Jasprit Bumrah’s stocks rose exponentially ever since he arrived on Australian shores this summer, with the pace ace leading India to a commanding win in the Border-Gavaskar series opener in Perth, before leaving his mark in Adelaide and Brisbane.
Jasprit Bumrah’s five-wicket haul spared India from the blushes as Australia rode another rollicking Travis Head century and a redemption hundred for the great Steve Smith to pile up 405-7 at stumps on the second day of the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Brisbane on Sunday.
In a massive relief for Indian cricket fans ahead of the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia in Brisbane, starting Saturday, star quick Jasprit Bumrah shrugged off any injury concerns and completed a full warm-up with his teammates on Thursday before bowling in their main training session.
Head was one of the few Australia batters to keep his reputation intact in the heavy Perth loss, scoring a fighting 89 in the second innings, despite a searing pace performance led by Bumrah.
Cummins also reflected on the defeat but chose not to go into specifics of what went wrong.
The Indian seamer had scalped Finch's wicket four times, including during all three ODIs and one T20I, in the six-match limited-overs series.
Performance of Jasprit Bumrah in the second Test against New Zealand, where he took five wickets, helped him claim the seventh spot in the latest rankings.
Jasprit Bumrah took three wickets and Mohammed Shami returned best figures of 4/81 as India had the Kiwis on the mat in their first innings.
This is the first instance in the history of Test match cricket when Bumrah has outscored Kohli in a Test innings.
However, McGrath stated that both the batsmen were ‘equally good’ but it was Lara's consistency against Australia that tilted the balance in favour of him.
