Overview

• Speaking on Breakfast with Champions on October 9, the left-arm seamer likened Bumrah to the gold standard for yorker execution and said the way he bowls owes to Bumrah’s example.
• He said he honed his craft by studying videos of Wasim Akram for yorkers and reverse swing, along with Zaheer Khan and Lasith Malinga for control and repetition.
• The 26-year-old has been reported as the first Indian to reach 100 T20I wickets, with InsideSport listing his tally at 101 at an average of 18.76.
• Since his T20I debut in 2022, no bowler from full-member nations has taken more wickets in the format, according to InsideSport’s statistical summary.
• He played a pivotal role in India’s 2024 T20 World Cup win, including a tight 19th over in the Barbados final and the key wickets of Aiden Markram and Quinton de Kock.