Kamal Ghorui
The naughty teen who skipped nets
Bumrah wasn’t academy material at first. A Nirman High School student just 15 minutes away by auto, he strolled in casually for practising cricket, recalled Jasprit Bumrah’s coach Kishore Trivedi. “He was studying in Nirman High School. He came to me one day when he was 16 years of age and enrolled in the academy. At that time, he was mainly playing school cricket and was not very serious about it. I watched him for a couple of days and then told him that if he wanted to get serious about cricket, he had to come regularly and give proper time to the sport. You cannot practice one day and then stay absent for the next three… I told him he had the talent, and if he wanted to, he could play at the highest level,” Trivedi told India Today.It clicked. Bumrah showed up steady, clocking 140 kph even as a teen. Peers dreaded facing him—ball hissed from “behind his shoulder,” release point a foot ahead of normal thanks to hyperextension. Kids jeered “chucker!” Trivedi shut it down: “Legal. Unique. Ours.” No tweaks—just belief.
Kishore TrivediPhoto: X
Ditching the coaching bible
Fast bowling 101: relaxed run-up, bent elbow, fluid swivel, varied wrists. But, Bumrah? Short jog, stiff frame, one-note in-swing, open-chested lunge. “Everything wrong,” by manual. Book coaches would’ve “corrected” hundreds like him into forgettable county professionals. Trivedi tossed the script.After a week of watching and observing Bumrah, Trivedi decided to choose perfection in imperfection. Instead of fixing, he honed his skills. The result: Bumrah played for Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy for Gujarat. This was followed by Scout John Wright spotting him; Mumbai Indians selecting him which brought IPL stardom.
From cricket coaching in Ahmedabad to World Cup winning team
Trivedi’s Royal Academy has churned out professional cricketers, including Jasprit Bumrah and Siddharth Trivedi (his son, and Rajasthan Royals IPL player). “Imagine, from such a small coaching centre, the best bowler in the world was produced. That makes me happy,” Trivedi told India Today with pride.Trivedi’s hardwork in honing Bumrah is an ode to India’s timeless guru-shishya parampara.Meanwhile, Bumrah’s path from being an unserious school kid to being a part of the T20 World Cup 2026 winning team is nothing but awe-inspiring and remarkable.
