How Jasprit Bumrah mastered the art of toe-crushing yorkers | Parami News

If there is an art in bowling, it’s a yorker, Josprit Bumrah has mastered it. Essentially in a cricket crazy nation, India is known for strike-bowling and, when it comes to striking, one can hardly beat Bumrah who can come in and destroy line ups. He is able to strike at the toe and send the stumps flying everywhere. This makes him in-fact a nightmare to batters everywhere.

Meanwhile, ahead of the opening Test, India’s new head coach Gautam Gambhir also shared his views on Bumrah and termed him as “the best fast bowler in the world in all formats”.

And what is Bumrah that other fast bowlers in the world don’t have?

India wicket keeper Parthiv Patel who has been a witness to the transformation of fast bowler Bumrah has provided some answers to the broadcaster’s question about his meteoric rise.

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Bumrah has been outstanding in the opening test match played against Bangladesh in Chennai.

After India scored 376 runs while batting first, it was now time for the highlight of the game when Bumrah came out to bowl. He picked up 4 wickets with 2 of them coming off bowled outs as Bangladesh got bowled for just 149 runs.

Bumrah’s game started to click with the ball as well and he achieved figures of 4/50 in 11 overs at an economy a little over the required rate which is 4.50. He managed to dismiss Shadman Islam, Mushfiqur Rahim, Hasan Mahmud, and Taskin Ahmed.

Bumrah has played only 36 Test matches, but he has achieved some impeccable figures in his career so far. He has already achieved 10 five-wicket hauls and has been instrumental in winning some exceptional matches for his country including that of Advantage In The Year 2021, England, Melbourne in 2018 and Visakhapatnam 2024.

His influence is not restrict only to the longest format, he also was important in India winning the T20 World Cup that happen a few months back.

“If I say I have seen him since he played his first-class game, it is true. His primary weapon has been that of an inswing bowler. But now you see how he can make the ball go out. He has perfect yorker length where the headache of getting chucked in the toe is very refreshing since he can conceal his slow balls pretty well. A lot went into his conditioning. For hours he does the same thing and such deliveries in the nets,” added the former wicket-keeper.

At first, he refrained from any bouncers, but surprisingly, he has recently begun to include them in his arsenal. He has all the variations and has become proficient in executing them. Dressing while circulating the arguments, and how to bring the issues to bear and support one’s bowler under any circumstances – that is why he is such an eccentric in the world of bowling. He does have a very positive attitude and good outlook,” said Patel.

“For him, it’s not the result of a single day effort. There was a lot of hard work in the nets or in practice in learning that art,” he has said.

Bumrah achieved another landmark on Friday to become the 10th Indian bowler to have taken 400 wickets in ODIs and T20s.

MENTALITY: Bumrah’s development extends beyond his statistical achievements, to some extent. Bumrah now has a tally of 401 wickets from 196 matches played at international level because the average figure works out to 21.01 with the best figures coming out to be 6/19. He is the sixth Indian fast bowler to achieve the landmark.

In his test matches Bumrah has claimed 163 wickets in 37 test matches at an average of 20.49 with a best of 6 for 27 and 10 with five wickets in hand.

As far as ODI`s are concerned, he captured 149 wickets in 89 matches at an average of 23.55 average also at best figures of 6 for 19 with 2 five wicket hauls.

In T20Is, he has 89 wickets from 70 matches at an average of 17.74 and best figures of 3/7.