Who is Umar Nazir Mir? Here's all you need to know about J&K pacer Umar Nazir Mir who rattled Mumbai's batters including Rohit Sharma

Mumbai who entered the Ranji Trophy 2024-25 session as defending champions was rattled by Umar Nazir Mir’s sensational spell in Mumbai. The speedster picked up four wickets to put J&K on top. His first wicket was Rohit Sharma who got out while playing a length delivery through the on-side and got a leading edge, which was safely caught by Paras Dogra who was stationed at short cover. 

After that, he picked up Ajinkya Rahane, Hardik Tamore, and Shivam Dube's wicket before lunch. 

Here's all you need to know about the J&K Pacer Umar Nazir Mir.

The speedster Umar Mir was born in Malikpora, a small town in Pulwama, Jammu & Kashmir. With his height advantage and smooth bowling action, he is one of the nightmares for batters in domestic cricket. The star is an uncapped pacer who has a dream to don the Indian jersey. 

Umar Nazir's domestic stats

Umar who got into the limelight after picking Rohit's wicket is one of the consistent performers for his state in first-class cricket. The speedster played 57 first-class matches where he picked up 138 wickets at an average of 29.12. His best performance came in last year against Services. He picked up 6/53. In the ongoing Ranji season, the speedster is in the form of his life. He picked up 11 wickets in his last three Ranji matches at an impressive average of 9.81. His economy rate of 2.64 and his strike rate of 22.27.