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

"He played the Ranji Trophy next season. He has taken lots of five-wicket hauls (six in 29 first-class games outside Test cricket). He would bowl only in-swingers as he would come wide off the crease. As he progressed, he began bowling away going ones, using the crease. Parthiv Patel helped him a lot. The lower-order batsmen were scared of him," recalls Majmudar.

Majmudar and members of the Gujarat team management were witness to questions raised on his action again during the 2015-16 Vijay Hazare one-day tournament, just over a month before his India debut. By that time he was already known in IPL.

Bumrah had bowled Dhoni for 44 in Gujarat's first match against Jharkhand. He picked three wickets in first two matches.

"The umpire there had called him for throwing after the first two matches. They said we have recorded it after the first two matches. But we protested, told him that this is a case of hyper-extension and not flexion. Told him it is a case similar to Shoaib Akhtar's. And he had played three seasons of IPL, no one raised an issue," recalls Majmudar.

The issue was brushed aside. A month later he was on flight to Australia, and on way to becoming India's pace spearhead.