Jasprit Bumrah is considered one of the best pacers in the world cricket while Shami opened up about his initial reaction on seeing Bumrah bowl for the very first time and revealed that “it felt a bit strange”.
India’s right-arm pacer Jasprit Bumrah is considered one of the best pacers in the current era of cricket and is also best known for his bowling action which is very different from other pacers in cricket.
Bumrah made his debut in international cricket for team India in January 2016, in an ODI match against Australia, and hasn’t looked back since then.
While talking to the Indian Express, Bumrah’s India teammate Mohammad Shami opened up about his initial reaction on seeing him bowl for the very first time and revealed that “it felt a bit strange”.
“The first time I saw him was during the IPL. It felt a bit strange seeing him because of his bowling action. I wondered how someone could bowl so fast with that action and where he got the power from. When he got drafted into the Indian team, I knew him better. He performed and became part of the Test team. Today, you see a different Jasprit Bumrah. He has such control, he has everything”,
said Shami.
Bumrah gathered national attention for his presence in the Indian Premier League (IPL) with Mumbai Indian (MI). He made his IPL debut in 2013 from Mumbai Indians and has so far collected 130 wickets in 106 games in the tournament. He is also tenth in the rank of highest wicket-takers in the IPL.
He also made his T20I debut in 2016 and then played his first international test match in 2018 against South Africa.
Shami also acclaimed Bumrah’s ability to bowl Yorkers and said that he would love to have that skill “from him”.
“The one thing I would love to have from him is his yorker. Such a lovely ball. It’s fun to bowl together. With the kind of Test match bowling we have now, I don’t think we ever had such a period in our cricketing history. If you look at our graph for the last five years, I feel it is the highest”,
he said.
“I enjoy bowling with Jassi, Umesh, Ishant, and all of them. We know each other’s abilities. The best quality of this bowling unit is that whenever someone is down, we lift each other and give confidence. These are the things one remembers in life. We walk together through thick and thin”,
he further added.