Bumrah recently had an open chat with Indian glovesman Dinesh Karthik on Sky Sports where the latter asked him about the events that led to him signing an IPL contract with the Mumbai Indians.
The pacer revealed that Wright had come to watch MI’s latest signing Akshar Patel during a T20 fixture between Gujarat and Mumbai. Bumrah said that while he did not pick up a lot of wickets, he bowled decently which impressed Wright. He recalled:
Bumrah added:
Dinesh Karthik was also a part of the Mumbai Indians set-up when Jasprit Bumrah made his debut for the franchise. Karthik recalled how the fast bowler looked extremely confident during the introduction session despite the presence of legendary cricketers like Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, and Jonty Rhodes.
However, Bumrah revealed that he wasn’t really confident while speaking in front of his childhood heroes and it was just a case of him holding his shape at the time.
Bumrah recounted:
Bumrah formed an amazing partnership with Sri Lankan legend Lasith Malinga right from his early days at MI. The Indian pace bowling spearhead recounted how the Sri Lankan veteran came up to him during his first few days with the franchise to offer him a word of encouragement.
He also recalled the conversations he had with Malinga when he was really desperate to play international cricket.
Jasprit Bumrah reveals his favorite mode of dismissal
Jasprit Bumrah shot into the spotlight due to his ability to bowl yorkers at will. It comes as no surprise that hitting the timber with a pinpoint yorker remains his favorite mode of dismissal.
Bumrah recalled that since he played only tennis ball cricket as a child, he was of the impression that bowling the batsman out with a yorker was the only mode of dismissal that existed.
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