Pakistan-born pacer Zahoor Khan who plays for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) made a stunning claim and revealed that star Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah asked for his advice while Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma struggled to pick his deliveries while batting against him.
Zahoor joined the Mumbai Indians (MI) as a net bowler and had the chance to share the dressing room with some of the finest cricketers in the world when the Indian Premier League (IPL) was shifted to the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Zahoor claimed Bumrah was impressed with his slower deliveries and wanted to learn from him on how to bowl it.The UAE pacer revealed he also asked advice from the star Indian pacer on the ability to bowl yorkers with the new
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"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.
Zahoor lavished praise on Rohit, who led MI for a decade and was the captain of the team during his stint. The veteran pace bowler stated that the T20 World Cup-winning skipper ensured he was comfortable in the camp. However, the UAE star further stated that Rohit was left bamboozled with his bowling in the nets.
'The entire stadium is yours, paaji. If you need anything, just let me know," Rohit told Zahoor.
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"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," Zahoor added.
While Zahoor never played in the IPL, he was picked by the MI's sister franchise MI emirates in the UAE-based ILT20 and played for them. In fact, he was part of their 2024 title-winning squad.