Tuesday , December 24 2024

How was Jasprit Bumrah discovered? John Wright reveals an old secret

Full credit for Jasprit Bumrah’s irritability goes to John Wright. This former New Zealand cricketer has been the former head coach of Team India. John has also coached Mumbai Indians in IPL. Then John saw Bumrah in Ahmedabad and was impressed by his bowling.

I’ve never seen anything like this before: Wright

John Wright said about Bumrah, ‘I was in Ahmedabad, scouting a domestic T20 competition and I was watching Gujarat playing Mumbai and I saw this kid (Jasprit Bumrah) with an unusual action. Was running and trying to bowl 12 yorkers in a row I thought I had never seen anything like that before, and it was so fast.

Sachin asked these questions about Bumrah

John continued, ‘So I went to Parthiv Patel, who I knew as the India coach, and I said, ‘Who is he?’ Then the IPL auction took place. Bumrah was a part of Mumbai Indians and got a chance to play only two matches in the first season. But since 2014 he has been a regular part of (MI). During this time, ‘God of Cricket’ Sachin Tendulkar was also impressed by Bumrah in the nets of Mumbai Indians. Sachin Tendulkar asked John Wright who is this child? Let us tell you that Sachin has played as a player for Mumbai Indians. He is also seen as a mentor in this franchise.