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'Mummy theek hain?: Jasprit Bumrah breaks silence on infamous verbal spat with Sam Konstas during Border-Gavaskar Trophy
Jasprit Bumrah spoke about his altercation with Sam Konstas at the SCG, seeing the funny side of things during a promotional event.
The Border-Gavaskar Trophy from earlier in the season was notable not only for the results or Australia regaining the honours after over a decade, but also for the competitive nature at times in the series, in particular between some of India’s players and young Australian opening sensation Sam Konstas.
A notable moment came in the Sydney Test match, where Jasprit Bumrah exchanged some heated words with Konstas, before celebrating in the teenager’s face after taking the wicket of his opening partner Usman Khawaja with the last ball of the day.
Bumrah reflected on the occasion with a tongue-in-cheek comment, seeing the funny side of things. “I think you guys thought I was fighting him or something else happened, I just asked him ‘sab theek hai? Mummy theek hai, ghar par sab theek hai? (‘Is everything fine? Is your mother okay, is everything okay at home?’)” Bumrah said at an event for Unacademy with a smile.
“He said ‘Yes they’re fine,’ so I said ‘Achha theek hai, ab ball daal deta hoon,’ (Okay good, now I’ll go bowl.) I think there was some misinterpretation because you couldn’t hear the words,” said Bumrah.
‘I am not angry but sometimes…’
“Incidents like these happen when the game is close,” continued the fast bowler, explaining why there was a conflict between him and Konstas. “We were wasting some time, they were trying to do it as well. We were trying to put some pressure. But, that’s not the best example. I am not angry all the time but sometimes, it happens.”
Konstas had earlier in the series also gone toe-to-toe with Virat Kohli, who infamously bumped him during the debutant’s very first innings in international cricket. It became a point of contention for Australian fans against the Indian great, wondering why he was picking on the youngest and newest member of the squad.
Australia had the last laugh when it came to the series, winning out 3-1 with some impressive performances, but Jasprit Bumrah was awarded player of the series honours for his incredible record-breaking display down under.
However, Bumrah fell to an injury during that series, which is keeping him out of the ongoing Champions Trophy. India are looking to set a revenge matchup against Australia in the semifinals, with a win against New Zealand needed to set up that enticing contest.
