Mother First Priority Before Pakistan: Jasprit Bumrah

Jasprit Bumrah prioritizes reuniting with his mother over the blockbuster World Cup match against Pakistan, highlighting family as his focus.

Jasprit Bumrah, the Indian fast bowler, values reuniting with his mother more than the World-Cup match against Pakistan on Saturday. Bumrah will perform in Ahmedabad, his hometown, in the world’s largest cricket stadium, with an audience of 132,000 enthusiastic fans. However, family matters come first for the 29-year-old. “I’ve been away for a while now.” I’ll be content seeing my mother at home,” said Bumrah,who secured a remarkable 4-39 in Wednesday’s eight-wicket victory over Afghanistan.

His mother, Daljit, a school principal, raised Bumrah after his father’s sudden death just before he turned five.

“I’ll see her first; that’s my top priority,” Bumrah expressed. Following that, he’ll turn his attention to playing against Pakistan. He’s yet to experience an ODI at this ground, but he’s well-acquainted with it, as it’s the home stadium of his IPL team in Gujarat.

“I have not played a one-dayer there but I have played a Test match. The atmosphere is going to be exciting. I’m sure a lot of people are going to come. So, it will be a sight to see. So yeah, hoping for the best over there.”

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Self-confessed Manchester United fan Bumrah celebrated the dismissal of Afghanistan opener Ibrahim Zadran by pressing his right index finger to his temple. However, he insisted it was not a tribute to United striker Marcus Rashford.

“Nothing like that. I just felt like it, so I did it,” he said.

While India celebrated their second consecutive victory by defeating Australia in their opening match, Afghanistan found themselves nursing their wounds.

Wednesday’s loss followed a defeat to Bangladesh at the weekend and they now sit at the foot of the 10-nation standings.

Star leg-spinner Rashid Khan, who claimed the only two Indian wickets to fall, was only brought into the attack in the 15th over when India had already stormed to 125-0.

Coach Jonathan Trott, the former England batsman, said that skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi “obviously had a gut feel that he wanted to go with”.

“That’s a captain’s prerogative but certainly you want a guy like Rash in the attack as soon as possible. So, it’s always something we’ll look at.”

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