Is Jasprit Bumrah Sikh? What Indians Googled after Bowler Married Sanjana Ganesan

Jasprit Bumrah, the Indian cricket team’s frontline bowler, got hitched to sports presenter Sanjana Ganesan amid weeks of speculation and online rumours floating about. On Monday, Bumrah took everyone by surprise after the 27-year-old shared photos from his special day along with his partner Ganesan over his social media accounts where he penned a heartfelt note. “Love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course, the pacer wrote before adding, “Steered by love, we have begun a new journey together. Today is one of the happiest days of our lives and we feel blessed to be able to share the news of our wedding and our joy with you.”

It was only a matter of seconds that the star bowler’s social media posts from the wedding ceremony went viral across India as happy and congratulatory messages poured in from all quarters.

“Love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.”Steered by love, we have begun a new journey together. Today is one of the happiest days of our lives and we feel blessed to be able to share the news of our wedding and our joy with you.

Jasprit & Sanjana pic.twitter.com/EQuRUNa0Xc

— Jasprit Bumrah (@Jaspritbumrah93) March 15, 2021

However, curious desi folks wanted to know more about Bumrah’s roots so they headed over to google in search of their answers.

“Is Bumrah Sikh?” was among the top related queries on Google Trends on Monday.

This was followed by similar queries such as: “What is Bumrah’s caste?” “What is Bumrah’s religion?” “Where was Bumrah born?” Another query that popped up was people wanting to know Bumrah’s grandfather’s name.

Image credits: Google Trends

You can check what the desis searched about for Sanjana Ganesan here.

Meanwhile, as news of Jasprit Bumrah’s wedding with TV presenter Sanjana Ganesan intensified, an old tweet of the anchor has added a little fuel to the fire. A tweet from two months ago has resurfaced where she had retweeted a tweet from a sports website that showed Bumrah’s mood during a Test match.

Ganesan had taken to Twitter to have a little fun and retweeted the photo with a caption, “Jasprit Bumrah’s on-field moods & my daily mood swings look exactly alike,” back in January this year.