Watch: Young Boy's Bowling Action Goes Viral, Wasim Akram Says "Exactly Like Jasprit Bumrah"

17.07.2024 - 05:57 sports.ndtv.com

Jasprit Bumrah was one of the main architects in India's T20 World Cup 2024. Bumrah scalped 15 wickets and won the Player of the Tournament award.

The performance was another validation of Bumrah's consistent impact in Indian cricket over the past few years. He has got admirers around the world.

With a unique action, Bumrah bowled over many experts. But now a young boy is winning praises on social media because of his unique action.

Even the great Wasim Akram shared the boy's video and wrote: "Wah jee wah look at that control and action exactly like the great @Jaspritbumrah93 video of the day for me. #crickethavenoboundiers." Wah jee wah look at that control and action exactly like the great @Jaspritbumrah93 video of the day for me . #crickethavenoboundiers https://t.co/Ut215HD3iB Not just in T20Is but Bumrah is equally effective in ODIs and Tests as well.

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Former India head coach Ravi Shastri stopped just short of calling Jasprit Bumrah a magician with the ball and said the pacer's standout moments in the T20 World Cup in the Americas were India managing to thwart Pakistan's charge in the group stage and Rohit Sharma's side pulling the rabbit out of the hat in the final against South Africa. India managed to defend a paltry 119 in their Group A clash against the arch-rivals, winning the contest by six runs with Bumrah changing the momentum of the game by getting rid of the dangerous Mohammad Rizwan to send Pakistan into a free fall when they were chugging along nicely at 80/3.

Ravichandran Ashwin Given Warning At Non-Striker's End By Bowler - Video Goes Viral

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MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli And Rohit Sharma Snubbed As Jasprit Bumrah Picks Greatest Ever India Captain

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"Scared Of Sachin Tendulkar": Ex-Pakistan Star's Blunt Admission, Recalls Wasim Akram's Advice

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Team India is ready to face Sri Lanka in a white-ball series, which will kick-start from Saturday with a three T20I matches. After the retirement of skipper Rohit Sharma from the shortest format, there was a lot of chatter regarding a perfect replacement for the captaincy. As it appeared, all-rounder Hardik Pandya was looking like an obvious choice but the newly-appointed head coach Gautam Gambhir and chief selector Ajit Agarkar named batter Suryakumar Yadav as the captain for the T20Is against Sri Lanka.