The premier Indian fast bowler, Jasprit Bumrah is making his comeback to international cricket in the ongoing T20I match against Ireland in the opening game of the three-match series at the Malahide Cricket Club Ground in Dublin. He is also leading the men in blue and after winning the toss he decided to bowl first.
After conceding a boundary on the first ball of the over, Jasprit Bumrah announced his return to international cricket on the second ball itself. He delivered an angling delivery on the good length, outside off, and Andy Balbirnie planted his foot forward to defend, but the ball nipped back to get an inside edge and clip the top of the off stump.
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Jasprit Bumrah gave an early breakthrough to India. On the penultimate delivery of the over, Lorcan Ticker went for an ambitious shot quite early in the innings and went back to the pavilion for a duck. Jasprit Bumrah delivered a ball on good length, outside off as Tucker shuffled across and tries to ramp it towards fine leg.
The ball struck on the upper half of the bat and Sanju Samson moved to his left and completed a rather comfortable catch. Bumrah bagged a couple of wickets in his comeback over.
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The first over bowled by Jasprit Bumrah serves as a glaring reminder of the Indian team’s longing for the fast-bowling maestro, offering promising prospects for Indian cricket in the forthcoming Asia Cup and 2023 ODI World Cup.
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India (Playing XI) – Ruturaj Gaikwad, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (WK), Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh (On International debut), Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Prasidh Krishna (On T20I debut), Jasprit Bumrah (C), Arshdeep Singh, and Ravi Bishnoi.
Ireland (Playing XI) – Paul Stirling (C), Andy Balbirnie, Curtis Campher, Lorcan Tucker (WK), George Dockrell, Harry Tector, Joshua Little, Mark Adair, Barry McCarthy, Benjamin White, and Craig Young.
