International cricket is international cricket: Jasprit Bumrah

India whitewashed the ODI series 3-0 against Zimbabwe and with 9 wickets in the series, Jasprit Bumrah was the leading wicket taker. When asked about the series win, he said that “International cricket is international cricket”, regardless whether it is Zimbabwe or any other team. “The days are going good for us, we are getting the results. We are looking to keep on improving,” said Bumrah.

He also added that he is not much worried about the mindset of the batsmen and is focusing on getting his plans right. “What I try to do, sometimes it doesn’t come off. But I try it again rather than thinking about the batsman’s mindset. If I am not able to execute my plans, then I feel I am not up to the mark and there has been a mistake on my part. Then I try to keep a cool head and try to do it all over again,” he explained.

Bumrah, who had two 4-wicket hauls in the three-match series said that they haven’t tried anything out of the box to pick up wickets. “We did not plan anything different. We were just trying to bowl in the good areas. We did not try anything different to pick up wickets, nothing out of the box. We were just trying to bowl good balls.”

The 22-year old went on to further explain the tactics. “It is always good when the ball is moving, so you can try out more variations. The wicket today was not offering as much help as it was in the earlier two games. We had to be more disciplined and not pitch the ball too full. We just tried to stick to the basics hoping that we don’t give many runs and the batsmen make mistakes under pressure,” said Bumrah.

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Earlier, with his open chest action, a lot of the experts had said that he can bring the ball into the right-handed batsmen, but in this series we have also seen him taking it away from the right-handed batsmen. “Earlier, I only used to get the ball into right-handers. Over the years, I have developed some variations, thanks to first-class cricket and IPL,” Bumrah added.