UAE fast bowler, Zahoor Khan missed out on being picked in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 auction, but he was roped in by Mumbai Indians (MI) as a net bowler. Speaking to ANI, Zahoor expressed that discussing his slower ball technique with Jasprit Bumrah has been his biggest takeaway from the journey so far.

Zahoor elaborated. “Bumrah asked me how do I manage to bowl the slower ball with so much dew around. I discussed my technique with him. The feeling is yet to sink in as I never expected such a thing to happen. In fact, bowling coach Shane Bond and head coach Mahela Jayawardene too liked what they saw when I hit the nets on the eve of the RCB game. After I shared my technique, he turned to our head coach and applauded me.”

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Interestingly, this isn’t the first time that Zahoor has shared the nets with Bumrah. He did it even in 2014 when the latter was bursting out into the scene. Talking of 2014, Zahoor remembers how Virat Kohli showed him that the India skipper is a class apart, and bowling against him even in the nets is a challenge in itself. 

Zahoor recalled, “I had also bowled at the RCB nets in 2014 and had a fun battle with Virat Kohli. Actually, I was over-enthusiastic and placed a slip while bowling to him and told another bowler in Punjabi that see how I bowl to him and bring the slips into play. Kohli heard me and said now let’s see what you got. The way he smashed me all over the place, I cannot start telling you.”

When it comes to being the best, MI skipper Rohit Sharma is as good as it gets and Zahoor says what impressed him most is the nature of the MI skipper. 

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The UAE bowler said, “The first day I walk into the training ground, he is in the dressing room. I show some confidence and ask him if I can sit next to him. He said the whole dressing room was mine and I could sit anywhere I want. Similarly, Hardik Bhai (Pandya) came up to me and checked on me. It has been a wonderful start to the journey and I hope to absorb as much as I can in this period from some of the best in the business.”