Jasprit Bumrah’s five-wicket haul put India in commanding position despite a fine hundred from England captain Joe Root on the penultimate day of the first Test in Trent Bridꩵge, Nottingham.
Bumrah took 5/64 in England’s second innings while Root registered his 21st Test century on an intriguing day for both the teams.
India bundled out England for 303 in their second innings an hour after the Tea break, resulting in a target of 209 to win. The hosts went to stumps at 52 for 1 with Rohit Sharma (12 off 34) and Cheteshwar Pujara (12 off 13) in the middle.
England pacer Stuart Broad delivered an absolute peach to have KL Rahul caught behind for a well-made 26 that followed the recalled Indian opener’s 84 in the first-innings.
Brief scores: India 278 & 52-1 (KL Rahul 26, Stuart Broad 1/18𒅌) need another 157 to win against England 183 & 303 (Joe Root 109, Jasprit Bumrah 5-64).
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
Super spell Jassi 🔥🔥⭐️⭐️. Go well boys.. backing our boys to chase down🔜 t𒀰he total
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)
Well deserved Jasprit👏🏻👏🏻
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi)
What a performance 👊🏻
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14)
9 for 110. He is such a champi𓃲on. . The bowlers have done their bit
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
Jasprit Bumrah fifer! This is exactly what I stayed awake to see! How goo𝐆d!🔥
— Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB)
So 209 with plenty of time left in the game. India favourites but can England do someꦚthing special. Brilliant days cricket ��
— Isa Guha (@isaguha)
One of the GREAT T𝔉est Tons … Magnificent !! ��👍
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan)
That is a magnificent hundred from . The shots, the context of the match, the strikꦦe rate… Such fantastic batting. Young players should ꧒watch his movement and the rhythm in his innings. So good.
— Ian Bell (@Ian_Bell)
Most wickets by Indian pacers after 21 Tests
92 – Jasprit Bumrah
81 – Irfan Pathan
79 – Kapil Dev
71 – Mohd Shami
70 – S SreesanthOnly six other Indian bowlers (all spinners) have more wickets than Bumrah after 21 Tests
(Maximum: Anil Kumble 108)— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman)
Very Interesting chasing 200+ Vs England with that New Duke ball ….. india will have to bat brill🐼iantly to get over the line ….. my money is on Cricket 😊👍🏾
— Tino95 (@tinobest)
Top knock 👏🏼👏🏼
Rooooooooooot— Deep Dasgupta (@DeepDasgupta7)
ROOOOOOOOT. What a player! 👏🏼
— Sam Billings (@sambillings)
WinViz♏ at Stumps on day four with India requiring 157 more runs to win with 9 wickets in hand
🇮🇳 68%
🏴 21%
⚖️ 11%— Freddie Wilde (@fwildecricket)
