It was Ravi Shastri idea to pick Jasprit Bumrah against South Africa : Bharat Arun


It was Ravi Shastri idea to pick Jasprit Bumrah against South Africa : Bharat Arun

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The journey of right arm pacer, Jasprit Bumrah, was not easy. While, he played for Mumbai Indians in the cash rich league IPL. He has already hit the fame while playing for Mumbai Indians before he made his debut for India team.

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With his unorthodox bowling action, Bumrah was trouble maker for any batting lineup in the world. He made his ODI and T-20 Debut in 2016 while he has to wait 2 years for his test debut. The year 2018, no one was expecting him to see in test side. He stunned the audience with his brilliant test debut against South Africa and immediately getting into the scene.

Bharat Arun, bowling coach of India team, revealed that it was Ravi Shastri idea to pick Jasprit Bumrah for test match against South Africa. Talking to Indranil Basu in Facebook live Interview Arun told, “It is very unfair to say that I am the one who picked Bumrah for Tests. In all fairness, it was Ravi Shastri who really wanted Bumrah.”

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Towards the end of 2017, Bumrah had played 31 ODIs and 32 T-20. But there was confusion whether he will have same impact with red ball in test cricket. Before the tour of South Africa, Ravi Shastri told Bharat Arun that Bumrah will be playing his first test for team India.

“I think it was after a match in Kolkata, before the South Africa tour, Ravi Shastri felt that Bumrah would be extremely effective. He was really impressed with him. He wanted me to call him up and tell him that. It was about two months before South Africa tour. He wanted me to call up Bumrah and tell him that he was most likely to tour South Africa with the Test team,” Arun said.

“When I spoke to Bumrah, he said ‘it was his dream to play in Tests’. A lot of people had classified him as an ODI bowler – but in his heart, he knew that he could be a very good Test match bowler. So he said ‘I would give anything to be a Test match bowler and I would work towards it’.

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Truly, it was Ravi Shastri’s idea and Bumrah was right up to the challenge,” the 57-year-old further added.

The decision turn out be in favour of right arm pacer. He is the leading paces for team India. In his short cricketing career, he played 14 tests where he sezied 68 wickets at the astonishing average of 20.33. Idea behind his consistency, Arun said: “Bumrah in the last few strides he gives it everything he has. He looks pretty innocuous when he runs. But he doesn’t generate too much momentum in his run-up. That’s why he is so deceptive.”

“His arm being very, very quick, normally bowlers start from slightly bent-arm, then going on to the fully outstretched arm, because that is the most ideal way to generate speed. Bumrah starts with the longer lever, it’s just very difficult to generate speed. But if you are able to do that, it would be very effective. But not all bowlers could do it. Bumrah has the unique capacity and ability to do that, and that’s why he is so successful,” he further said.

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