Description
Umran Malik is an Indian international cricket player who bowls right-arm fast in limited overs cricket for the Indian side. In June 2022, he made his India debut against Ireland. He is a cricket player for Jammu and Kashmir in domestic cricket and Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League.
Success Story
The way a fruit seller’s son fought against the difficult conditions of Jammu and Kashmir and made his place in the Indian international team with his fast bowling talent is truly an inspiration for all of us. Now, it was said all over the world that India can never produce fast bowlers, but Umran Malik proved all these statements false and in today’s Blog, we are going to know the story of this Umran, who is Once he was not even selected in the Under 19 team just because he did not have shoes. Friends, Umran Malik, born on 22 November 1999 in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, became fond of cricket at the age of three.
His father tells that in his childhood, Umran used to play with bat and ball in his hand the whole day. Now if we talk about family background, Umran comes from a very poor family. Where apart from his parents, he also has two elder sisters at home. His father used to sell fruits and vegetables to support his family. Due to his passion for cricket, Umran decided at a very young age that he wanted to become a fast bowler. However, the circumstances of the family were not such that he could get him trained from a good cricket academy.
But still, he supported Umran at every stage as much as he could. Now, even though Umran could not get any proper pitch or field to play in his initial years, still his passion for cricket and doing something was so strong in his head that he played on the small and rough ground near his house. Used to practice day and night on the fields itself. Friends, Umran was very inspired by Jasprit Bumrah’s bowling and he himself dreamed of becoming a Yorker King like him. In fact, just as Jasprit Bumrah used to play with tennis balls before joining professional cricket, similarly Umran also started playing cricket with tennis balls and that is why he saw this similarity between Bumrah and himself.
Umran had told in one of his interviews that as a teenager, he used to participate in tennis ball tournaments held in Jammu and since these tournaments were held at nights, many times he used to get late in returning home after playing the matches. Due to which he often had to be scolded by his father. Actually, Umran’s father was afraid that while playing cricket, his son might fall into the company of wrong people. And anyway, looking at the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, he was not wrong in thinking like this.
But Umran had no interest in anything other than cricket and it did not take much time for his father to understand this. Actually, Umran used to bowl amazingly in those tournaments, where no batsman could face his superfast bowling and due to this, he became very famous in his local area. And friends, seeing his tremendous performance, the senior players playing the tournament used to suggest him that he should definitely go to play at the state level and give trials etc. for selection. But Imran felt that he was not ready to play on that stage yet. That’s why he always kept postponing the matter of giving trial.
But when some of his friends started forcing him more, then Umran Malik agreed to give the trial of Under Nineteen. But friends, you will be surprised to know that in his first trial, he was rejected without even bowling a ball. What actually happened was that at that time Umran did not have shoes with spikes to play cricket. Therefore, he was not allowed to participate in that trial. After this, Umran somehow arranged money and bought cricket shoes for himself and as soon as he got a chance, he again went for trials.
Now this time Umran was completely prepared and on his very first ball during the trial, he dismissed the batsman who was not getting out to anyone and all the selectors were quite surprised to see Umran’s bowling speed in that trial. Had gone and due to his tremendous performance, he got selected in the Jammu and Kashmir team to play the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy of 20020-21. After this selection, he met former Indian all-rounder Irfan Pathan, who was the coach of Jammu and Kashmir cricket team at that time. Irfan had recognized Umran’s talent at first sight, so he immediately started working on improving it.
Irfan showed the right path to Umran’s talent by improving everything from his bowling action to his line length. Apart from Irfan, Umran’s friend Abdul Samad also supported him a lot and being his senior, he also helped him in making him mentally strong. Friends, Umran played his first match in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on 18 January 2021 and he proved his selection right by taking three wickets in the very first match.
After this, while playing in the Vijay Hazare Trophy on 27 February 2021, he also made his List A debut and due to his consistently good performance, he was selected as an edge net bowler for the Sunrisers Hyderabad team in the IPL of 2021. Went. Friends, the hard work of No Doubt’s Umran had now started paying off. But the biggest turning point in his career was yet to come. What actually happened was that in the second phase of IPL 2021, SRH’s star bowler T Natarajan got corona and the team suddenly needed his replacement.
In such a situation, SRH management’s attention fell on Umran who was giving net practice to the batsmen. The team management noticed that even a player like David Warner in the nets was having difficulty facing Umran’s bowling and Jonny Bairstow even had to ask Umran to reduce his pace during practice. And seeing all this, the management of SRH was very impressed with Umran and they decided to include Umran in the team in place of T Natarajan. And friends, suddenly getting a chance to play in a big league like IPL was no less than a miracle for both Umran and his family.
His parents could not believe that their son was going to play IPL with such big players. Friends, Umran played his first IPL match against KKR where he surprised everyone with his bowling speed. But after this, in his second match against RCB, he performed such a feat that his name got imprinted forever in the minds of cricket lovers. In fact, Umran Malik bowled at a speed of 150 plus five consecutive times in the same over and showed the world that Indian bowlers also know how to bowl fast. Besides, by bowling the ball at a speed of 153 kilometers in this match, he also became the fastest Indian bowler in IPL history.
Although Umran could play only three matches in the 2021 IPL season, but in these three matches he won everyone’s heart with his fast bowling and the result of his performance was that in the T20 World Cup of 2021, He was selected as the net bowler of the Indian team. And not only this, in the next year i.e. 2022 IPL auction, SRH also retained him for a huge amount of Rs 40000000. Friends, Umran’s dream was to bowl the ball at a speed of 155 kilometers per hour and he has already fulfilled this dream in the IPL of 2022. In fact, while playing against Delhi Capitals in IPL 2022, he bowled a ball at a speed of 157.
Due to which he became the fastest Indian bowler in IPL history, breaking his own record. Now for your information, let us tell you that this ball of Umran till that time. Shaun Tait’s 57 points at 57 kilometers was the second fastest ball in IPL history. But after Lockie Ferguson bowled the ball at a speed of 723 kilometers per hour in the IPL final, Umran’s ball became the third fastest ball in IPL history. And friends, by taking five wickets in a match against Gujarat Titans, Umran also showed that he knows how to bowl the ball at speed as well as take wickets.
In this year’s IPL, Umran impressed not only the fans but also the selectors with his bowling and as a result of this, he was included in India’s international team for the T20 series to be played against South Africa in June. Has been selected. This means that very soon you are going to see Umran Malik wearing blue jersey and bowling for India too. So friends, how Umran made his place in Team India after coming from a poor family living in Jammu and Kashmir. This story is going to inspire many Indian players in the future. That’s all for today’s Blog. How did you like this Blog? Please tell us by commenting. Thank you very much for giving your valuable time.
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