Jasprit Bumrah, who was not at his best during the World Test Championship (WTC) final against New Zealand, is back in his element, registering figures of 4/46 and 5/64 to rattle England’s batting line-up in the ongoing match.
“There are not a lot of changes that I have made and I am looking to do. I am just trying to improve my game all the time and trying to add new things, at the same time carrying the things that I still have,” he added.
In the inaugural WTC final, which India lost by eight wickets to New Zealand, Bumrah had disappointing figures of 0/57 and 0/35.
After bundling out England for a meagre 183, India rode on KL Rahul’s classy 84 and Ravindra Jadeja’s 56 to score 278 and take a valuable 95-run first-innings lead. Despite skipper Joe Root’s stroke-filled 109, England were bowled out for 303 in their second innings, giving India a 209-run target to chase.
At stumps on the fourth day, India were 52 for 1, needing 157 more runs to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match Test series.
“You know when you start playing the game of cricket, you have to believe in yourself that you want to win and play to win, but we don’t want to look too far ahead. We have got a good start and we just want to take session by session. We will go tomorrow morning with a good mindset and hopefully take things from there,” he said.
