‘Keeping this close’: Jasprit Bumrah poses with match-ball after taking historic 6-wicket haul in England

Jasprit Bumrah’s lethal bowling helped India England were bundled out for just 110 runs in the first ODI of the three-match series at the Kennington Oval on Tuesday. His scintillating pace bowling spell took him to a career-best six, registering 6 for 19 in 7.2 overs.

Bumrah used most of the stormy conditions to talk the ball. The wicket supported them with enough swing and, in turn, the quick right arm broke England’s batting line-up.

He struck right in his first over, dismissed Jason Roy for a duck and then dismissed Joe Root (0). In addition, he overtook Jonny Bairstow (7), Liam Livingstone (0), David Willey (21), and Brydon Carsey (15) to become the first Indian bowler to take 6 wickets in ODIs in English. Earth.

After dismissing four of England’s top batsmen for naught, he became the most famous bowler and won the ‘Player of the Match’ for his valor.

After his match-winning show in London, Bumrah took to Twitter to pose with a match-ball. “Keeping it close,” read the caption of his post.

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In the post-match presentation, he said, “When there is swing and seam speed, it is very exciting to get that opportunity in white-ball cricket because you have to be defensive with the kind of pitches that we usually do.” But meet. When I bowled the first ball, I got some swing and we tried to take advantage of that. When it doesn’t swing I have to pull my length back. You don’t need to put in much effort when the ball is doing something.”

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Elaborating on his plan with Mohammed Shami on working with the new ball, he said, “We had talks to go fuller as soon as Shami bowled the first over. Very happy for him, he got a lot of wickets. I told him that when he would bat, there would be days when he would run from the side. ,

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