Indian cricket team's leading fast bowler jasprit bumrah has said that he doesn't want to act like a clown when celebrating after taking a wicket. This has sparked controversy among fans as it seems to be an indirect reference to Virat Kohli. Both virat kohli and jasprit bumrah have been the main reasons for the indian Test cricket team's high success rate in the last few years. virat kohli behaves very aggressively in Test matches. Similarly, whenever a bowler from his team takes a wicket, virat kohli celebrates it more aggressively than them. On the other hand, jasprit bumrah, despite being the world's leading fast bowler, does not celebrate his wicket by shouting, being aggressive, or running around the field.
Instead, we can only see some facial expressions. Apart from that, bumrah has celebrated the fall of a wicket at the best of times. In this situation, former Australian team captain Michael Clarke asked bumrah a question during an interview. In it, he asked, "You bowl at a speed of 150 kilometers. Then you take a wicket. But why don't you celebrate it aggressively?" bumrah replied, "I play to win. I don't play to celebrate aggressively. We have to respect the opposition players too. I don't want to cross that line. And I don't want to act like a clown." What has become a controversy here is that what bumrah said exactly matches Virat Kohli's actions because virat kohli celebrates the fall of a wicket by teasing the opposition players.
Sometimes his aggression and noise have been criticized as 'clown' by some foreign newspapers. This has drawn attention here, as bumrah has used the same word to say that he does not want to act like a clown. Taking this, virat kohli fans are debating who bumrah said it to.
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Sowmiya Sriram

31/05/2025 01:56 PM