How do you play Jasprit Bumrah? Joe Root, Ollie Pope, Ben Stokes had no answer but who does?
Hindustan TimesIndia is often regarded as the graveyard of quicks. India's bowler Jasprit Bumrah celebrates the wicket of England's batter Tom Hartley during the second day of the second Test cricket match between India and England In India, in six Test matches, Jasprit Bumrah averages a ridiculous 12.80. Also, where would India be in the second Test against England in Visakhapatnam if not for Bumrah, the explosive right-arm quick with the hyperextension in his right-arm, with the quirky walk-/run-up, with the unique action that is still a mystery even though he has spent eight years in international cricket and six playing Tests? On Saturday, armed with the SG Test ball, he produced a masterclass in the art of reverse swing, leaving England’s Bazballers shell-shocked. Next up, the reverse-sweeping Ollie Pope: Having set him up with a couple of away-going deliveries, Bumrah weighs up his choices – a length ball coming in, or the inswinging yorker, which he hadn’t employed at all.