"What a champ" - Sanjay Manjrekar hails Jasprit Bumrah On X as he jolts England batters

Published - 27 Jan 2024, 03:33 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 10:23 AM

Jasprit Bumrah, Sanjay Manjrekar
Jasprit Bumrah, Sanjay Manjrekar [PC:X}

Reputed commentator Sanjay Manjrekar heaped praises on Jasprit Bumrah on X (Twitter) for his fabulous bowling show in India vs England 1st Test in Hyderabad. Jasprit Bumrah jolted England batters with his lethal pace attack on Day 3 of IND vs ENG 3rd Test.

England team made a stunning start in 2nd innings with openers Zak Crawley (31), Ben Duckett (47), and Ollie Pope (63*). However, Jasprit Bumrah hunted two key wickets of Ben Duckett and Joe Root. Bumrah bowled Duckket and got the better of slatwart Joe Root with an LBW.

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What A Champ, Jasprit Bumrah: Sanjay Manjrekar

After Jasprit Bumrah???s fierce pace attack in IND vs ENG 1st Test, former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar heaped praises on the right-arm pacer. Manjrekar called him a ???Champ??? in his tweet on X.

???Got to have a quality seamer in the side against England. What with all the reverse sweeping going on. What a champ, Bumrah! #INDvENG???, he wrote on Twitter. Have a look at his tweet below.

Jasprit Bumrah Picked Back-To-Back Wickets

Notably, Jasprit Bumrah picked two back-to-back wickets in his two overs. England railed at 113-1 at one stage. With Bumrah???s attack, they reached 117-3 in a flash. Later, they also lost Jonny Bairstow and Ben Stokes with 163+ runs on the board.

Bumrah also hunted 2 wickets in the 1st innings. He was the only seamer to get wickets as the other batters were dismissed by spinner Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, and Ravindra Jadeja. Ravindra Jadeja also got 1 wicket in the match.

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Sanjay Manjrekar also hailed Ravindra Jadeja for his astonishing knock earlier. Jadeja scored a crucial 87 runs for the team in the lower order. He helped India to outpast England???s total with 190 runs. Against England 1st innings total of 246-10, India piled up 436-10. Hence, England trailed by 190 runs in 2nd innings.

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England Trailed By 190 Runs After 1st Innings

Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj are the only two pacers for India in the playing 11 in IND vs ENG 1st Test. England only has Mark Wood in the playing 11. England has also picked 3 spinners like India in the form of Rehan Ahmed, Tom Hartley, and Jack Leach.

Earlier, they won the toss and opted to bat first. For England, Ben Stokes is the only batter who has slammed a fifty in 1st innings. Ollie Pope has reached half-century in 2nd innings. For India, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ravindra Jadeja, and KL Raul scored 80-plus knocks in 1st innings.

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