'We have to move to Europe': How Jasprit Bumrah's son left the India cricket star 'heartbroken' with football confession

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KEY TAKEAWAYS:

  • Jasprit Bumrah's wife and long-time TV anchor Sanjana Ganesan revealed her son told India pacer he prefers football to cricket.
  • The India pacer was left "heartbroken" by the toddler's early sporting preference.
  • Bumrah joked the family would have to move to Europe for football.

How Jasprit Bumrah's son left the Indian cricket star 'heartbroken' with football confession

Jasprit Bumrah has spent his career leaving the world's best batters bewildered, but it seems the India pace spearhead has met his match at home. His wife, sports presenter Sanjana Ganesan, has revealed how the couple's young son delivered a footballing confession that left the cricketer crestfallen.

Speaking on the GenExtraaa show, Ganesan shared a charming glimpse into life with the fast bowler and their toddler, Angad, who was born in September 2023. The anecdote centred on the little one's budding sporting interests, which have not quite gone the way his father might have hoped.

The confession came shortly after the youngster began attending a football class, and his verdict on the two sports was refreshingly blunt for someone so young.

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The confession that broke a father's heart

Ganesan recounted the moment with obvious amusement. She said, "So even with Jasprit, he just started doing a football class a couple of months ago. The boy can just about connect his foot to the ball, but he's gone to Jasprit and told him, 'I think I like football more than cricket.' And my husband's been heartbroken."

Bumrah's reaction, by her telling, leapt straight to logistics. Ganesan continued, "He's been like, he liked football; we're going to have to move to Europe. The houses are small. I am like he's two; first of all, there's no money in football." The presenter was quick to stress that her husband's dramatic response was rooted in genuine, if exaggerated, feelings.

She said, "I respect footballers and what they do, but my husband has had some reaction to the fact that my son enjoys football."

The exchange drew laughter from the host, who teased that the family was already halfway out the door. Ganesan played along, joking, "Yes, yes, to somehow like a pigeon-hole apartment," imagining a cramped European existence built around their son's new passion.

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A glimpse of the man behind the run-up

The story offers a rare, lighter side to Bumrah, who leads India's attack into the Sri Lanka series but remains the subject of a fitness watch over a knee concern. There is something quietly endearing about the image of one of cricket's most feared bowlers fretting over a two-year-old's choice of sport.

It humanises a figure usually seen at his most ruthless, and the mock-catastrophic talk of uprooting to Europe reads as the fond exaggeration of a doting father rather than any real dismay. Whether Angad sticks with football or eventually gravitates towards his father's trade is a question for another decade entirely.

For now, the tale is a warm reminder that even the most single-minded champions are, at home, simply parents navigating the small and funny surprises their children spring on them.

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