Background
Bumrah was born on 6 December 1993 in Ahmadabad of the Indian State of Gujarat, into a Punjabi Sikh family.
Bumrah was born on 6 December 1993 in Ahmadabad of the Indian State of Gujarat, into a Punjabi Sikh family.
After a couple of moderately successful seasons with the Mumbai Indians at the Indian Premier League, and with his domestic team Gujarat, he was named in India"s squad for its 2015-2016 series against Australia, as a replacement to an injured Bhuvneshwar Kumar. He made his debut in the series, in January 2016. He consequently made his debut in Twenty20 Internationals the next month at the Asia Cup.
He started his bowling career by playing for the Gujarat under-19 team
He made his Indian Premier League debut with the Mumbai Indians in 2013. He showed some promise in his bowling with some pace and swing, he has impressed many in the IPL with his bowling figures, in his debut match of IPL 2013 he took 3 wickets for 32 runs against the Royal Challengers Banglore.
He grabbed eyeballs with his slingy action that has troubled many batsmen. Because of his variety in delivering the ball, Jasprit Bumrah was handed an IPL contract by Mumbai Indians (Michigan) in 2013 even before he made his first-class debut.
Bumrah plays first-class cricket for Gujarat and he made his debut against Vidarbha during the 2013-2014 season.
He had a great game indeed, picking up 7 wickets in the match. Eventually, he ended the tournament as the side"s leading wicket-taker. Though he played just a couple of games in IPL-6, his impressive show in the domestic circuit convinced the Michigan management to buy him back for IPL-7.
A 22-year old Jasprit Bumrah grabbed instant limelight when on the Indian Premier League debut.
He finished with figures of 3-32 against the Bangalore franchise. While doing so, he became only the second bowler in the side to pick three wickets on debut.
The teenager was signed by the Mumbai for the sixth season of the Indian Premier League in 2013, with just 10 first-class matches in his bag. A right-arm medium pacer from Gujarat with an unusual bowling action, Bumrah made his T20 debut against Maharashtra in the 2012-2013 MOHIT KUMAR Trophy, and also helped his side clinch the title with his Manitoba of the Match performance.
The youngster was quickly offered a lucrative Indian Premier League contract, and Mumbai used him as a secret weapon in their very first game of the tournament.
The subsequent year, he was again bought by Mumbai for a whopping 1.2 crores for the 2014 edition of the Indian T20 League.