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Who is Jasprit Bumrah?
Jasprit Bumrah is an Indian cricketer, who plays in all formats of the game for the Indian national cricket team.
Jasprit Bumrah's life and education
Bumrah was born on December 6, 1993, in a Sikh family settled in Gujarat's Ahmedabad. He is married to model and Star Sports presenter Sanjana Ganesan.
Jasprit Bumrah's career
Bumrah started his career by making his first-class debut for Gujarat against Vidarbha in October 2013. He made his T20 debut in the 2012-13 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy against Maharashtra.
He made his debut in the Indian Premier League at the age of 19 for the Mumbai Indians team in 2013. He made his international ODI and t20 debut for India in January 2016 against Australia in Sydney and Adelaide respectively.
Bumrah made his debut in international Test debut against South Africa at Newlands in January 2018. He got his first Test wicket after he clean bowled AB de Villiers for 65 runs.
He became the first Asian bowler to take five-wicket hauls in the same calendar year in Australia, England, and South Africa on the Boxing Day Test of India Tour of Australia 2018.
Bumrah made his debut in the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2019.
In January 2022, he was named the vice-captain of the Indian team for the Test series against South Africa. In the series, he became the Indian bowler with the worst economy rate.