ranji debut for Gujarat. He could only take 11 wickets in the initial 3 IPLs but the team won another title in 2015. During this period, Bumrah was consistently performing in domestic cricket. In January 2016, Team India had to go to Australia to play a series of 5 ODIs and 3 T20s. Bumrah got a chance in the T20 team along with Hardik Pandya. Flight ticket error led to ODI debut Bumrah was selected for the T20 team, and the series was scheduled to start on January 26. The flight tickets for the other players were booked for January 24, but Bumrah could not get a ticket. Since he had to be sent to Australia, BCCI booked a flight two days earlier, and Bumrah departed for Australia on January 22. Team India’s condition was poor in the ODI series, and the home team was leading 4-0. Indian bowling was performing very poorly. The fifth match was played on January 23; Bumrah had arrived in Sydney just the day before the match. Captain MS Dhoni saw Bumrah bowling in the nets and selected him for the playing XI for the last ODI. Bumrah, who went to Australia to play T20, made his ODI debut. He came to bowl in the 8th over, but couldn’t take a wicket in the initial 2 overs. In the 12th over, he bowled a short-pitched delivery on the fifth ball. Steve Smith went for a pull shot, but the ball went high in the air. Rohit Sharma took an easy catch at the short mid-wicket position, and Bumrah got his first wicket. He took 2 wickets for 40 runs. India also won the match by 6 wickets with the help of Manish Pandey’s century. Shone in his very first T20 series After his ODI debut, Bumrah was played in all matches of the T20 series. As his first wicket, he had David Warner caught by Virat Kohli. He took 3 wickets for 23 runs and led India to a 37-run victory. Bumrah became the top wicket-taker of the series with 6 wickets, and India won the series 3-0. This means that in all the matches Bumrah played on the Australia tour, India won. The action never felt strange Jasprit says about his different bowling action, “Growing up since childhood, I always found my bowling action normal. It was only after joining the National Junior Camp that I realized my action (bowling) was a bit different. There, I had seen a video of my bowling. I was just taking wickets by bowling fast.” I never had a problem with my action, but now I am getting wickets with this very action. This has become my strength. I have learned by watching many bowlers on TV, but I am fortunate that no coach made significant changes to my action. It took 2 years to make Test debut Despite consistent performance in ODIs and T20s, Bumrah was unable to make his Test debut. This was because India was playing most of its matches on home ground during this period. In January 2018, the team had to go to South Africa, where Bumrah was included. He could only take one wicket in the first innings, but it was the wicket of AB de Villiers. Bumrah took 3 wickets in the second innings, but the team lost the match by 72 runs. Bumrah then took 10 wickets in the remaining 2 matches, which included a five-wicket haul in an innings. With its help, the team also won the last match of the series. Married a Sports Presenter Bumrah, who had cemented his place in the team across all three formats, married sports presenter Sanjana Ganesan on March 15, 2021. Few people knew about their wedding. Sanjana has served as a presenter for Star Sports and ICC in sports tournaments. On September 4, 2023, she gave birth to their son, Angad. Gave their all in the ODI World Cup, but couldn’t become champions After the birth of his son, Jasprit Bumrah performed brilliantly in the 2023 ODI World Cup. He conceded runs at an economy of 4.06 in 11 matches and took 20 wickets. He was the team’s second-highest wicket-taker, but India could not win the World Cup. The team lost to Australia by 6 wickets in the final. India won the T20 World Cup after 17 years Just 6 months after the defeat in the ODI World Cup, the T20 World Cup took place in West Indies and America. Here, Bumrah gave runs at an economy of just 4.17 in 8 matches and took 15 wickets. In the final against South Africa, he got the team its first wicket. Then, by bowling Marco Jansen in the death overs, he put the match in India’s pocket. Bumrah took 2 wickets for 18 runs in the final, and this performance played a crucial role in India winning the World Cup final. He was also chosen as the Player of the Tournament. He became only the second Indian after Virat Kohli to win this award. Won 5 IPL titles for Mumbai Bumrah is the only player to become ICC’s number-1 bowler in all three formats: Test, T20, and ODI. He plays IPL for Mumbai and has won 5 titles so far. He was rested from the ongoing ODI series against South Africa in India. However, he will be seen playing the T20 series from December 9. Today is also the birthday of these cricketers Along with Jasprit Bumrah, today is also the birthday of India’s left-arm spin all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, batter Karun Nair, ODI team vice-captain Shreyas Iyer, and former fast bowler RP Singh. Besides them, former England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff, Zimbabwe’s Sean Ervine, and New Zealand all-rounder Glenn Phillips were also born on December 6.