Anil Kumble lauds Jasprit Bumrah for emulating his bowling action in recent net session

Veteran spinner Anil Kumble was really impressed with Team India's current pace spearhe Jasprit Bumrah as he tried to imitate former in nets on Saturday. 

'Well done Boom': Anil Kumble

Bumrah was lauded by passionate cricket fans on social media after he was seen bowling spin during a net session in Chennai. However, when this video came to legendary leggie's tice, he appreciated India's premier speedster for trying to emulate him.

Taking to micro-blogging site, former Team India he coach hailed Jassi's efforts and mentioned that he was 'pretty close' to bowling like Kumble. cricketer-turned-commentator/analyst n ded that frontline pacer is an inspiration to next generation of young fast bowlers who are imitating his style.

'Jumbo' concluded by wishing him luck for upcoming home series against England.

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Bumrah emulates Kumble in nets

While passionate cricket fans have seen Bumrah bamboozling best in business by his fiery yorkers and sharp bouncers, for a change, he decided to become a spinner in nets and was seen emulating spin legend, Anil Kumble a couple of days ago.

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) h posted a video where India's pace spearhe was seen rolling his arms over and imitate Kumble's bowling action. At same time, BCCI also came up with a video compilation of a few bowling spells of former Indian skipper from early 2000s.

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Anil Kumble's cricketing career

Karnataka cricketer has 619 Test scalps. He is third-highest wicket-taker in red-ball cricket after Sri Lankan legend Muttiah Muralitharan (800) and Aussie sensation Shane Warne (709) respectively. 'Jumbo' h bid ieu to international cricket in 2008. He is currently a commentator/analyst and a former coach of Team India.

leggie was roped in as India's he coach in 2016 and stepped down from position after ICC Champions Trophy 2017 due to an alleged rift with skipper Virat Kohli.

Men In Blue who were defending champions h a great outing as y me it to finals. However, y failed to defend ir title by suffering a humiliating 180-run defeat at hands of arch-rivals Pakistan who went on to win ir maiden CT title.

Chasing a stiff target of 339 to retain ir title, India's top-order including likes of Rohit Sharma, skipper Virat Kohli, and Shikhar Dhawan were sent back to pavilion early on as y never recovered from initial setback and were eventually bundled out for 158.

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