There has always been something different about Jasprit Bumrah. And being different has paid off for him in his career so far. As it did in...
There has always been something different about Jasprit Bumrah. And being different has paid off for him in his career so far. As it did in Dubai against Delhi Capitals on Thursday night when Mumbai Indians reached yet another final.
When he was a kid, a short and lean one at that, seniors would not believe that he was a quick bowler. But when he was given a chance, all it needed were a couple of deliveries to make them go: ‘wow, where did that come from?’
When he played for Gujarat in a T20 match for the first time in March 2013, his life changed again because he was different. Because John Wright thought that too, when he saw him bowl for the first time in a T20 match between Gujarat and Mumbai. Here’s a guy who was not ordinary, here’s someone who could bowl fast yorkers at will, someone who the batsmen will have a hard time picking.
Those yorkers that caught the eye of Wright that day, came in the last couple of overs of the innings. Like yorkers usually do. That’s where they belong. In the morbidly named death overs in a match. That’s when bowlers have the rhythm behind them to execute them. That is...
