Former Team India head coach Ravi Shastri has revealed that star fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah is excited to play Test cricket for India, insisting that he was made a white ball specialist without even asking him. the agreement has been made, Bumrah’s contribution was very important in India’s 106-run victory against England in the Visakhapatnam Test match. By winning that match, India was able to level the series 1-1.

Bumrah is in excellent form in the ongoing Test series against England. The star fast bowler became the fastest Indian fast bowler to take 150 wickets by taking nine wickets in the second Test, while also becoming the first Indian fast bowler to be ranked number 1 in the ICC Test rankings.

Ravi Shastri gave a big statement regarding Jasprit Bumrah

Shastri, in an interview to former England captain Michael Atherton, writing for ‘The Times’, spoke about his conversation with Bumrah in which the fast bowler told him that playing Test cricket would be the ‘biggest day’ of his life. . Shastri was the one who gave Bumrah a chance to make his Test debut against South Africa in Cape Town in January 2018.

Recalling that conversation, Ravi Shastri said,,” “I remember my first conversation with him in Kolkata in which I asked him if he was interested in Test cricket? Then he said that this would be the biggest day of his life.”

He said, “Without asking him, he was declared a white ball expert. But I knew and wanted to see how much hunger he has to play Test. I told him, be ready. I told him I was going to feed him in South Africa.”

Bumrah made his Test debut against South Africa in Cape Town in January 2018. Shastri said, “He is very excited to play and perform well in Test cricket.” The former head coach refused to consider Bumrah as just a white-ball specialist for his stellar performances in the Indian Premier League for Mumbai Indians.