The Indian fats bowler, Jasprit Bumrah reckons that the Indian batsmen would be taking one session at a time after a fine bowling performance on Day 1 of the ongoing Boxing-day Test against Australia. Bumrah took 4 for 56 and was complimented well by Ravichandran Ashwin (3 for 25) and debutant Mohammed Siraj (2 for 40) in engineering Australia’s collapse to 195.
Talking about India’s batting approach during the post-day press conference, Bumrah replied: “We are looking at one session at a time. We don’t want to be conservative in our mindset and be positive. Control the controllable. When we were bowling in the morning there was some moisture on the wicket, so you saw Ashwin and Jaddu (Ravindra Jadeja) got some spin…he (Ashwin) was getting good bounce.”
Rahane’s field placements have been immensely praised by the likes of Shane Warne and Bumrah said that in the second session, the bowlers altered the line knowing that pitch was becoming easier to bat on.
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Talking about the same, Jasprit Bumrah said, “There was constant discussions going on between bowlers and the captain. The wicket changed after the first session. It got better to bat on in the second session and moisture went away. We were just trying to communicate what kind of lines we wanted to bowl so that we can set the field accordingly. When there was less help, we tried to change the line accordingly.”
He further added, “We don’t think like that and we just wanted to create pressure from both ends. Ash bowled brilliantly and so did Siraj. We were all trying to help each other. There wasn’t a lot happening after lunch and he (Siraj) bowled with a lot of control. Suddenly he started getting some movement and wanted to make the best of it. He bowled really well and had the confidence of using all his skills. It’s a heartening sign for us and hopefully, he will continue doing that.”
Bumrah played down the controversial decision by TV umpire Paul Wilson, ruling rival captain Tim Paine not out despite replays showing otherwise. The decision invited sharp criticism from Shane Warne.
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Jasprit Bumrah explained, “Yeah, it is unfortunate that the umpires are not able to travel, but it is something that I don’t have any power of changing, so we try to focus on the things we can.”
