Alright, so today I wanted to get to the bottom of something that’s been bugging me since that big match last week. We were watching, right, and my buddy goes, “No way Jasprit Bumrah is 5’11”, he looks shorter.” Got me thinking, all these official stats… how accurate are they really? Everyone just copies what’s online. So I figured, screw it, why not try and verify his height myself? Not like I can measure him, but maybe I can figure out a decent way to check.
The Starting Point: A Mess of Numbers
First thing I did, obviously, was hit up all the usual places online. Cricket sites, sports databases, even fan pages. Total chaos, man. Got numbers everywhere:
- Some said 5 feet 9 inches
- Others swore it was 5 feet 10 inches
- The official sites mostly said 5 feet 11 inches
- And wouldn’t you know it, one even claimed a solid 6 feet!
Felt like pulling my hair out. No pictures looked convincing, just him standing there. Needed something, anything, solid to compare him to.
The Plan: Find a Real-Life Yardstick
Brainwave hit me when I was browsing gear online. Those mannequins in stores! They show heights, right? Pretty standard stuff. Decided that was my best shot. Jumped in the car and drove straight to this massive sports store downtown. Knew they had official team merch mannequins, figured those had to be accurate.
Spotted it almost straight away: a big Mumbai Indians display, mannequin decked out in the full blue kit. Glorious. Best part? It had a big, clear sticker on the base: 6 feet tall (182.88 cm). Perfect! That’s my confirmed reference point.
Getting Down to Measuring
Now, how tall is Bumrah? This needed real work. Grabbed my phone – tons of pics of him standing fully upright during tests, especially next to other players. But the jackpot was finding that old photo from a couple of years back with him right next to a 6-foot pitch-side marker. Lucked out.
Opened my photos app and pulled up the pitch marker pic alongside a bunch of others where he’s standing straight. Then, used a super basic measurement app I have (just for relative heights). Placed the 6-foot marker’s height known in the app, then dropped Bumrah next to it in the same image frame.
Held my breath. Did it with a few different photos just to be sure, zooming in, lining up their feet and heads as best as I could. Every single time? Same thing. Clear as day.
The Big Reveal & Sticking Points
Okay, here it is. Bumrah comes up consistently, slightly shorter than the 6-foot marker. Not by a huge amount, but enough. The math said it all: 3.25 feet from the 6-foot mark. So, simple subtraction: 6 feet minus 3.25 inches = 5 feet 8.75 inches. Call it 5 feet 9 inches for practical purposes.
I went back and forth on this. Eyeballed it against the store mannequin again using my phone pics. Yep, same story. So those official sites saying 5’11”? Way off. Even the 5’10” seems generous. My measurement? Definitely puts him firmly in the 5’9″ range.
End of the day, you gotta measure to know. Just copying what others say is lazy. I put in the legwork (literally, drove to the store!), used a solid reference, and got a number I actually trust now. Feels good to have settled it properly.
