<p class="title">"I don't take praise or criticism seriously," says Jasprit Bumrah, who has as much modesty in him as his extraordinary bowling skills, attributing India's run to the World Cup semi-finals to team effort.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I don't take praise or criticism seriously," said the pace spearhead after centuries from Rohit Sharma and K L Rahul helped India to a seven-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in their last group stage World Cup game on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The only focus for me is on my preparation, my execution and what I can do for the team."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Bumrah was keen to share the plaudits with the rest of the attack, even though he was the undoubted star of the bowling show during the win.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 25-year-old from Ahmedabad joined New Zealand's Lockie Ferguson, Pakistan's Mohammad Amir and England's Jofra Archer in third place with 17 wickets in the showpiece after claiming 3/37 from his 10 overs at Headingley.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Everybody's taking a lot of responsibility so that's very good," said Bumrah.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"When you have extra responsibility, then you try even harder and your execution is good, so that's a very good sign for us.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"In most of our World Cup games we've only had five bowlers that are bowling and it's been going like this throughout. Everybody's had a good run here. It's been a good campaign for us, everybody's chipped in with wickets, and with the bat also, so it's been a case of so far, so good."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Bumrah gave an equally understated response when he was asked how it felt to be receiving heaps of praise as the linchpin of India's attack in his first World Cup.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"You see Hardik Pandya taking wickets, you see Mohammed Shami taking wickets and I've also taken wickets, so that's the positive for us going forward.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Everybody's had a good run here. It's been a good campaign for us, everybody has chipped in with wickets and with the bat," said Bumrah after becoming the second fastest Indian bowler to reach 100 wickets in one-day internationals.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"There's a healthy competition. It's a good headache to have when everyone's performing and everyone's in good nick and that's something you love to have going into a crucial game like next week's semi-final."</p>
<p class="title">"I don't take praise or criticism seriously," says Jasprit Bumrah, who has as much modesty in him as his extraordinary bowling skills, attributing India's run to the World Cup semi-finals to team effort.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I don't take praise or criticism seriously," said the pace spearhead after centuries from Rohit Sharma and K L Rahul helped India to a seven-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in their last group stage World Cup game on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The only focus for me is on my preparation, my execution and what I can do for the team."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Bumrah was keen to share the plaudits with the rest of the attack, even though he was the undoubted star of the bowling show during the win.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 25-year-old from Ahmedabad joined New Zealand's Lockie Ferguson, Pakistan's Mohammad Amir and England's Jofra Archer in third place with 17 wickets in the showpiece after claiming 3/37 from his 10 overs at Headingley.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Everybody's taking a lot of responsibility so that's very good," said Bumrah.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"When you have extra responsibility, then you try even harder and your execution is good, so that's a very good sign for us.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"In most of our World Cup games we've only had five bowlers that are bowling and it's been going like this throughout. Everybody's had a good run here. It's been a good campaign for us, everybody's chipped in with wickets, and with the bat also, so it's been a case of so far, so good."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Bumrah gave an equally understated response when he was asked how it felt to be receiving heaps of praise as the linchpin of India's attack in his first World Cup.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"You see Hardik Pandya taking wickets, you see Mohammed Shami taking wickets and I've also taken wickets, so that's the positive for us going forward.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Everybody's had a good run here. It's been a good campaign for us, everybody has chipped in with wickets and with the bat," said Bumrah after becoming the second fastest Indian bowler to reach 100 wickets in one-day internationals.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"There's a healthy competition. It's a good headache to have when everyone's performing and everyone's in good nick and that's something you love to have going into a crucial game like next week's semi-final."</p>