In 2010, he appeared at the “Gujarat Cricket Association” Under-19 district selection trials. However, the selectors did not include him in the main squad of 15 but named him a reserve due to his unconventional bowling action.
After the district team won the first three matches, all three reserve players were given a chance in the 4th three-day match. He took seven wickets in that match.
Bumrah made his “IPL” (Indian Premier League) debut at the age of 19. He has played for the “Mumbai Indians” since the 2013 IPL and helped the team win the title five times in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2020.
He has taken 145 wickets in 120 matches in the IPL, with an average of 23.30 and an economy rate of 7.39, making him the second-highest wicket-taker for the team after Lasith Malinga (Shri Lanka | Bowler).
He made his “T20I” (Twenty20 International) debut on the same tour against Australia in the first match of the series, taking his maiden T20I wicket that of David Warner (Australia | Opening Batter), and finishing with figures of 3/23.
India won the series, with Bumrah finishing as the highest wicket-taker of the series with six wickets.
In February 2016, he took three wickets in the T20I series against Sri Lanka.
He was named in India’s 15-man squad for the “2016 ICC World Twenty20.”
He took a wicket in every single match of the tournament except against Bangladesh.
In the semi-final, against the West Indies, he took the important wicket of Chris Gayle (West Indies | Allrounder) but also gave away 42 runs, having an economy rate of 10.50.
India lost the semi-final, and he finished the tournament with four wickets at an average of 38.25 and an economy rate of 7.65.
In India’s tour of Zimbabwe in 2016, during the first match of the “ODI series,” Bumrah, who was playing his second ODI game, took 4 wickets for 28 runs.
He was the highest wicket-taker of the series with nine wickets, including another four-wicket haul in the third match.
During the “T20I series,” he was the second-highest wicket-taker with five wickets, including a three-wicket haul in the second match.
In T20I series against the West Indies in August 2016, he became the bowler to claim the most wickets (28) in “Twenty20 Internationals” in one calendar year, surpassing the record of Dirk Nannes (Australia | Bowler).
On July 6, 2019, in the match against Sri Lanka, Bumrah, in his 57th career match, took his 100th wicket in ODIs and became the second-fastest Indian to do so after his teammate, Mohammed Shami.
He finished the tournament as the leading wicket-taker for India and the 5th highest overall, with eighteen dismissals in nine matches.
He was named “Team of the Tournament” by the ICC and ESPNcricinfo.
In the 2021 India tour of England, he was the highest wicket-taker of the series with 23 wickets. He was the star of the series.
In the last match of the series, which was postponed to July 2022 due to COVID-19 cases in the Indian camp, Bumrah captained the Indian Test team for the first time instead of Rohit Sharma, who was ruled out due to suffering from COVID-19.
In September 2023, Bumrah was named in India’s 15-man squad for the “2023 Cricket World Cup.” In the match against Afghanistan in Delhi, he took a four-wicket haul at an economy rate of 3.90.
In the final, against Australia at Ahmedabad, he took 2 wickets for 43 runs at an economy rate of 4.77.
On February 3, 2024, during England’s tour of India, in the second match of the series, he became the joint third-fastest (34 matches) Indian bowler and the fastest Indian pacer to take 150 wickets in Test cricket.
He took six wickets for 45 runs, his third-best bowling figure in Tests, and was awarded the “Player of the Match” award.
He became the first Indian fast bowler to reach the number one ranking in the “ICC Test” player rankings and the first bowler to achieve the number one ranking in all three formats of the game.
He took 19 wickets in four matches and emerged as the third-highest wicket-taker of the series, behind Ravichandran Ashwin of India and Tom Hartley of England.
India won the “ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024.”
Bumrah played a pivotal role in India’s triumph finishing the tournament with 15 wickets at an economy rate of 4.17 runs per over, making him the second-highest wicket-taker for the team.
His outstanding performance earned him the “Player of the Tournament” award following India’s win in the final against South Africa.