Jasprit Bumrah has raised his stock in international cricket with some superlative performances in recent years. The Indian fast bowler, who heads the ICC ODI bowling rankings, has constantly surprised batsman with his uncanny action and has a growing list of fans many of whom try and emulate his action. But now it seems Bumrah’s growing list of fans has expanded to even old aged cricket enthusiast especially after one woman was seen trying to imitate the right-arm pacer. Virat Kohli Bowling Video: Indian Captain Imitates Jasprit Bumrah’s Action During Cricket World Cup 2019.
Bumrah has been leading the Indian bowling attack for some time now and was the nation’s leading wicket-taker in the ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2019. The 25-year-old finished with 18 wickets from 9 games which were four more than the next best Indian bowler Mohammed Shami (14 wickets in 4 games). His extraordinary performances despite having an unnatural bowling action have always excited the fans, some of whom – like the old lady – try and make the action their own. Watch Video: Meet Charulata Patel, the 87-Year-Old 'Young' Fan Cheering For India During IND vs BAN, CWC 2019 Tie.
Old Lady Emulates Jasprit Bumrah
Just like the rest of us, the mothership was so impressed with Bumrah's performance in the world cup, that she decided to mimic his run-up. 😂😂😍 pic.twitter.com/bJYGUqzJvd
— Shanta Sakkubai (@himsini) July 13, 2019
In a short clip shared on Twitter, an old lady can be seen emulating Bumrah with a small football on her hand. The woman is unable to copy the action perfectly but her effort alone earned enough praised from netizens on Twitter. Many users called her Bumrah’s cutest fan.
Competition For Jasprit Bumrah
Hahaha @Jaspritbumrah93 compitition tagda de rahi h dadi ji aapko😂😂
— Anujay singh tomar (@Anujay_rajput) July 13, 2019
She Could Start Now
Good observation if she belonged to this generation probably she would have played the game kudos
— Ramani (@lramani33) July 13, 2019
Bharat Arun Out??
Brilliant, New bowling coach for our Indian cricket team...😁😁
— haamid shah (@haamid4ru) July 13, 2019
The Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah also acknowledged the video on Twitter. Re-tweeting the video on his account, Bumrah wrote, "this made my day".
Bumrah impressed!
This made my day 😁 https://t.co/ZPLq0gSVzk
— Jasprit Bumrah (@Jaspritbumrah93) July 13, 2019
Meanwhile, despite Bumrah’s heroics India failed to go past the semi-finals of CWC 2019.The Indian cricket team lost by 18 runs in the semis against New Zealand, who will now play hosts England in the final at Lord’s on July 14. England knocked out defending champions Australia in the semi-final.
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