Jasprit Bumrah

Jasprit Jasbirsingh Bumrah (born 6 December 1993) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Indian cricket team in all formats of the game.

A right-arm fast bowler with a unique bowling action, Bumrah is widely regarded as one of the best bowlers in the world and as one of the greatest fast bowlers India has ever produced.

He plays for Gujarat in domestic cricket and for Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Bumrah is the fastest Indian pacer to take 150 wickets in Test cricket and the second fastest Indian bowler to reach 100 wickets in One-Day International cricket.

He also holds the record of scoring the highest runs in an over in Test cricket.

, he is the highest-ranked bowler in the ICC Test player rankings and the first bowler to achieve the number one ranking in all three formats of the game.

Bumrah was born on 6 December 1993 into a Sikh Punjabi family in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

His father, Jasbir Singh, ran a chemical business, while his mother, Daljeet Bumrah, worked as a school teacher.

His father passed away when Bumrah was 5 years old due to Hepatitis B.

He was brought up by his mother in Ahmedabad, along with his sister Juhika, in a middle-class environment.

Bumrah attended Nirman High School in Vastrapur, Ahmedabad, where his mother served as the vice principal.

He also played cricket for Nirman's team.

In 2010, Bumrah appeared at the Gujarat Cricket Association's Under-19 district selection trials.

However, the selectors didn't include him in the main squad of 15 but named him as a reserve due to his unconventional bowling action.

After the district team won the first three matches, all three reserve players were given a chance in the fourth three-day match.

Bumrah took seven wickets in that match.

Additionally, he was named in the ICC Men's T20I Team of the Decade for 2011–2020.

Bumrah made his domestic debut in 2012–13 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and also helped his side clinch its maiden title victory.

Bumrah made his T20 debut for Gujarat against Maharashtra in the 2012–13 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, and also helped his side clinch the title with his Man of the Match performance.

His figures of 3/14 were instrumental to Gujarat's win over Punjab in the final.

His first-class debut came against Vidarbha, during the 2013–14 season of the Ranji Trophy.

Bumrah was signed by the Mumbai Indians (MI) for the 2013 season of the IPL.

Since then, he has played for MI, contributing to the team's title wins five times.

He is the second highest wicket-taker for MI, behind Lasith Malinga, with 145 wickets in 120 matches.

On 18 March 2013, during the match against Mumbai, former India coach John Wright, who was then the head coach of Mumbai Indians and scouting for the team at the time, was impressed by Bumrah's performance and invited him to sign up for the franchise.

Bumrah played first-class cricket for Gujarat and made his debut against Vidarbha in October 2013 during the 2013–14 season, where he took seven wickets for 89 runs.

During the 2015–16 Vijay Hazare Trophy, after the first two matches, the umpires called him for throwing and raised objections about his bowling action.

Although the issue was resolved when the team management protested against it.

Gujarat won the trophy, with Bumrah taking a five-wicket haul in the final against Delhi.

Bumrah made his international debut in January 2016 during India's tour of Australia, where he emerged as the highest wicket-taker of the T20I series.

In 2016, he was the highest wicket-taker in a calender year in T20I cricket, with 28 wickets.

Bumrah made his ODI debut in January 2016 against Australia in the last match of the series, where he took his maiden ODI wicket – that of Steve Smith – and finished with figures of 2/40.

He made his T20I debut on the same tour in the first match of the series, taking his maiden T20I wicket – that of David Warner – and finished with figures of 3/23.

He was the highest wicket-taker of the series with six wickets.

His Test debut came in 2018 against South Africa.

, he has served as the vice-captain of the Indian team in Test cricket and has also captained the team once in the absence of regular skipper Rohit Sharma.

He has been named in the ICC Men's Test Team of the Year in 2018 and has also been named to the ICC Men's ODI Team of the Year in 2017 and 2018.

He was awarded the Polly Umrigar Award by the BCCI twice, in 2018–19 and 2021–22.

Also, he was named in the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 2022.

On 11 December 2020, he scored his maiden first class half century (55*) against Australia A during the India tour of Australia.