T20 World Cup 2024: Jasprit Bumrah slams critics after stunning show vs Pakistan

Lead Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah couldnt help but laugh about how the narrative about him has changed in a year In the year 2022 the pacer underwent surgery for his lower back and missed the T20 World Cup held in Australia Later while making a return to the game Bumrah suffered a strain which made him sit outside for more than 10 months People became doubting about his ability to handle the workload of all three formatsBut Indian crickets rare gem sealed the lips of Doubting Thomases with 67 wickets across three formats in the last year including a matchwinning 314 against Pakistan in the lowscoring T20 World Cup 2024 thriller on SundaySee a year ago the same people were saying that I might not play again and my career is over and then now the question changed he said taking a shot at all those who doubted his ability to fight backTeam India restricted archrivals Pakistan to 113 for the loss of seven wickets after posting a target of 120 runs Jasprit Bumrah played a crucial role in India sealing a sixrun victory The pacer bagged three wickets for 14 runs in four overs He understands the fickle nature of criticism and knows that despite being a cliched phrase controlling the controllables works best for himAlso ReadT20 World Cup 2024 IND vs PAK Key highlights from the matchFor me I am not looking at whether I am bowling at the best of my ability I try to solve the problem that is there in front of me I know its a cliched answerbut I was trying to focus on what is the best option over here on a wicket like this the 30yearold revealedHow do I make shotmaking difficult What are the best options for me So that way I try to stay in the present and focus on what I have to doExternal pressure can take over in such highvoltage games but Bumrah creates his own bubble to avoid the outside noise affecting his performancesBecause if I look at the outside noise if I look at people and pressure and emotion takes over then things dont really work for me the 30yearold explainedThe recently concluded IPL 2024 saw 1260 sixes being hit on the Indian wickets The inclusion of the Impact Player rule also led the topquality bowlers to be smashed for maximumsWhen its bat vs bat I switch off the TV I have been a fan of bowling since childhood When there is a challenge between bat and ball that is the game I like Bumrah saidBut the Indian bowling unit that has come for the T20 World Cup 2024 hasnt shown any scars of the IPL Obviously the IPL that we played was not very bowlerfriendly but we are very happy that we didnt come here with that baggage and when we are getting help here we were trying to use itI have played a lot of cricket in my young years when the bat and ball challenge is good it is more interesting to watch the matchAlso ReadT20 World Cup 2024 IND vs PAK Another thrilling chapter in the greatest rivalryJasprit Bumrah played his most of the IPL games under Rohit Sharmas captaincy The RohitBumrah duo was a central part of Mumbai Indians five titlewinning years and Bumrah said he knew how to control lowscoring matchesSo once we started we were very clear the message in the huddle was that now that is over what is next What are the things that are in our control So we will try to focus on that and not to create panic because yes there will be boundaries here and therePeople might play good shots but well have to try and be composed and try to hold our shape So that was the biggest positive not at any stage did I feel that the panic had spread in the team and we were looking too far ahead So thats a really positive sign for usLowscoring matches often force bowlers to try effort deliveries like yorkers or bouncers but Bumrah doesnt want anyone to overdo that stuff If we go for magic deliveries and try to be too desperate runmaking becomes easy and they know the target So we had to be very mindful of not overdoing it he saidWhenever there is help you can get excited You can try polehunting bowl bouncers outswingers inswingers But you dont have to do that I have learned thatBut this time it was not happening a lot The ball was not doing a lot Yes we did create pressure A little bit of lateral movement was there but not too much not as pronounced as the last gameAs one of the greatest pacers active currently Bumrah could well be called the leader of the Fast Bowlers Union I always advocate bowlers but were very happy with the appreciation that bowlers have received because our country is obviously a batsmanloving country and we understand but we are very happy that bowlers are coming up front Bumrah saidWith PTI Inputs