New Delhi.The Indian team’s fast bowler, Jasprit Bumrah, is known for his cheeky and sarcastic answers. Another taunt of Bumrah was captured on the stump mic, where he did not refrain from making fun of England’s baseball mentality.
This incident happened in the Rajkot test. The England team was chasing a huge target of 557 runs on Sunday. It was expected that England would give a tough fight to India due to its aggressive thinking, but exactly the opposite happened. England had lost three wickets on a score of just 20 runs.
This was probably the first time the England team on the current tour was seen trying to play in a traditional manner instead of playing baseball style. Ravindra Jadeja, playing in his hometown, troubled the English batsmen a lot and took 5 wickets.
It was an eye-opening experience for England, who had been successfully chasing big targets due to their aggressive approach in the last few matches. Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow were trying to find form. When the score was 20/3 in the 10th over of England’s innings, Jasprit Bumrah took a dig at the baseball. This incident was captured on the stump mic. Bumrah said, “Now he is not even hitting.”
Bumrah rubbed salt into England’s wounds. This video has gone viral rapidly. The England team never recovered from the initial pressure and collapsed for only 122 runs. In this way, England suffered the most embarrassing defeat (by margin of runs) of their Test career. Remember that the pair of Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum made Baseball Soch a superhit in Test cricket? Under these two, England gained popularity by playing aggressive cricket.
