WATCH: Jasprit Bumrah plays video game with wife Sanjana Ganesan ahead of India’s 1st Asia Cup Game 2023
Jasprit Bumrah (Source-Twitter)
Asia Cup 2023 began on Wednesday as Pakistan beat Nepal in the first game. The Babar Azam led side won the game by a massive 238 runs. The biggest test for the hosts of Asia Cup is on Saturday when they face India.
The Indian team which reached Sri Lanka yesterday will be sweating it out in preparation for the opening game. Star pacer Jasprit Bumrah, though has found a way to unwind and get ready for the battle.
The 29-year-old pacer was seen playing a game of FIFA flanked by his wife. The pacer who made his comeback recently, was seen enjoying the game. Bumrah was seen playing like a Professional as he went on to win the contest.
Jasprit Bumrah took to Instagram to upload a short video of himself enjoying the game. What made the post so enjoyable was the comments from the Indian Cricket fans.
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One user commented, “I was nervous every time you stretched your back”. While another user wrote “Bhai semi—pro main khelo, ungli main injury na ho jaye”. While a third user wrote “Bhai aaram se khelo angoote main mocha a jayegi”
Bumrah makes a successful comeback to the Indian team
Jasprit Bumrah missed nearly 10 months of cricketing action due to an injury. This prevented him from being part of the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia. The right-arm fast bowler made a comeback during the recent T20 series against Ireland.
Bumrah who was the captain of the side, bowled well to pick four wickets during the series. Indian coach, Rahul Dravid was happy to have his star player back and recently commented “It’s great to have them (Bumrah and Krishna) back and see them bowling well. Bumrah is someone we have missed a lot in the past two years he has not played much”
The Indian coach further said “We will ease him into it slowly. Ireland was a good opportunity to ease him in. Now we have a whole month to build up before the World Cup. The duo’s return gives us more options in the pace bowling department”
The last time Bumrah played an ODI was during the England tour in July 2019. The right pacer had picked his best ODI bowling figures in the 1st ODI at Oval, where picked 6/19. Bumrah has played 72 ODI games and picked 121 wickets with two five-wicket hauls. Against Pakistan, Bumrah has played five ODI games and picked 4 wickets.
