News about Jasprit Bumrah

Just days before Australia name their T20 World Cup squad, Jake Fraser-McGurk has made an irresistible demand for a place with his latest staggering demonstration of batting pyrotechnics in the IPL. The 22-year-old Delhi Capitals opener pulverised the Mumbai Indians attack to the tune of 84 off just 27 balls at Delhi's home Arun Jaitley Stadium on Saturday, including a half-century off 15 deliveries, the joint-fourth fastest in IPL annals. It propelled Delhi, again without David Warner who's still nursing an injured finger, to a massive 4-257, with Mumbai then falling short by 10 runs on 9-247, despite a late blast from Tim David, with his 17-ball 37.

After Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill gave a masterclass in batting on their way to individual centuries, India remains solidly in the driving seat of the fifth and final Test against England. They're back in control of the final Test with Kuldeep Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah batting a 4-1 draw.

NASSER HUSSAIN: Forget any discussion about Bazball's merits; what England has lacked during this series in India is a ruthless streak to get through tough times. They haven't been able to prevent first-innings disasters from happening. It's simple as that. They're expensive, and it's cost them dear. I'm afraid they saved the worst until last, because they went from 100 for one to 183 for eight in the afternoon, which was the most frustrating part of the tour for me.

PAUL NEWMAN IN DHARAMSHALA: Thousands of England supporters who participated in this 'bucket-list' Test were ideally encouraged to enjoy the stunning views of the snow-capped Himalayan mountains. For the alternative, it was safer to watch a complete horror film. This was the most frustrating day of a tour so far, but England had promised a lot but not delivered maddeningly little. Worse than when they lost to a historic loss in Rajkot and even worse than when they threw it all away in Ranchi.

STUART BROAD: Joe Root recalled one of his best net sessions before the Ranchi Test that Joe Root said he had just enjoyed one of his best net sessions. He had clearly discovered something after a lengthy string of events, and if he's said it before, it usually means he's been on the lookout. However, from some of Ben Stokes' and others' comments about the pitch, it seemed as if a hundred would be worth twice as much as double.

Root judged everything to be. Make no mistake: the steel in his eyes as he reached his milestones was in his eyes when he was stung by the criticism of his reverse ramp that cost him his wicket against Jasprit Bumrah in Rajkot. We're used to seeing him play with a smile on his face. Here's how it was as if he was sending everyone a note: I'm Joe Roots and I'm one of the bests in the world. Without the ability to analyze your own game, you won't score 31 Test hundreds and more than 11,500 runs. The captain asked for some self-reflection from his team ahead of this game, and Root has been doing this all his career.

Fireworks have blazed the stand-by. This fourth Test may be short, and England will only hope, sweet, as they try to pull Rajkot behind them and level this series. Well, Ben Stokes said on Wednesday that he had never seen anything like the dark brown, ultra-dry, and cracked pitch that brought back memories of England's last Indian tour three years ago, when the team lost by a 3-1 series loss to rank turners. When asked to describe the surface two days out at this north-western outpost where an international stadium was constructed 12 years ago almost in honor of legendary local MS Dhoni,' said the England captain.

PAUL NEWMAN IN RANCHI: On Tuesday, India introduced a new ingredient to the fourth Test mix, but it was without their star bowler Jasprit Bumrah. As India and England fought their way through the crowds that had assembled at Ranchi Airport to welcome their charter flight after they arrived in a city that seldom sees international cricket, Bumrah was nowhere to be seen. Bumrah had gone home to Ahmedabad after the third Test, and if he makes a late arrival here on Wednesday or Thursday, it would be clear he had sought the rest he wanted before the third Test.

PAUL'S NEWMAN IN RAJKOT: Ben Duckett defended Joe Root for playing the shot that resulted in three Test problems for England, and he maintained that the rough of Bazball must be treated with a smoothness. On day two, Duckett smashed India to all parts of Rajkot but then gave his wicket away on 153, slapping a long hop from Kuldeep Yadav straight to cover during an incredible failure that saw England lose eight for 95. It was the first of those eight that sparked disaster when Joe Root tried one of his nefarious reverse ramps off his nemesis, Jasprit Bumrah, but at third slip, it crashed straight to Yashashashashashash Singh.

