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Following India’s leveling of the five-match series at 1-1 with a 106-run victory in the second Test against England, McCullum acknowledged Bumrah’s significant impact. The pacer, along with batsmen Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill, played a pivotal role in tormenting England, securing a total of nine wickets, including a remarkable six-wicket haul in the match. Talking about approaching Bumrah, McCullum was quoted as saying by ESPNCricinfo: “I don’t know.” McCullum mentioned that the team doesn’t rely on theories and expressed confidence in the players’ ability to figure things out for themselves.
He emphasized that, just as they have done successfully against other world-class bowlers over the past 18 months, bowlers can adapt and find effective strategies against challenges like Bumrah.
“We don’t really do theories. It’s about making sure the guys are totally clear and present, confident and confident in their approach. They’re a lot better than me and they’ll figure out the best way to do it.” “
“There are contrasting ways to approach it, and I’ve always said it’s important to bounce off whoever you’re hitting and the contrasting skills you have. We’ll see where we go. For now, we have to tip our cap.” to Jasprit and tell him that spell (in the first innings of the second Test) was as good as anything we’ve seen so far on this trip.”
“It all depends on the condition. When the ball swings like that, he becomes even more of a threat. He is a fantastic bowler in all forms of the game. He is unique with his release points and the amount of swing he can generate. in the air. He is certainly very good, but we have faced very good players over the last 18 months and we have found ways to counter them and that is what we have to do in this case,” the coach concluded.
One of the players who has been trying to counter Bumrah is England’s star batsman Joe Root. Two out of four times, Bumrah has dismissed Root in this series. Bumrah has dismissed England’s leading batsman a total of eight times, three more than any other bowler. But Root’s average against Bumrah is 30.60.
Root’s Test average has fallen below 50 to 49.64 after four patchy innings. During the 399-run chase in the second Test, Root abandoned his anchoring style in favor of aggression and could only manage 16 runs in 10 balls, taking his run total in the series to just 52 runs in four innings.
McCullum, however, said Root is a world-class player and still has three games left to score big runs.
“He is a world-class player and the best player England have ever seen. His method (in the last innings of the second Test), while people look at the dismissal, look at the method of his option and he was trying to get back the field to be able to milk them.”
“It’s the bravery you have to take sometimes, and sometimes you get ahead doing it, but that’s how the game goes. There’s no doubt from our point of view in that approach. Three Tests left, still a chance to score a lot of runs.” , he concluded.
Coming into the match, England were tied at 292 as they chased a target of 399 runs to take a 2-0 lead in the series, with only Zak Crawley (73 off 132 balls, eight fours and two sixes) taking the Indian bowlers on the attack.
Jasprit Bumrah (3/46) and Ravichandran Ashwin (3/72) were the pick of the Indian bowlers. Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh and Axar Patel managed to get one wicket each.
Earlier, India took a lead of 398 runs in their second innings after being bowled out for 255. Shubman Gill hit form with a classy 104 off 147 balls with 11 fours and two sixes, scoring over a fifty after 12 innings. Contributions from Axar Patel (45 off 84 balls with six fours), Ravichandran Ashwin and Shreyas Iyer (29 runs each) helped India secure a big lead.
Tom Hartley (4/77) and Rehan (3/88) were the pick of the England bowlers.
Led by the heroics of Jasprit Bumrah, India had earlier bowled out England for just 253 in their first innings, taking a lead of 143 runs. Zak Crawley (76 off 78 balls, with 11 fours and two sixes) launched an impressive counter-attack, but Bumrah (6/45) along with spinner Kuldeep Yadav (3/71) swept away the rest of the English line-up.
India reached a respectable total of 396 runs in their first innings, mainly thanks to young Yashasvi Jaiswal’s two maiden hundreds (209 off 290 balls, with 19 fours and seven sixes). Hits from Shubman Gill (34), Rajat Patidar (32), Shreyas Iyer and Axar Patel (27 each) helped the left-handed batsman.
(With contributions from ANI)