Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami Open Up On Their Bowling Camaraderie

Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah applied the breaks on New Zealand innings with some remarkable bowling performances during the second and final Test match at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch.

The Kiwis, who had begun the second day at 63/0 were bundled out for 235 as India got a seven-run lead. Bumrah finished with figures of 3/63 while Shami finished with 4/81. After the end of the day’s play, the star pacers were seen discussing their bowling camaraderie.

Shami was full of praise for Bumrah, who finally managed to rediscover his rhythm.

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Meanwhile, he also talked about their batting performance in the first innings after the visitors had lost eight wickets.

India’s highest wicket-taker of the first innings also talked about the importance of those 25-30 runs.

Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami Open Up On Their Performance

“This game is like that. Sometimes you stay in form, sometimes not. We always try to do our best and avoid listening to the critics,” Bumrah said. When asked about how he applied pressure on the opposition, Shami answered,

“We planned like a unit.” In a funny way, he also mentioned that no matter what happens, we will keep fighting until the last breath.

India enjoyed a seven-run lead over New Zealand after bowling them out for 235 courtesy off some brilliant bowling performances from Bumrah and Shami who ended up with three and four scalps each.

India, in their second innings, got off to the worst possible start as the loss of wickets at regular intervals hampered them from setting a fighting target for the Kiwis.

India performed poorly in New Zealand:

The Men in Blue could only manage 124 runs in their second innings and the Kiwis had to chase 132 runs – to win the match and clinch the series.

They did so by winning it comprehensively in the end by seven wickets, to hand India their first defeat since the inception of the ICC World Test Championship.

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