Twitter Hilariously Trolls Jasprit Bumrah As Bowls 13 No-Balls In First Innings At Lord's

By Shaan Singh

Updated - 15 Aug 2021, 02:16 AM

Twitter Hilariously Trolls Jasprit Bumrah As Bowls 13 No-Balls In First Innings At Lord's
Twitter Hilariously Trolls Jasprit Bumrah As Bowls 13 No-Balls In First Innings At Lord's

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One could be forgiven for confusing Jasprit Bumrah’s last over of Day 3 at Lord’s as part of The Hundred tournament as India‘s spearhead pacer bowled 10 balls in it to James Anderson. The extended over was a result of the speedster bowling four no-balls in a single over.

Out of the 17 no balls Indian bowlers bowled in England’s first innings, Jasprit Bumrah accounted for 13 of those; according to ESPNcricinfo’s stats, it was the highest in an innings for an Indian bowler since Zaheer Khan’s 13 no-balls in Guyana in 2002.

The 126th over of England’s innings, bowled by Jasprit Bumrah, will now, apart from criticism, come into plenty of debate as well. The Indian seamer hurled down a barrage of bouncers, most into the body, towards Anderson, a number 11 batsman with a batting average of less than 10.

Jasprit Bumrah
Jasprit Bumrah. (Credits: Twitter)

Netizens were quick to bring out the rule book as well, suggesting that the umpire should have stopped Jasprit Bumrah from bowling such lethal short deliveries as it stood a chance to injure Anderson; one of the bouncers even hit the batsman on his head.

Jasprit Bumrah already has a reputation of crossing the line – on the bowling crease, to be clear here – while bowling, and that has at times cost his side, whether India or Mumbai Indians – the reprieve he gave to Fakhar Zama in the 2017 Champions Trophy final still is hurtful for Indian fans as Zaman went on to score a match-winning hundred.

Eventually, one of the no-balls of Mohammed Shami helped India as he got rid of Anderson, the last wicket, on the last ball of the day after his over was extended as he had bowled a no-ball earlier in that over. The hosts finished the day 27 runs ahead of India’s total with skipper Joe Root scoring little less than half – 180 runs – of India’s total.

Jasprit Bumrah
Jasprit Bumrah (Image Credit: Twitter)

Twitter was quick to come up with jokes and memes on the no-ball fiasco of Jasprit Bumrah, who returned wicketless after at Lord’s in the first innings, after having picked a five-fer in Nottingham in the first Test.

Here’s how twitter reacted to Jasprit Bumrah’s no-balls in the Lord’s test:

https://twitter.com/QuickWristSpin/status/1426598384060690438

https://twitter.com/MikSpamsL2/status/1426595651412926467

https://twitter.com/ViratkohliFabb2/status/1426594893711831040

https://twitter.com/Vk__stan/status/1426594598969696256

https://twitter.com/monicas004/status/1426595282733649921

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