Despite dew making things difficult, Gujarat Titans fought back brilliantly, and Mohit Sharma, Spencer Johnson, and Umesh Yadav bowled brilliantly in the death overs to snatch an unlikely victory leaving Mumbai Indians thinktank tearing their hair as they failed to win their first match once again.
Bangladesh are now expecting some charisma from their star all rounder Shakib Al Hasan who’s still standing on the crease.
Hardik Pandya and Bhuvneshwar Kumar have also reported to the National Cricket Acamdey (NCA) for rehabilitation.
India pacer Mohammed Shami tested positive for COVID-19 and has been ruled out of the upcoming T20I series against Australia, starting on Tuesday.
Umesh Yadav and Mohammed Siraj will be hoping for a spot in the bowling line-up that is likely to be dominated by the spinners once again.
Umesh said that he did get an offer from Gloucestershire, but had to stay away keeping the workload guidelines in mind.
Hardik Pandya decided to make his relationship public this New Year.
The trio of Umesh Yadav (23), Ishant Sharma (25) and Mohammed Shami (33) picked 81 wickets in Tests this year, averaging less than 20.
The trio of Shami, Ishant and Umesh recently helped India whitewash South Africa and Bangladesh, overshadowing spinners at home.
Such was the dominance of the pacers that the Indian captain Virat Kohli had only one over bowled by a spinner in the Bangladeshi innings of the D-N Test.
