Mumbai Indians news: Jasprit Bumrah credits Rohit Sharma with IPL breakthrough

Mumbai Indians superstar Jasprit Bumrah has lauded the impact of franchise and national team skipper Rohit Sharma on his career.

Bumrah says the backing of Rohit gave him confidence and helped him make a name for himself in the sport.

Rohit’s calm assurance is what Bumrah singled out as his best leadership quality.

Bumrah is happy to play for Mumbai and India under Rohit thanks to their excellent understanding of one another.

“It’s been very good (Relationship) since the early days.

“When I came into the side, Ricky Ponting was the captain but I was not playing regularly. But under Rohit, I did. He had a lot of confidence in me, he instilled confidence,” Bumrah said in an appearance on Ravichandran Ashwin’s Youtube channel.

“He saw me bowling in the nets and the skills that I have.

“He always backed me, told me to believe in myself.

“Whenever in the initial stages as well, he had a lot of trust in me.

“He would give me the important overs.

“It’s been the same relationship.

“Now we have reached a stage he doesn’t even tell me things.

“He will tell ‘you set the field on your own, if you have any changes, tell me, I will do that’. He has had that trust because I have made things work.

“Somedays, things might not go well, but he always has kept the atmosphere in our team very simple and calm,” Bumrah added.

Bumrah has become a central player for both the Mumbai Indians and the India national team picking up 130 wickets in 106 IPL matches at an impressive average of 23.03. He has taken 67 wickets in Twenty20 Internationals at an impressive 19,89 while also bagging 113 wickets in both Tests and ODIs.

The fast bowler said that Rohit had evolved as a skipper just as their relationship developed while remaining the same calming