‘Don’t know how much…’: Why did Jasprit Bumrah label England Test series as a Challenge?
India’s star pacer Jasprit Bumrah believes that playing with the red-ball in England always comes with a different challenge and has said that he is looking forward to bowl wit the Dukes ball, while working with the task of taking wickets while the ball is soft.
While having a conversation with former Australian captain Michael Clarke on the Beyond23 Cricket YouTube channel, Jasprit Bumrah said, “You know, playing in England is always a different challenge. I always love bowling with the Duke ball. But I don’t know how much the Duke ball is doing right now because there’s always constant changes to the ball. But the weather, the swinging condition sometimes… then when the ball becomes soft, you know, there’s always a challenge. So I always look forward to playing in England.”
Jasprit Bumrah has played 9 Test matches in England and taken 37 wickets while averaging at 26.27. He is going to lead the bowling department which comprises of Mohamed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, and he spoke about being confident about the rest of the pacers to perform well in the series as well.
“They’re playing an interesting style of cricket, which is an interesting one because I don’t really understand it too much. But as a bowling unit, you know, we always feel confident that when the batters are being ultra aggressive, on a given day, anybody could run through and, you know, get wickets,” he noted.
“I do have my competitive spirit and I do play to win, but I don’t want to cross the line. You want to give your best, but you don’t have to be a clown. That is something I try and not to be. I am only looking at bowling fast. So, I try to control my aggression, drive it in a manner which will help me. And then probably I found a way to use it to my advantage,” he said.
Indian squad for England tour got announced on May 24, and Shubman Gill has been announced the captain of the team with Rishabh Pant being his deputy.
Indian squad for England tour:
Shubman Gill (C), Rishabh Pant (VC/wk), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav.
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