Jasprit Bumrah's Emotional Reaction After Remarkable Return: 'So Many Sessions I Did In NCA...'

<p>Jasprit Bumrah, who is important for BCCI's ODI World Cup plans, made a heroic return to international cricket on Friday. The senior pacer played a pivotal role in his team's resounding win over Ireland in the inaugural T20I of the three-match T20I series between India and Ireland in Dublin. In a match hampered by rain, Bumrah picked two wickets in his first over. Bowling first, India restricted a depleted Ireland to a paltry 139/7. In reply, India had reached 47/2 in 6.5 overs before rain stopped the proceedings. No play was possible after this as the rain-imposed halt continued and eventually the Men in Blue were declared winners by 2 runs via Duckworth-Lewis (DLS) method.</p> <p>Jasprit Bumrah, who won 'Player of the Match' award for registering outstanding bowling figures of 2/24 in his four overs (16 dot balls), got a bit emotional as he thanked the staff at Bengaluru's National Cricket Academy (NCA) where he underwent rehabilitation for many months, post back issues.</p> <p>&ldquo;(I) felt very good. So many sessions I did at the NCA and the practice games. Didn't feel like I missed out a lot or I'm doing something new so credit to the staff there,&rdquo; Bumrah said.</p> <p>The star Indian pacer, who is also the captain for the entire IND vs IRE T20I series, stated that there were hardly any nerves even as he made a comeback to the team.</p> <p> <script src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" async="" charset="utf-8"></script> </p> <p>&ldquo;Very happy to be back and always good to contribute. [Any nerves?] Not really, when you're captaining you are thinking more about the whole team and not just your own performance,&rdquo; said the 29-year-old star pacer.</p> <p>&ldquo;Very happy that the weather was helpful for the bowlers. In every game you want more and you always search for a perfect game. Credit to them as well for keeping their nerves in a crisis.&rdquo;</p> <p>In the upcoming 2023 ODI World Cup in India, Jasprit Bumrah is likely to lead India's pace bowling attack alongside Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj in the marquee event.</p>

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