We Do Not Play Blame Game: Jasprit Bumrah Reacts As Batsmen Fail To Consolidate

Jasprit Bumrah rediscovered his rhythm with the ball during Day 2 of the second and final Test against New Zealand at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch on Sunday.

The Kiwis who had begun the day at 63 for no loss were dismissed for 235 courtesy of some remarkable bowling performances by Bumrah and Mohammed Shami. The duo made the ball do the talking and helped India get a slender seven-run lead.

However, all the good work of the bowlers was undone by the failure of Indian batsmen. None of the batsmen countered the attack of the New Zealanders, which kept India in deep trouble.

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At the end of stumps, India were staring at a defeat as they reached 90 for 6 in their second innings at stumps on the second day for an overall lead of 97 runs.

We, as a team, want to push it hard: Jasprit Bumrah

While addressing the media after the end of the day’s play on Sunday, Bumrah said that they do not play the blame game whenever someone fails. He added that he has faith in Rishabh Pant and Hanuma Vihari’s ability, to push the opposition hard on the third day even though it will be easier said than done.

“See we don’t play the blame game. In our team culture, we don’t look at blaming anyone. Some days if as a bowling unit we don’t pick up wickets, then that doesn’t give the batsmen liberty to take our case, isn’t it?” asked Bumrah.

“We, as a team, want to push it hard and do well but the situation is what it is. We have two batsmen left and we would look to push tomorrow as well. We can try and work hard and score as many as we can and we will see how it goes,” said Bumrah who took three wickets for 62 runs in New Zealand first innings.

However, it would be interesting to see how things would turn out for India on Day 3 at Christchurch. The team would hope Vihari, Pant and Jadeja give something on the board only to fight for the bowlers.

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