21 Facts About Jasprit Bumrah That Most Fans Don’t Know About

For Indian cricket, Jasprit Bumrah has been a surprise because he is a death-over expert of the Indian squad. India has always had a bad record in this kind of bowling but powerful batting helps them to win the match. Hence, having Jasprit Bumrah is a blessing for the Indian team. He has a different action style and confuses batsmen with his unusual quick-arm motion.

Here are a few interesting facts about this death-over bowler that most people don’t know about:

1. Jasprit Bumrah was born on 6th December 1993 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat

His full name is Jasprit Jasbir Singh Bumrah and was born in a Sikh family.

2. Lost his father Jasbir Singh at a tender age of 7

Bumrah mother Daljit Bumrah, a school principal raised him single-handedly. He also has a sister, Juhika Bumrah.

3. Wanted to settle in Canada

Like other kids, Bumrah also wanted to move to Canada but soon at the age of 14, he realized his passion for sports and worked very hard to improve at it.

4. His exceptional debut

When he was just 14 years old, he was an expert in fast-medium bowling and started playing for Gujarat in 2013-14 against Vidarbha. With his distinctive sling action, he picked 7 wickets in his first debut match and he was the one who took a number of wickets in the Gujarat Tournament.

5. It was John Wright who noticed him

John Wright, a former Mumbai Indian coach was the first person who noticed the passion for sports in Bumrah during the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He was really impressed by his performance.

6. IPL debut in 2013

His mind-blowing performance in domestic matches got him his dream IPL contract. In 2013, the 19-year-old signed a contract with Mumbai Indians and from then, he never looked back.

7. When he took Virat Kohli’s wicket

Bumrah grabbed everyone’s attention from his first IPL match when he bowled Virat Kohli. Regardless of the boundaries Virat hit, he managed to get him out in the very first over. He did not stop here; he also took 3 wickets against RCB after giving 32 runs and impressed the cricketers like Sachin Tendulkar and Rohit Sharma. Virat is his first and 100th wicket in the IPL.

8. Lasith Malinga’s guidance

Though Bumrah was good at various bowling techniques – yorkers, bouncers, slow ball, etc, he was still very immature and wanted to improve his abilities. He learned a lot under Mumbai Indians’ spearhead, Lasith Malinga’s guidance which helped Bumrah develop as a potential bowler.

9. Retained by Mumbai Indians for a whopping 1.2 Cr in 2014

After playing well in 2013 for Mumbai Indians, he was again bought by the team but after paying a huge amount of 12Cr. Moreover, MI has decided to have him for the upcoming seasons too.

10. International cricket debut in 2016

Bumrah’s ability to perform well in the death and bowl yorkers consistently earned him a place on the Indian team. He played his first game for India in 2016 which was a T-20 against Australia. Bumrah’s debut for India was delayed despite being a regular member of the India-A team since 2014 due to his knee injury. After a gap of almost five months, he came back with a brilliant domestic season, after which he made his debut in IC.

11. Highest wicket-taker in his first international series

In the T-20 series against Australia in 2016, Bumrah played a pivotal role in India cleaning the series 3-0 and finished as the highest wicket-taker in the series.

12. Praised by Australian Player Glenn McGrath

Glenn McGrath praised him for his unorthodox bowling that caused trouble and confused a lot of batsmen. He personally suggested him not to change his bowling style.

13. When his unique style also impressed Dhoni

During the T20 series against Australia, Dhoni was impressed by his unique bowling style and presented him with the title ‘The find of the tour’. Soon, he gained a reputation of his own in the Indian team and became a specialist in the death overs.

14. Test debut record

He became the 290th player of India in Test Cricket by playing the first Test against South Africa. He chose ABD as his first wicket.

15. Record wicket-taker in T20I

He is a record keeper of taking the most number of wickets in T20I in a calendar year in his debut match against the Aussies. In his 2 match series, he surpasses Drik Nannes’ record by taking 28 wickets against West Indies.

16. His love for Dhokla

Being a Sikh, Jasprit loves the Gujrati dish – Dhokla more than Punjabi dishes.

17. Sledged ABD

In 2014, when Bumrah got AB de Villiers out, the young lad became all enthusiastic. He celebrated by giving the legend a fierce send-off. However, he quickly apologized to the star batsman via Twitter after realizing his mistake.

18. Bumrah and Bollywood

The legendary Bollywood actor, Amitabh Bachchan is the favourite actor of Bumrah.

19. Named Vice-captain of India

Owing to the unavailability of regular vice-captain KL Rahul in February 2022, Bumrah was named Vice-captain of India for the Test series against Sri Lanka and the T20I. In March, Bumrah took his first Test five-wicket haul in India.

20. Wisden Five Cricketers of the Year

Bumrah was among the Wisden Five Cricketers of the Year for the year 2022.

21. Jasprit’s wife

Bumrah married Sanjana Ganesan, a sports presenter on TV on 15 March 2021 in Goa.