The last day of the second Test between India and England was remarkable for a few reasons. Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami’s 89-run partnership put India in a position of strength, but the bowling done by the England pacers on the Indian tail took everyone by surprise.
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Even former England bowler Steve Harmison couldn’t believe what he saw. He further said that England lost the plot in trying to take revenge on James Anderson. Earlier in the match, Bumrah bowled some short deliveries to Anderson, which dealt a blow to the latter. So as a part of the plan, the England bowlers kept troubling Shami and Bumrah with short deliveries and both the Indians expected this to happen. Predicting the move, Shami scored 56 and Bumrah 34.
Courtesy of this, India declared England on a score of 298, setting a target of 272 runs.
“He completely lost the plot. Half an hour after getting Rishabh Pant, what on earth happened to the England cricket team? He had no slips, no catches at any position when bowling at number 9 and 10 A good ball to Virat Kohli, a good ball to Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah.
“When the verbal talks were coming out, it was good entertainment. You want to see two passionate groups go face to face. But England seem to have lost sight of England trying to get Jasprit Bumrah out with a bouncer. India played great cricket though.”
Meanwhile, looks like Virat Kohli is being haunted by the ghosts of his 2014 tour of England where he had a terrifying performance with the bat. His tendency to chase the ball outside was taken full advantage of by the English bowlers and then kept him calm throughout the tour.
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Batting legend Sunil Gavaskar, however, defended Kohli’s approach, saying it cost him thousands of runs, but pointed the finger at the intention of the India captain.
“That method has been successful for him. Gavaskar said on Sony Sports Network, “He has scored 8000 Test runs with that back and full movement. But he is playing outside the off-stump and on deliveries a little too early in the innings. This time, the leg is elsewhere. , The bat is somewhere else, which means he hasn’t played really well. It may be about this much-talked-about word intent but in a five-day game, every batsman tends to score runs. It’s the way it stands out. “
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