Jasprit Bumrah: The half-smiling assassin with Zaheer-like skills and Ibrahimovic-like self-belief
Out of action for about a year because of another career-threatening injury, Jasprit Bumrah, like so many times before, had been written off again. One of the few fully-committed all-format Indian bowlers, he was also unfairly trolled for missing national team assignments while being an IPL regular.
However, on the eve of his comeback game in Dublin, Bumrah wasn’t complaining. There was no bitterness in his tone. He didn’t even seek sympathy by sharing granular details of his frustratingly long recovery. Leading an India side minus the first-choice World Cup players, he refused to call the tough months of hospitalisation and recovery a “dark period”. He stressed that he never thought of giving up. However, he did flash an inscrutable half-smile at the world that has made a habit of doub...