Is Jasprit Bumrah Bowling Action Inspired By Tom And Jerry? : A couple of pictures of cartoon character Tom, from the famous cartoon series Tom and Jerry, have gone viral among cricket fans on social media. The reason is an astonishing one and one which will have you in splits.
A Twitter user by the name of Rushil, with the Twitter handle @rushilthefirst, posted a couple of snaps of Tom that have uncanny resemblances with the bowling action and wicket celebration style of Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah!
Yes, so in Rushil’s tweet, which has gone viral on social media and has garnered over 17,000 likes already, there are two screengrabs of Tom – one in which he’s loading up to run fast and in the other, he posting with a smile and both hands by his side facing palm up, which are very similar to Bumrah’s bowling action and his sweet celebration of a dismissal.
Here, check out the tweet:
‘ Jasprit Bumrah’s:
Action Celebration pic.twitter.com/BzxhRhHZro— Rushil (@BairstowTMKC) July 3, 2022
Here’s how other fans reacted to this viral tweet that showed great similarities between Tom and Jasprit Bumrah:
Seems like @Jaspritbumrah93 himself is a big fan of Tom nd Jerry
https://t.co/Ei0Zsxcmpk
— Harshit Pareek (@HPareek18) July 3, 2022
— Ruchir Saraswat (@SaraswatRuchir) July 3, 2022
epic !!!
— Ankush (@edgedandcaught) July 4, 2022
Haha. This is so apt! https://t.co/akcSeJwLFk
— Un-May-a (@ameyabhagwat) July 4, 2022
One of the best tweets there has ever been in the cricket world https://t.co/44zC4XWm7J
— Shane King (@Shane_King_12) July 5, 2022
India consigned to record loss by England in Bumrah’s captaincy debut
Meanwhile, Jasprit Bumrah’s India Test captaincy debut ended in disappointment as they were thrashed by England by 7 wickets in Edgbaston, which meant that the five-Test series from last year ended in a draw 2-2 and England retained the Pataudi Trophy.
Given a target of 378, England gunned it down in 76.4 overs, scoring at a run rate of 4.96 to register their highest successful chase in Test cricket. Also, this was the highest target India have failed to defend in their history.
Speaking after the loss, Bumrah lamented India’s batting malfunction in the second innings – when the visitors lost their last 7 wickets for 92 runs.
“I think yesterday [Monday], we fell short with the bat, and we had to come back with the ball. That is the phase where we let the opposition in, and the momentum kept shifting away from us,” Bumrah said.
“We were even going ahead in the game, but they kept on fighting, and they played better than us in the second innings and won the game.”
The white-ball series – 3 T20Is followed by 3 ODIs – will kick off on July 7 and India will have skipper Rohit Sharma back.
