India, March 6 -- "I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it is an illusion to me," Michael Jordan once said.

Without Jordan's swagger, Jasprit Bumrah exemplifies that sentiment through his actions, over and over again. The ace paceman showed no fear when Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav signaled him to bowl in the 18th over of the Thursday night thriller against England at the Wankhede.

When the captain calls for Bumrah-time early in a crunch situation, it's usually with the expectation to shut the match down. And he unfailingly delivers.

In circumstances similar to the 2024 T20 World Cup final, when South Africa needed 22 runs in 18 balls while chasing 177, then captain Rohit Sharma took the gamble to deploy his trump card. H...