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NEW DELHI: India pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah on Tuesday shared delightful and heartwarming moments from his recent visit to a Coldplay concert in Ahmedabad.
The pacer grabbed the social media spotlight on Sunday when he was seen enjoying the performance of the British band at the Narendra Modi Stadium along with lakhs of fans.
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In a celebration of music and culture, the band called out Bumrah with the lead singer Chris Martin even dedicating a personalised song for the 31-year-old.
In a video posted by Bumrah on Instagram, he shared the backstage moments with the band that saw him signing a jersey and getting involved in a huddle with the band.
Earlier in the day, Bumrah won the coveted ICC‘s award for men’s cricketer of the year for his stellar performances in both the red-ball and white-ball format in 2024.
With that he became the fifth Indian cricketer to win the award, after Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Ravichandran Ashwin and Virat Kohli.
“When I was a youngster, I saw many of my childhood heroes winning this great award, so (I’m) very happy,” Bumrah said.
Travis Head of Australia and English duo Joe Root and Harry Brook were the other nominees for the award.
Kohli previously won back-to-back awards in 2016 and 2017.
On Monday, Bumrah was also named the ICC men’s Test cricketer of the year for his 71 wickets in 13 matches.
