Inspiring story of Jasprit Bumrah
Jasprit Jasbirsingh Bumrah is the right arm fast medium bowler of India’s International cricket team and is also known as yorker king. He is the first Asian bowler to take 5 wickets in a test innings in South Africa, England and Australia during the same calendar year. He also holds the record for most runs scored in a single over in a Test match, when he scored 35 runs off the bowling of Stuart Broad at Edgbaston in July 2022. But this success was not easy for him, he came across any hurdles and this makes his story an inspiration for people.
Bumrah was born in a Sikh Punjabi family which settled in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasprit_Bumrah Bumrah's father, Jasbir Singh, died when he was 5 years old. After which Bumrah’s mother raised both of his children. After the father’s death, the financial condition of the house had deteriorated, his mother was running his family’s expenses in some way. But Bumrah still did not lose his attachment to bowling.
Bumrah’s mother was a teacher in a primary school and Jaspreet also studied in the same school. After coming home from school, Bumrah started bowling on the wall itself, due to which the mother’s scolding also had to be heard. His mother did not allow Bumrah to go outside for fear of a deteriorating health.
After his father passed away, Bumrah did not have money to buy shoes, due to which he used to wear the same clothes and shoes daily, but in such circumstances, he did not let his dream break, but hard work on the strength of this, he kept moving forward. Because he had confidence in his ability, his time will come one day when he will rule the hearts of millions of fans.
After which he got an opportunity to train at MRF Pace Foundation, here the fast bowlers are trained. During this training, Jasprit did one day and night and seeing his superb bowling, he got a chance to play in the Gujarat Under-19 team. He surprised the audience by taking 7 wickets and performing well during his first match.
After the same performance, he also got a chance to play in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and during this tournament Mumbai Indians coach John Wright saw him bowling. To his surprise, coach John Wright decided to play Bumrah for the Mumbai Indians in the IPL. In his first match of the IPL, Bumrah scored 2 wickets in 32 runs against Royal Challengers Bangalore and ensured his place in the team by taking the wicket of Virat Kohli.
In 2013-14 against Vidarbha he made his debut as the first-class cricketer by picking 7 wickets in a match. This made him holder of the title of the leading wicket taker.
Bumrah also suffered a serious injury during the Duleep Trophy in 2014, after which he also had to undergo his knee surgery. The day was full of difficulties for Bumrah, he thought he might never be able to bowl. But he did not give up, after some time of treatment, he again returned to the field with hard work and brightened the name of the country. Today he is named one of the millionaire cricketers.