"I don't take praise or criticism seriously," said the pace spearhead after centuries from Rohit Sharma and K L Rahul helped India to a seven-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in their last group stage World Cup game on Saturday.
Jasprit Bumrah celebrates with teammates.
"I don't take praise or criticism seriously," says Jasprit Bumrah, who has as much modesty in him as his extraordinary bowling skills, attributing India's run to the World Cup semi-finals to team effort.
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"I don't take praise or criticism seriously," said the pace spearhead after centuries from Rohit Sharma and K L Rahul helped India to a seven-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in their last group stage World Cup game on Saturday.
"The only focus for me is on my preparation, my execution and what I can do for the team."
Bumrah was keen to share the plaudits with the rest of the attack, even though he was the undoubted star of the bowling show during the win.
The 25-year-old from Ahmedabad joined New Zealand's Lockie Ferguson, Pakistan's Mohammad Amir and England's Jofra Archer in third place with 17 wickets in the showpiece after claiming 3/37 from his 10 overs at Headingley.
"Everybody's taking a lot of responsibility so that's very good," said Bumrah.
"When you have extra responsibility, then you try even harder and your execution is good, so that's a very good sign for us.
"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 gave an equally understated response when he was asked how it felt to be receiving heaps of praise as the linchpin of India's attack in his first World Cup.
"You see Hardik Pandya taking wickets, you see Mohammed Shami taking wickets and I've also taken wickets, so that's the positive for us going forward.
"Everybody's had a good run here. It's been a good campaign for us, everybody has chipped in with wickets and with the bat," said Bumrah after becoming the second fastest Indian bowler to reach 100 wickets in one-day internationals.
"There's a healthy competition. It's a good headache to have when everyone's performing and everyone's in good nick and that's something you love to have going into a crucial game like next week's semi-final."
Twitter was in awe of Jasprit Bumrah's bowling, have a look:
Was a great sight this morning when Malinga embraced Bumrah before play started. Knowledge knows no boundaries. Share it.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) July 6, 2019
A century of ODI wickets for Jasprit Bumrah u00f0u009fu0092u00af
— ICC (@ICC) July 6, 2019
It's taken him just 57 games to reach the landmark - only one Indian has got there quicker u00f0u009fu0098u00b1
Can you guess who? u00f0u009fu00a4u0094#SLvIND | #CWC19 | #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/mV9RXJLB9j
*whenever team india needs wickets*
— Vishal Nandan Jha (@ThereRfew) July 7, 2019
Captain Kohli to Bumrah : pic.twitter.com/6oKaQrPwmC
Boom Boom Bumrah
— Mr Nishant Koyani u00f0u009fu0087u00aeu00f0u009fu0087u00b3 (@nishantkoyani) July 7, 2019
u00f0u009fu00a4u00a3u00f0u009fu00a4u00a3#INDvSL #bumrah @Jaspritbumrah93 @virendersehwag pic.twitter.com/Yi1SDBz1N9
@Jaspritbumrah93 congrats for 100 wickets our lovely Mr. NO.1 ODI Bowler. I love 2 see u while bowling Yorker's. And Best wishes for upcoming semis nd 4 finals also. Thank you so much for giving us your hardwork.
— Parbat Solanki (@ParbatSolanki8) July 7, 2019
Boom!! Boom!! Bumrah!!! pic.twitter.com/uiY6SolJd1
With inputs from PTI
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