Former India cricketer Aakash Chopra has said that India speedster Jasprit Bumrah could turn the table for Team India on Day 2 of the Headingley Test against England. However, the Indian bowlers have failed to take a wicket in 42 overs on Day 1 of the third Test after they were bundled out for only 78 runs.
However, Bumrah was the most impressive one who could have dismissed Haseeb Hameed if Rohit Sharma managed to do well at the second slip. Meanwhile, doing his predictions for Day 2 in a video shared on his YouTube channel, Aakash Chopra shared that he hopes Bumrah will at least take a couple of wickets.
He said: “I have hope from Jasprit Bumrah that he will take two or more wickets. You hope for inspirational performances from India’s viewpoint. Bumrah can make things happen.”
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He again shared: “I have expectations that Ravindra Jadeja will take two or more wickets, he can take three as well actually. Footmarks are already created. Even Pant was beaten on one delivery. So you will expect from Jaddu, lots of left-handers. A left-hander will come at No.3, already there is one on the ground and after that Moeen Ali and Sam Curran will also come. There are plenty of left-handers in this side. So you will expect that he plays a bigger role.”
On the other hand, Ravindra Jadeja has not yet taken a wicket so far whereas he was picked ahead of Ravichandran Ashwin because of his batting abilities as well.
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Aakash Chopra has predicted that Sam Curran will do well with the bat. He observed: “Sam Curran will score more than 30 runs. When his batting comes, he will go for the slog and this time he will connect. He is not going to get out that quickly, he is coming after scoring a king pair at Lord’s.”
“There will be two more 50+ partnerships today. The pitch is really flat. The ball is coming extremely slow, there is not much movement. The new ball is still 40 overs away. They are already fairly ahead in the game and will keep running a little further ahead,”
