DTVHINDI
On Sunday, February 18, on the fourth day of the third Test at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot, Team India’s experienced fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah made fun of the English batsmen. After setting a mammoth target of 557 runs, the Indian bowlers completely dominated England and won the third Test by 434 runs to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series.
Bumrah took one wicket each in both the innings of the third Test and in the entire match he took two wickets for 72 runs. But the English batsmen were playing cautiously against him. When the England team was struggling while chasing the target in the second innings of the third Test, Bumrah took a jibe after bowling the 11th over.
When Jasprit Bumrah made fun of England’s batsmen while bowling
Bumrah said laughingly, “Now he is not hitting at all.” Let us tell you that when Bumrah said this, Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow were at the crease and England had lost three wickets at the score of 28. The poor condition of England in the fourth innings of the Test match can be gauged from the fact that 7 players returned to the pavilion after scoring 50 runs.
“But now he is no longer alive.” #IndvEng
— Vithushan Ehantharajah (@Vitu_E) February 18, 2024
Players like Root, Bairstow, captain Ben Stokes and Ben Duckett could not touch double figures. If Mark Wood had not come from the bottom and played an inning of 33 runs, perhaps the England team would not have been able to cross the 100-run mark. For India, Ravindra Jadeja took five wickets while Kuldeep Yadav took two wickets.
Point to be noted is that, England ‘Baseball’ is being criticized after losing two consecutive tests. Former England captains Nasser Hussain and Michael Vaughan criticized this approach and said that there is a need to play according to the situation rather than always adopting a very aggressive strategy. Let us tell you that the fourth test of the series between the two teams is to be played on Ranchi ground from 23rd February.
