Team India’s go-to man, Jasprit Bumrah, is guest at Express Adda today

Luckily, unlike the distant past where such talents from untraditional centres were likely to fall through the cracks in the system, his talent was spotted and allowed to grow. Self-taught, self-made, there has been no greater fast bowler in India ever. Bumrah was adjudged player of the tournament at the T20 World Cup, which the Indian team won last month.

On Thursday, Bumrah will be the guest at the Express Adda in his hometown Ahmedabad. He will be in conversation with Anant Goenka, Executive Director, The Indian Express Group, and Sandeep Dwivedi, National Sports Editor, The Indian Express.

Bumrah’s dominance is highlighted by the respect and admiration he has gained from fast bowling legends around the world, from the great West Indian Andy Roberts to Pakistan’s Wasim Akram, who recently joked that the only way to stop Bumrah from wreaking havoc is to steal his boots.

Much will depend on Bumrah if India are to achieve their goals of winning the Test championship and the ODI World Cup in the near future.

The Express Adda is a series of informal interactions organised by The Indian Express Group and features those at the centre of change. Previous guests at the Adda include External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran, Union Housing and Urban Affairs and Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, cricket icons Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, chess legend Viswanathan Anand, Olympic gold medallist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra and motivational strategist Gaur Gopal Das.