Jasprit Bumrah is enjoying a dream debut as captain of India with bat and ball as England were forced to fight on a second rainy day of the decisive test at Edgbaston.
Bumrah beat fast bowler Stuart Broad for the most expensive in the history of test cricket.
Then, given the ball, Bumrah took the 3-35 to make England limping 5-84 on stumps in response to India’s 416 all out. Ben Stokes’ team was ahead of 332 runs.
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The first overseas test of Ravindra Jadeja, one hundred 104 and Bumrah’s ballistic undefeated 31 of 16 balls, including a world record of 29 in a Broad envelope, gave India an impressive total.
Led by Bumrah, the fast bowling players of India were relentless against the English batsmen in ideal conditions and despite the rain stops.
Stuart Broad, of England, reacts against Jasprit Bumrah of India, as the latter achieved a record number of executions in one pass. (Getty)
Jonny Bairstow had to reduce his aggressive focus against the excellent stitching and swing bowling of Bumrah and Mohammed Shami to go undefeated in 14 of 47 balls.
Jack Leach was sent as a night watchman, but the plan failed. Leach survived when Virat Kohli couldn’t hold a hard catch over his head in the slips, but Leach outscored Shami by a five-ball zero.
Stokes had to go in and pass four balls to stumps.
Bumrah fired Alex Lees (6), Zak Crawley (9) and Ollie Pope (10). Joe Root survived Bumrah’s hat trick, but was constantly challenged by Bumrah and Shami.
Root was finally caught back on the 31st by a delivery from Mohammed Siraj.
Bumrah threw Lees clean of a ball that came abruptly into the left, and Crawley’s fight against the new ball continued when he gave a regulation catch to the slippery cord. Pope was defeated by an additional rebound and Shreyas Iyer made the catch on the second rebound after the ball bounced off his chest.
Earlier, Bumrah beat Broad by four limits and two sixs in one, which eventually set a world record for 35 races.
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The previous record of 28 races in an over was shared jointly by Brian Lara of the West Indies, George Bailey of Australia and Keshav Maharaj of South Africa.
Broad lit up when India, picking up 7-338, added a fast 78 in an hour. India finished with a good race rate of 4.90.
Jadeja came into his century after resuming in 83. A Matthew Potts square cut to the point limit increased Jadeja’s century by 183 balls. After reaching 13 limits, James Anderson threw it.
Anderson picked up his 32nd five-port run in test cricket when he had the last two ports to finish 5-60.
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