Untold story of Jasprit Bumrah's 'odd action' revealed ahead of ENG vs IND 4th Test
Team India pace spearheaded Jasprit Bumrah continues to dominate the world, maintaining the number 1 ICC Test bowler rankings. South Africa pacer Kagiso Rabada, second place holder of the ladder, 50 points behind Jasprit.
Team India pace spearheaded Jasprit Bumrah continues to dominate the world, maintaining the number 1 ICC Test bowler rankings. South Africa pacer Kagiso Rabada, second place holder of the ladder, 50 points behind Jasprit. Despite a back injury during the previous Border Gavaskar Trophy, he made his comeback strongly and started from the point where he left. Ahead of the 4th match of the ongoing Anderson-Tendulkar trophy, the childhood coach of the India speed-star revealed about the early days when Bumrah first came to the academy.
From his early days Bumrah is maintaining his unusual bowling action. His childhood bowling coach, Trivedi recalled when other boys of the academy reacted to watch Bumrah's 'odd action'. Like the boys, even the coach monitored the bowling action closely to make sure if the action was right or not.
"When Jasprit first came to the nets, he had this odd action. The boys were confused. They were asking me, ‘Is he throwing it or is this a correct action?’ They thought he was throwing it. I observed his action closely for three days. It was absolutely fine — there was nothing ‘chuck’ about it", Trivedi said.
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Academy boys feard to face Jasprit Bumrah
Apart from the bowling action, Bumrah's run up, bowling speed and all surprised Trivedi. At the age of 16, the right-handed bowler could generate the ball with a lot of pace. Seeing all the surprising and effective factors at once, Trivedi asked Bumrah not to change his blowing action at all.
"His run-up was 10 or 12 yards, but he generated so much speed that the boys were afraid to face him because the ball was bouncing so much... I said to Jasprit: ‘You should not change your action. That is your weapon. Don’t change anything about it. You can change your line and length, where you aim the ball. But this is your original action — it’s natural. And you never change natural", he added.
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