Jasprit Bumrah is on a break from cricket since India won the T20 World Cup 2024.
Jasprit Bumrah is on a well-deserved rest after helping the Indian team win the T20 World Cup 2024. Bumrah picked 15 wickets in India’s title-winning run and was named the Player of the Tournament as well.
Called the 'Kohinoor' of the Indian cricket team, Jasprit Bumrah is arguably the most important player in Indian cricket across the three formats at present. He was excellent for India in the 2023 World Cup and then led the pace attack in the 1-4 Test series against England at home, before the T20 World Cup triumph.
Recently at an event, Jasprit Bumrah was answering fan questions and his answer left everyone stunned when he was questioned about any ‘tough’ batters in his career that he was troubled against.
In a video that has gone viral on social media, Bumrah was asked "if there is any batsman who he thinks has been tough to bowl to." His response truly showed the exemplary mind he has.
"Look I want to give a good answer but the real factor is that I don't want anyone to take over me in my head because obviously I respect everyone, but in my head, I tell myself that if I do my job well, there's nobody in the world who can stop me.
So I look at myself rather than the opponent so if I think that I have control over everything and if I give myself the best opportunity, everything else will take care of itself rather than giving the power to the batsman that he'll get the better of me and he's better than me, so that I don't want to," Bumrah said.
Here is the video:
It remains to be seen whether Jasprit Bumrah will be included in the Indian squad for the upcoming two tests against Bangladesh as selectors want him to be fully rested for the three Tests against New Zealand and the five-Test Border-Gavaskar Trophy series in Australia.