India had reduced England to 84/5 by the time the stumps were taken on the second day of the one-off Test at Edgbaston. Both teams were back on the field after the second interruption of rain, which was converted into the opening tea. but he was India Mohammed Shami, who took the initiative and with a strong sun, took full advantage of the late swing.
Meanwhile, after taking no wickets for the first 30 minutes, new captain Jasprit Bumrah handed the ball to Mohammad Siraj, who spoke the ball to get rid of the all-important Joe Root. The former England captain failed to gauge the late movement of the ball which kissed his bat and wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant completed a simple catch. Later night-watchman Jack Leach also appeared unknown in front of Shami. He was beaten once or twice and his catch was dropped by none other than Virat Kohli for 0 runs.
Eventually, Shami had his man when Leach made a right flank at second slip, leaving England staring at the barrel. Although they have two of the best modern batsmen in the middle in the form of Ben Stokes and Jonny Bairstow, they are still behind India by 332 runs.
Earlier Ravindra Jadeja reaffirmed his position as India’s most valuable player with a scintillating century before skipper Jasprit Bumrah came into the center, breaking a world record first and then on the second day of rescheduling. The rain-hit England’s top order blew away. Fifth Test.
At tea, England were struggling at 60 for 3 as well-warmed-up Bumrah, who first came off opener Alex Lees (6) with a delivery with an angle.
Then, in the post-lunch session, he got lucky twice as he removed Zak Crawley (9) and Ollie Pope (10) with the ‘seventh’ deliveries of his third and sixth overs respectively.
Both were fuller deliveries that pushed the two right-handers to go for drives as Shubman Gill at third slip and Shreyas Iyer took a regulation catch at second slip.
In-form batsmen Joe Root (19 batting) and Jonny Bairstow (6 batting) were at the crease when rain stopped play for the third time on the second day.
While he once again delivered with the ball, it was Bumrah (No. 31, 16 balls) the batsman whose fireworks will be remembered longest by the Edgbaston crowd as he scored 29 runs in Stuart Broad’s over.
Broad got a total of 35 runs in that over including six extras.
Bumrah used the bat like a sword and even the edge seemed like a “sweet spot” as he hit four fours and two sixes off Broad and sent the hosts a ‘bazzball’ (Brendon McCullum’s attack). philosophy), which had become a trending lingo. In English cricket during the last few weeks.
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