ICC World Cup: The inspiration behind Jasprit Bumrah’s new ‘temple point’ celebration is… | Cricket News
A key contributor in India’s 3/3 wins up to now within the round-robin part of this ODI World Cup on house soil, Bumrah, who made a powerful comeback after a chronic harm hiatus, has taken eight wickets and shares the highest spot within the checklist of wicket-takers with New Zealanders Mitchell Santner and Matt Henry.
Bumrah started the match by taking six wickets in opposition to Australia and Afghanistan. The primary time he was seen doing the ‘temple level’ celebration was after taking the wicket of Afghanistan opener Ibrahim Zadran.
Towards Pakistan, Bumrah’s spell of two/19 began a Pakistan batting collapse, which noticed the guests slipping from a assured 155/2 to getting bowled out for 191.
Speaking to ICC Digital Insider, Bumrah likened his new celebration fashion to Manchester United footballer Marcus Rashford.
“I had no intentions of constructing it viral or spreading it all over the place,” mentioned Participant-of-the-Match Bumrah after India’s seven-wicket victory over Pakistan on the Narendra Modi Stadium.
“It simply got here to my thoughts. I might seen Rashford do it as effectively. I assumed it was cool. There isn’t any specific large again story behind it. On the finish, I made a decision to do it,” the right-arm pacer added.
“Normally I am too drained to have a good time. However that’s one event the place I did have a good time.”
India, who’ve gained the World Cup twice in 1983 and 2011, will subsequent tackle Bangladesh in Pune on October 19.
“We’re not fascinated about the momentum. The workforce is correct now fascinated about restoration,” Bumrah mentioned. “We have performed three video games back-to-back and the consequence has been on the nice facet as a result of our preparation has been good.”
