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Bonkers? No, Bumrah - by Sarthak Dev - Lines on The Grass

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Part cricketer, part superhero

The insanity of Jasprit Bumrah starts at the top of his run-up. ** A fast bowler’s run-up is cricket’s purest rhythm. You hear it before you see it - the gathering drumbeat of spikes against turf, like a timpani roll rising in volume and intensity, each step a note in an evolving score. On freshly-cut grass, the sound is sharp and clean. By evening, on worn patches, it becomes deeper, earthier, like a mallet striking leather. Some run in with venom, like Ambrose once did; others glide like Holding in his pomp, all gathered grace, barely audible. They all follow this law of rhythm, this…

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