Jasprit Bumrah aka Jasprit Jasbir Singh Bumrah is a famous Indian cricketer who represents Indian cricket team in ODI (One Day International) and T20I (Twenty20 International). Let’s see more about the personal and professional life of Indian Cricket team’s right-armed medium fast bowler.
Biography/Wiki
Jasprit Singh Bumrah was born on 6 December 1993 (28 years old; age in 2021) in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. The coach of Mumbai Indians, John Wright, first noticed his talent and helped him join the Mumbai Indians team. Due to his somewhat unorthodox action, a batsman finds it difficult to read him. He uses a different bowling technique which amazes almost everyone. In such a short period of time, he has earned the name ‘King of Yorkers’ and ‘Death Over Bowling’ for his lethal deliveries of yorkers.
Physical appearance
Jasprit is about 5′ 11” tall and weighs 68 kg. His chest is around 38 inches and his biceps are 14 inches. He has dark brown eyes and black hair.
Family & Caste
Jasprit Singh Bumrah belongs to Ramgarhia Sikh family.
Parents & Siblings
He was born to Jasbir Singh, an industrialist, and Daljit Kaur, principal at Nirman High School, Ahmedabad. He lost his father when he was only 7 years old. His mother, then, raised him alone. He has a younger sister Juhika Bumrah, a teacher at Zebar School for Children, Ahmedabad.
Childhood photos of Jasprit Bumrah
Relationships & Wives
He is rumored to be in a relationship with Telugu actress Raashi Khanna.
Jasprit’s rumored girlfriend, Raashi Khanna
On 15 March 2021, he married Sanjana Ganesan, a TV presenter.
Wedding photos of Jasprit Bumrah and Sanjana Ganesan
The duo has a son named Angad Jasprit Bumrah, who was born on September 4, 2023.
Career
Jasprit did his schooling at Nirman High School, Ahmedabad. When he was 14, he decided to become a cricketer. In 2012, he started playing as a bowler for the Gujarat Under-19 team. In the 2012-2013 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, he played the first T20 match against Maharashtra and won the Man of the Match award.
Kishore Trivedi was Jasprit’s coach when he was still in school.
Jasprit’s childhood coach, Kishore Trivedi
In 2013, he started playing for Mumbai Indians (MI) which was also his IPL debut. In his first IPL match, he took 3 wickets for 32 runs against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and became the second bowler to pick three wickets on his debut. In the same year, he made his first-class cricket debut for Gujarat against the Vidarbha cricket team where he took 7 wickets in the match and became the highest wicket-taker that season. Due to his impressive performance in IPL 6, Mumbai Indians management bought him, again, for IPL 7 in 1.2 crores.
Jasprit started his International career in 2016. His ODI debut was against Australia on 23 January 2016 in Sydney; while his T20I debut was also against Australia on 26 January 2018 in Adelaide. After this T20I tournament, he was ranked 2nd T20I bowler in the world.
His jersey numbers are #93 (India) and #93 (IPL, County Cricket). Hindus On 2 July 2022, he created a world record after he scored 29 runs from his bat in a match against English bowler Stuart Broad. Earlier, the record was held by Brian Lara who scored 28 runs against South African left-arm spinner Robin Peterson in a Test match in 2003-04.
Salary
As in 2018, its Retention Fee is ₹7 crore, Test Fee is ₹15 lakh, ODI Fee is ₹6 lakh and T20 Fee is ₹3 lakh.
Favourite
- Jasprit likes to eat Dhokla.
- His favorite batsmen are Sachin Tendulkar, AB de Villiers and Virender Sehwag.
- Bumrah admires Colin Croft, Lasith Malinga, and Zaheer Khan.
Facts
- In 2013, former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar gave him his maiden cap for Mumbai Indians.
- Jasprit did not make any runs in his first 35 international matches, but he took more than 50 wickets.
- Apart from playing cricket, he enjoys listening to music.
- According to him, Sri Lankan cricketer Lasith Malinga taught him how to bowl.
- He loves playing against Pakistan and Australia.
- His paternal grandfather, Santokh Singh Bumrah, has not met him since Jasprit’s father’s death. He was, once, a successful businessman and owned three factories in Gujarat. Due to an unfortunate incident, he, now, rides a rickshaw to meet his needs. Santokh Singh Bumrah accused his son-in-law of a ‘sour relationship.’
- In June 2017, when Jaipur Police used his no ball meme on Pakistan’s Fakhar Zaman in the final of the ICC Champions Trophy, he was furious and showed his displeasure on Twitter.
@traffic_jpr well done Jaipur traffic police this shows how much respect you have after giving your best for the country. pic.twitter.com/y0PU6v9uEc
— Jasprit Bumrah (@Jaspritbumrah93) June 23, 2017
Categories: Biography
Source: SCHOOL TRANG DAI
