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.
Kapil said that India were not prepared for the lines that the New Zealand bowlers stuck to during the first Test.
McGrath even defended India's ordinary bowling which saw the pace duo of Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami pick up just a couple of wickets.
Post the recent update Smith now has as many as 911 points against his name, in comparison to Virat Kohli who has 906 points.
In the recent three-match ODI series against New Zealand, Bumrah remained wicketless despite playing all the matches. He conceded a total of 167 runs in the 30 overs he bowled.
In the recent three-match ODI series against New Zealand, Bumrah remained wicketless and conceded a total of 167 runs in the 30 overs he bowled.
