Captain Jasprit Bumrah admitted that poor performance with the bat in the second innings had to pay the price India After dominating the match for almost three days in the fifth Test against England, India were completely defeated in the last two by the hosts, as a result, they lost the match by 7 wickets and the series ended in a 2–2 draw. Went.
Bumrah feels that the Indian batsmen did not live up to the expectations on the fourth day of the series where England took advantage of it.
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He said, ‘I will not go much further than this (to call myself an all-rounder). That’s the beauty of Test cricket, even if you have three good days. Bumrah said in the post-match presentation, “We fell short of the bat yesterday and this is where we let the opposition go away from the match.”
Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow completely outplayed the Indian bowlers in the first session of the fifth day as England chased down the required 119 runs in 19.4 overs.
The stand-in captain gave England a lot of credit for their performance in the series, while he also said that India could have won the series if rain had not interfered during the opening Test last year.
“If and but always can happen. Had you gone back, we could have won the series if it hadn’t rained in the first match. But England played really well. We have drawn the series and both the teams played very good cricket and it was a fair result.
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The premier pacer spoke about the performances of Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja in the first innings that kept India ahead in the struggle.
“Pant takes his chances. He and Jaddu got us back in the game with their counter-attack. We were ahead in the game. He takes his chances, supports himself and is very happy for that,” he said.
Bumrah also talked about leading the Indian team for the first time and working closely with head coach Rahul Dravid.
“Dravid is always there to guide and support us. We could have been a little tighter in our bowling line and used variable bounce. Captaincy is not what I decide. I like responsibility. It was a good challenge, a new challenge. It was an honor to lead the team and a wonderful experience,” he concluded
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