Jasprit Bumrah - From Being Mocked & Doubted To Becoming India's Pace Spearhead

When Jasprit Bumrah started troubling young batsmen with pace generated by his quick arm action and short run-up at his school's cricket academy, a few other pace-bowling trainees approached their

There was opposition from a couple of selectors because of his action, says Patel, referring to the five-man panel.

"A couple of them were doubting his action. So I told district selection panel chairman Harshad Shah that if you don't want to include him in the main squad of 15, then keep him in the reserves. He will be with the team," recalls Patel.

After the district won the first three matches, Patel pressed on trying the reserves.

"It would have been unfair and out of way to play Bumrah alone from the reserves since he wasn't in the original squad. So I asked them, why not play all the reserves since we have already done well in three games and qualified," he said.

"So all three reserve players played in that fourth three-day game. Bumrah got seven wickets in the match and there was no looking back."

In early 2013, Hitesh Majmudar, a former Gujarat player and later coach, first saw him in the T20 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy from where he was picked by Mumbai Indians and played in the IPL 2013.