Jasprit Bumrah, one of the main architects of India’s comprehensive victory in the fourth Test, on Monday said his team’s success lies in the fact that it is a “happy group” that lives in the ‘present’ and doesn’t focus on the negative. does.
Bumrah’s reaction came when he was asked whether the news of head coach Ravi Shastri and other support staff members testing positive in the middle of the Test match affected him in any way.
“We focus on the good things. We like to focus on the controllable things and we as a team are a group of individuals who are very happy and fun people, not always trying to find the needle in all things ,” Bumrah said during the virtual press conference.
It was Bumrah who turned the match in India’s favor with his two wickets in the post-lunch session on the final day of the fourth Test.
Bumrah said that the team completely turned off the outside noise and was not too worried when he was dismissed for 127 for 7 in the first innings.
“Yes, the wicket was fresh and we didn’t score many runs in the first innings. But we didn’t lose shape as a team and didn’t think about a lot of things that are said and a lot of things that are written.
“We wanted to fight till the end and that’s the character we wanted to show and the things that are going out is something we wanted to address later.”
His final figures were 2/27 in 22 overs on a flat deck and the key was keeping the pressure, said the senior speedster.
He said, ‘Nothing comes easy in Test cricket. Even though it was a very good wicket, you have to bowl in the right areas and that’s the message you want to send. We had decided that even if the wicket was flat, we would have to build pressure for a long time.
“We put a lot of pressure in the first hour and we realized that it was a flat wicket and but our job was not to let the game slip away and we are happy to do that.”
The IPL and World T20 are also approaching but Bumrah does not want to divert attention from his immediate goals.
Bumrah, who took 18 wickets, said, ‘When you play a Test match, you do not know what has been done before or how many overs have been bowled because right now the focus was on working for the team. Said in 151 overs so far in this series.
“I want to play for my country for the longest time so I work hard on the gym, on my diet and everything that I try to control. I train really well and I have ammunition and when I want to push, I can push harder.
“I am not thinking too much ahead of IPL or World Cup because then mentally you can get tired. My focus is on the present, ball by ball and getting the results in our favour,” he added.
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