NASSER HUSSAIN: Ben Duckett is the player who epitomises English cricket's mindset shift. Duckett talked about what he learned from England's first winter in 2016-17, when he toured Bangladesh and India and really failed. In Bangladesh, he played on some turning pitches and ended up with a 50 in a 1-1 draw, but was later harrassed by Ravichandran Ashwin of India, who swore out to him three times in a row, not helped by a tactical decision to get his front leg out the way and reveal his stumps in an attempt to open up the off-side.

Following his man-of-the-match success against England in Visakhapatnam, Jasprit Bumrah has become the first Indian pace bowler to top the Test rankings. Bumrah's nine for 91 sent him to No. 1 in the ICC's bowling rankings, a position he had only ever occupied among his compatriots by spin trio Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, and Bishan Singh Bedi. Tom Hartley, a left-arm spinner from Lancashire, meanwhile, has risen in both batting and bowling rankings after being only the second England player after Wally Hammond's death to score at least 50 runs and five wickets in each of his first two Tests.

PAUL NEWMAN: So, lightning did not strike twice. Even the Hyderabad Heist was not supposed to eclipse Vizag. In the meantime, England had to be content with a full supporting role in another thrilling, magical Test that leaves what is otherwise a epic story all square. On the fourth day of this second Test, there were moments when it seemed that England may defy all cricket logic and chase the 399 they needed for what would surely be an unaffordable 2-0 lead against an India team that could never lose at home.

NASSER HUSSAIN: The discussion has resurfaced after Joe Root's appearance on Monday. Does Bazball suit the way he plays? It was a tumultuous innings for Root's 16 balls out of ten wickets. Only knows if his finger was hurting and preventing him from being completely at the top of his game, whether he was worried about the imminent danger of facing his rivals Jasprit Bumrah and feeling the need to rush after the spinners. But the argument will be that Bazball doesn't work for him, when actually one look at the raw figures shows otherwise. His figures in this period are actually better than they have been in the previous career.

THE NOTEBOOK: India has tied up the five-Test series with England after securing a healthy winning margin of 106 runs in Visakhapatnam. In the third innings of the match this week, Jasprit Bumrah and Yashasvi Jaiswal appeared for the hosts with bat and ball, while Shubman Gill added a century. England had pulled off a surprise in Hyderabad to stage the first match, but there were no such heroics this round, with Zak Crawley the only tourist to reach 50 runs, doing so in both his innings.

PAUL NEWMAN IN VISAKHAPATNAM: Even though England was unable to Bazball their way to what would have been another miracle in India, Ben Stokes expressed himself content with the team's second Test approach. On the fourth day, England was bowled out for 292 runs in two sessions and lost the second Test by 106 runs as India, led by Jasprit Bumrah, came back from a humiliating loss in Hyderabad to tie the series at 1-1 with three games remaining. Stokes, who had been knocked out by a direct hit from Shreyas Iyer in the first Test, had no regrets and instead concentrated on another superb Test full of individual brilliance on both directions.

RICHARD GIBSON: After England's humiliating loss in Hyderabad, England lost by 106 runs in Visakhapatnam to see India square the five-Test series. In the first innings, Jasprit Bumrah broke through the England batting order, taking six for 45, while Yashasvi Jaiswal hit a stunning 209 runs, with Shubman Gill adding another wicket in the second innings. Zak Crawley's in-form opener was undeniably the most impressive of the tourists with his 76 and 73 leading the way in both innings, while captain Ben Stokes was his only teammate to reach 40 in the entire match.

STUART BROAD: Jasprit Bumrah has taken a special role in a story, and there is no doubt that India is a much more cohesive unit with him. He's a superb Twenty20 bowler, but Test cricket is much more efficient. He has a record of 152 wickets at 20.28 runs per attests. He is right up there with the very best to have played the game in terms of statistics. Facing him isn't like meeting anyone in the world, and I used to loathing it. Lasith Malinga of Sri Lanka had the difference between him and Bumrah in that his deliveries were incredibly difficult to pick up. Since he comes from a relatively quiet, short, shuffling run-up, there is no real fire in him, and there is consequently no real build-up to the ball being released at the striker's end. It can be very disconcerting.

