Pakistan-born UAE pacer Zahoor Khan revealed that he spent three months with the Mumbai Indians (MI) camp and the likes of Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah liked him so much for his performance. Zahoor joined MI as a net bowler in 2014 and he trained with the star players when IPL was relocated to the UAE due to the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. Zahoor revealed that Bumrah was so impressed by his slower deliveries that he asked him for tips on gripping the ball.
In the exclusive conversation with Sports Tak, Zahoor revealed the incident when he asked Jasprit Bumrah how to bowl yorker with the new ball.
"I was with Mumbai Indians for three months. I've spent reasonable amount of time with Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah. Bumrah in fact liked me so much and asked me the grip. Yeh slower ball kaise dalte ho? (How do you bowl this delivery This is a huge deal for me as he is the world's No. 1 bowler, and he asked me about the grip. He watched my video as well in the T10 tournament where I bowled a maiden. I told him but also asked him how he bowls Yorkers with the new ball. Because only 2 people in the world can do it - Lasith Malinga and Jasprit Bumrah," Zahoor told Sports Tak in a chat.
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He also recalled bowling Indian captain Rohit Sharma, Zahoor said that even Rohit was unable to pick his deliveries.
"I even bowled to Rohit Sharma. Once I bowled him a slower ball, and he kept on looking because the ball hardly reached him. Even he couldn’t pick my deliveries. He was like how can it be so slow? Then I bowled at him again. He said even if the batter picks your ball, it will never result in a six" added Zahoor.
Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah are currently in Chennai for the first Test match against Bangladesh which is scheduled to start from September 19 at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
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