TRAIN LIKE A ROOKIE

 

Jasprit Bumrah knows he is the most complete pacer going around. He also knows that to maintain that, he has to train like a rookie every day.

Two evenings before a crucial match, he opted to bowl in an empty net, with two boots on either side of the batting crease. He kept hurling yorkers for a good 45 minutes. It was a drill he had started in December 2025.

Mohammed Siraj went up to him. He asked Bumrah, "Why do you need to practice bowling yorkers? You can get up from sleep in the middle of the night and land those yorkers."

Bumrah smiled nailed another perfect yorker that displaced one of the boots, and said,"It's very important."

At 32, after multiple injuries and several match winning performances across formats for over a decade, Bumrah still puts himself through drills that a 16 year old would do at academy level. It just speaks of his constant hunger to be the best and remain at the top.

Times of India 

7 March 2026

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There is no magic. You need to be at it like Bumrah, who trains like a rookie.