Despite the dismissal that allowed Jasprit Bumrah to barge through and put India in a good spot at the second day of the second Test, a PAUL newman in Visakhapatnam has promised to do the same again. Crawley's 26th birthday as England replied to India's 396. He maintained his good form that made him England's top Ashes runscorer when he raced to 76 off 78 balls. But just as it seemed that England was rattling along at more than five runs an over, will Bazball win their second straight victory, Crawley's second broad stroke in successive balls in Axar Patel's first over and over had a leading edge to cover. England's cricketer, Bumrah, returned from a devastating spell of reverse swing, with him taking six for 45, his highest figures in a home Test, as England was denied 253 and a 143 deficit. India added 28 to their lead without loss by the end, and the series will get off to a good start on day three.

PAUL's newman in VISAKHAPATNAM Ben Stokes threw his bat to the ground and blinked with weary resignation after being defeated again by the masterful Jasprit Bumrah. He had similar reaction to an unplayable delivery that cut short his 70th Test, and now, with his team still waiting for their captain to save them, there was a hint of panic in a Stokes off-stump. On the second day of this second Test, England's Bazball team actually looked to be in a new position of atopy, with Zak Crawley flying out of the traps in reaction to India's 396 all out.

Ben Foakes found his expulsion from the Ashes "difficult," but he returned in Hyderabad to make an understated but significant contribution to England's historic first Test triumph. In Jonny Bairstow, England should choose either the best wicketkeeper in the country or a lesser gloveman, but a better batsman was dropped from the biggest Test series ever played last summer. But he has been back in India's more challenging living conditions, and he was almost flawless with the gloves, though one good chance fell off KL Rahul in the first innings, but the umpire ignored them nonetheless and England were out of orders, with the former Test captain making a crucial batting contribution in support of Ollie Pope on the last day of what was one of the finest comebacks in Test history.

On Monday, England spent what should have been the last day of the first Test relaxation, though problems piled up for an India side that was suddenly under pressure at home like never before. As England began to believe that Jack Leach would be fit for what has now become a must-win second Test for India, two key players of the home team were officially ruled out by injury, and another was reprimanded by the International Cricket Council. Ravindra Jadeja, India's top all-round figure and KL Rahul, India's top batsman in the first Test loss, will be missing in Visakhapatnam, while Jasprit Bumrah has been chided by the ICC for stepping in the way of Ollie Pope during his monumental 196.

PAUL NEWMAN IN HYDERABAD: From being battered for six on his first ball in Test cricket to becoming the first English spinner since Jim Laker to a seven-wicket haul on debut. Take a bow, Tom Hartley. What a brilliant result from Lancashire's young left-arm spinner, and what a triumph for England to kick off this five-Test series. It came at the end of a fourth day of epic drama, with just four balls of the extra half hour remaining and England completing one of the best comebacks in Test history.

RICHARD GIBSON AND PAUL NEWMAN IN HYDERABAD: Ollie Pope spearheaded a defiant England reaction on the first Test in India on day three, putting on a remarkably strong 148 to leave his team 126 ahead. On Saturday morning, the tourists took quick wickets to complete the Indian tail, with Joe Root removing Ravindra Jadeja and Jasprit Bumrah in successive deliveries before England returned to the crease. England lost Root, Jonny Bairstow, and Ben Stokes as a team lost only 18 runs, while Pope put together a superb innings to put the visitors in a more favourable mood going into day four.

PAUL RIGHT MAN IN HYDERABAD: After losing as close to an unplayable ball as it is possible to imagine, Ben Stokes could only smile and shrug in resignation. On an all-action first day of this highly awaited series, it needed something special to bring an important contribution from the England captain and Jasprit Bumrah. How England needed the new slimline Stokes, who recovered quickly after his knee injury, to stand up here, and how the captain responded to bring his team up to a point that at least appeared to hold them in the Hyderabad hunt.