Published 18:50 IST, January 30th 2021

Jasprit Bumrah emulates Anil Kumble in the nets, fans laud pacer for bowling 'googly'

Premier pacer Jasprit Bumrah emulated spin legend Anil Kumble in the nets ahead of the upcoming four-match home Test series against England starting Feb 5

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Team India's premier pacer Jasprit Bumrah is leaving stone unturned to get into groove ahe of upcoming four-match home Test series against England starting February 5. 

speedster h to warm bench during series-deciding historic Gabba Test match due to an abdominal strain and w, he is making most of his time by sweating it out in nets to ensure that he rediscovers his rhythm for a gruelling home season. Lately, 'Jassi' entertained one and all by doing something that was out of box.

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'Never-seen-before version'

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.

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  'Jumbo' from early 2000s.

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Even netizens came forward to laud 27-year-old for coming up with a new experiment. Here are some of reactions.

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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.

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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.

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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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18:50 IST, January 30th 2021