Having made his international debut in January 2016, India speedster Jasprit Bumrah has come a long way. After impressing one and all in white-ball cricket, Bumrah proved his prowess in the longest format as well.

In his debut Test season, the right-arm pacer claimed 48 wickets from 9 matches at an outstanding average of 21.02 and played an instrumental role in India’s first-ever Test series victory on Australian soil. Currently, the No. 1 ranked ODI bowler in ICC rankings, Bumrah performed brilliantly to help Mumbai Indians clinched their fourth IPL title last week.

Such has been the impact of Jasprit Bumrah across all formats that IIT-Kanpur professor Sanjay Mittal recently tried to decode his success. In one of his study, Mittal refers to it as ‘reverse Magnus force’. The professor described how Bumrah’s speed, seam position and rotational speed of 1,000 RPM gives only 0.1 spin ratios for the ball hence putting it into reverse Magnus effect regime.

“A downward force on a ball by Bumrah causes it to dip sharply, which batsmen find difficult to pick,” professor Mittal quoted as saying by The Indian Express.

It seems as if Bumrah isn’t impressed by the professor’s research work. In his recent Twitter post, the 25-year-old shared a picture of him after completing his workout in the gym. In the caption, he took a subtle dig at Sanjay Mittal’s theory by stating: “Nothing can replace hardwork (not even reverse magnum force)..”

Bumrah will now be seen in action during the upcoming ODI World Cup in England and Wales, starting May 30. Team India will begin its campaign on June 5 against South Africa in Southampton.