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Jasprit Bumrah might have not taken the most wickets for India in their ICC T20 World Cup 2026 semifinal against England, but it was his incredible effort that helped the team clinch a thrilling 7-run victory at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday. India have made it to the final, where they will face New Zealand in Ahmedabad on Sunday.

While India had a headache of deciding over Bumrah's last two overs, England looked lethal in their massive run chase with Jacob Bethell and Sam Will Sam Curran at the crease. He was given 16th and 18th over and the senior pacer delivered in an emphatic fashion, giving just 14 runs in that overs to change the course of the game in India's favor despite Bethell's century.

"Jasprit Bumrah is a once-in-a-lifetime generational talent. The credit must go to him," Sanju Samson smiled while accepting the Player of the Match award. He may not be the highest wicket-taker of the tournament, but Bumrah has repeatedly rescued India in crunch moments. And every time Bumrah comes out with the match-winning performances like this, one cannot help but thank the coach who first discovered him. The man who decided not to impose himself and change Bumrah's unorthodox action.

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The rare finding of Jasprit Bumrah by Kishore Trivedi

On the edge of Ahmedabad, beside SPIPA Corporate Road, lies a modest cricket ground. It is here that the 79-year-old Kishore Trivedi still runs his Royal Cricket Academy. Trivedi specialises in fast bowling and has produced two notable pacers: his son Siddharth Trivedi, who played in the IPL for Rajasthan Royals, and the far more famous Jasprit Bumrah.

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In a match that witnessed a total of 499 runs being scored across both innings, Bumrah conceded runs at just over eight per over. Watching Bumrah bowl against England on Thursday would surely have brought a smile to Trivedi’s face.

The coach first met Bumrah when he was a 16-year-old student at Nirman High School in Ahmedabad, about a 15-minute auto ride from the academy.

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Bumrah was extremely quick even at that age, and interestingly, his unusual action, something few had seen before, never concerned Trivedi. After watching him closely in the nets for a week, the coach concluded the action was perfectly legal and realised that the hyperextension in his arm allowed him to release the ball from a strange angle, nearly a foot ahead of his head.

He understood pretty early in the journey that Bumrah’s hyperextension gave him the ability to release the ball from a strange angle, nearly a foot ahead of where most bowlers release it. "He was studying in Nirman High School. He came to me one day when he was 16 years of age and enrolled in the academy. At that time, he was mainly playing school cricket and was not very serious about it. I watched him for a couple of days and then told him that if he wanted to get serious about cricket, he had to come regularly and give proper time to the sport. You cannot practice one day and then stay absent for the next three," Trivedi reminisced.

"I told him he had the talent, and if he wanted to, he could play at the highest level," he added.


IPL Breakthrough and the India jersey

Bumrah first came into limelight in 2013 after being scouted by Mumbai Indians' management, and ever since then, he has been part of the franchise. In 2013, he played just two matches, however, from 2014 onwards, he became a regular member of the five-time IPL champions.

Former India coach John Wright, who was Mumbai Indians' head coach for two years from 2013 to 2015, was the one who discovering Bumrah as the next potential big thing in the international cricket. "I was in Ahmedabad, scouting the domestic T20 competition and I was watching Gujarat play Mumbai and I saw this kid running in with an unusual action and trying to bowl 12 consecutive yorkers. I thought, ‘Bloody hell, I’ve never seen that before.’ And he was quick," John Wright had said.

"So I went to Parthiv Patel, whom I knew from my time as India’s coach, and I said, ‘Who’s that?’ He said, ‘That’s Boom.’ We signed him straight away, you didn’t have to go through an auction then," he added.

Bumrah went on to make his India debut in 2016 under MS Dhoni's captaincy. After being inconsistent initially, Bumrah cemented his place in the white-ball formats after developing a reputation of an outstanding death bowler. He went on to become a regular for India in all three formats soon after his Test debut in 2018. While recent injury concerns have hurt the his consistency when it comes to availability, but Bumrah continues to remain India's one of the biggest match winner in the recent times.

Jasprit Bumrah's record in international cricket

ODIs: 149 wickets in 89 matches

Tests: 234 wickets in 52 matches

T20Is: 117 wickets in 94 matches


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