Jasprit Bumrah, also known as Jasprit Jasbir Singh Bumrah, is a famous Indian cricket player who represents the Indian cricket team in ODI (One Day International) and T20I (Twenty20 International) matches. Let’s know more about the personal and professional life of this right-arm fast medium bowler of the Indian cricket team.
Biography/Wiki
Jasprit Singh Bumrah was born on Monday, December 6, 1993, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India (30 years; age as of 2023). Mumbai Indians coach John Wright first noticed his talent and helped him get into the Mumbai Indians team. Since his action is a bit unorthodox, it’s difficult for batsmen to read his movements. He surprised almost everyone by using different bowling techniques. In such a short span of time, he earned the reputation of “The King of Yorkers” and “The Death of Bowling” for his lethal yorkers.
appearance
Jasprit is approximately 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighs 68 kg. His chest is about 38 inches and his biceps are about 14 inches. He has dark brown eyes and black hair.
family and caste
Jasprit Singh Bumrah belonged to the Sikh Ramgarhia family.
Parents and siblings
His father Jasbir Singh was an industrialist and his mother Daljit Kaur was the principal of Nirman High School in Ahmedabad. He lost his father when he was 7 years old. Later, his mother raised him alone. His sister Juhika Bumrah is a teacher at Zebal Children’s School in Ahmedabad.
Jasprit Bumrah childhood photos
Relationships and Wife
He is rumored to be in a relationship with Telugu actress Raashi Khanna.
Jasprit’s rumored girlfriend Raashi Khanna
On March 15, 2021, he married TV presenter Sanjana Ganesan.
Jasprit Bumrah and Sanjana Ganesan’s wedding photos
The two have a son named Angad Jasprit Bumrah, who was born on September 4, 2023.
Profession
Jasprit attended Nirman High School in Ahmedabad. At the age of 14, he decided to become a cricketer. In 2012, he started playing as a bowler for the Gujarat under-19 team. He made his T20 debut against Maharashtra in the 2012-2013 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 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 a total of 32 runs against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), becoming the second man to take three wickets on debut wicket bowler. In the same year, he made his debut against Vidarbha Cricket Team in Gujarat and took 7 wickets in the match and became the player who took the most wickets that season. Due to his stellar performance in IPL 6, the Mumbai Indians management once again bought him for IPL 7 for Rs 12 crore.
Jasprit started his international career in 2016. His first ODI was against Australia in Sydney on January 23, 2016; and his T20I debut was also against Australia in Adelaide on January 26, 2018. After this T20I tournament, he became the second-ranked T20I bowler in the world.
His jersey numbers are #93 (India) and #93 (IPL, County Cricket). On July 2, 2022, he set a world record by hitting 29 runs in a single match against English bowler Stuart Broad. The record was previously held by Brian Lara, who scored 28 runs against South African left-arm spinner Robin Peterson in a Test match in 2003-04. In February 2024, he became the first Indian fast bowler to top the order in Tests.
salary
Like in 2018, his retention fee is Rs 7 crore, Test fee is Rs 15 lakh, ODI fee is Rs 6 lakh and T20 fee is Rs 3 lakh.
Favorites
- 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.
fact
- In 2013, former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar made his debut for Mumbai Indians.
- Jasprit did not score any scores in his first 35 international matches, but he took over 50 wickets.
- Apart from playing cricket, he also enjoys listening to music.
- According to him, Sri Lankan cricketer Lasith Malinga taught him bowling.
- He loved playing against Pakistan and Australia.
- Jasprit’s grandfather, Santokh Singh Bumrah, had not seen him since his father’s death. He was once a successful businessman who owned three factories in Gujarat. Due to an unfortunate turn of events, he now relies on auto-rickshaws to make ends meet. Santokh Singh Bumrah has accused his daughter-in-law of having an “unhappy” relationship.
- In June 2017, when Jaipur police used a meme of him without the ball on Pakistan’s Fakhar Zaman during the ICC Champions Trophy final, he was outraged and took to Twitter to express his displeasure .
@traffic_jpr Well done Jaipur Traffic Police, it shows how much respect you get after trying your best for the country. pic.twitter.com/y0PU6v9uEc
— Jasprit Bumrah (@Jaspritbumrah93) June 23, 2017
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