ICC World Cup 2019: I Focus Only On My Preparation, Says Jasprit Bumrah

India continued their winning run in the ongoing ICC World Cup 2019 beating Sri Lanka by seven wickets in their last group match at Headingley in Leeds. Jasprit Bumrah starred with the ball while centuries from Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul eased an easy win for the Men in Blues. Bumrah, who has been in outstanding form in the World Cup, said that he doesn’t buy an ear on praise or criticism and instead focus on his preparation.

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I focus on my preparation: Bumrah

Jasprit Bumrah starred with the new ball to reduce Sri Lanka to 55 for four before Angelo Mathews, and Lahiru Thirimanne added 124 runs for the fifth wicket to bail their side out of danger. Dhananjaya de Silva chipped in with few runs down the order to post 264 runs on the board. Bumrah returned with three wickets to take his tally to 17 wickets before Rohit Sharma, and KL Rahul added 189 runs to set the stage for India’s seventh victory. Both the openers departed after their century, but Virat Kohli ensured they go home safely.

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Speaking at the end of the game, Jasprit Bumrah seemed not concerned with too many praise or criticisms. The young pacer added that he focuses only on his preparations and his executions. Bumrah is currently the no one bowler in the ICC ODI Rankings for the bowlers.

“I don’t take praise or criticism seriously,” Bumrah said. “The only focus for me is on my preparation, my execution and what I can do for the team,” he added.

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Furthermore, Jasprit Bumrah said that it had been a good campaign for them so far in the World Cup for them. The bowlers have done an excellent job so far with the batsmen rally behind them making them a dominant force in the World Cup.

In most of our World Cup games, we’ve only had five bowlers that are bowling and it’s been going like this throughout. Everybody’s had a good run here. It’s been a good campaign for us, everybody’s chipped in with wickets, and with the bat also, so it’s been a case of so far, so good,” Bumrah concluded.

India will play New Zealand in the first semifinal of the ICC World Cup 2019 on July 9 at the Old Trafford in Manchester.

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