INDIA TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2018

Reliable Bumrah repays Kohli's early faith

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Jasprit Bumrah finished with figures of 29-8-85-5
Jasprit Bumrah finished with figures of 29-8-85-5 © AFP

Four Tests and two fifers. Both in winnings causes. Okay, the second win is not there yet, but it will only be a matter of time (and one good ball) on Wednesday. Jasprit Bumrah is quickly turning himself into an very reliable match-winning bowler for the Indian team.

It's a bit of surprise how quickly that has happened. Before India's tour of South Africa earlier this year, Bumrah was yet to make his Test debut. He was pigeon-holed as a white-ball expert, and there were no doubts about his expertise there. With a host of variations to bamboozle batsmen, Bumrah was very much the cream of the crop when it came to bowling in limited-overs cricket.

His inclusion in the Test team, when India already had bowlers such as Bhuveshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma and Umesh Yadav, with Shardul Thakur waiting in the wings, came as a surprise. But it took little time for the right-armer to prove his detractors wrong.

Just before the Nottingham Test began, Virat Kohli had gushed about having Bumrah back in the line-up. He had virtually guaranteed Bumrah's inclusion in the squad for the third Test despite the pacer only just returning from injury. Over the course of the next four days, Bumrah repaid his captain's faith.

In the first innings, Bumrah blew hot and cold, which was expected, given his return from injury. Yet, he had the knack of picking wickets, and ended with two - Keaton Jennings and Jos Buttler. In the second innings, Bumrah had hit the straps and was in rhythm. Five wickets went against his name, and he stood up when his team needed him the most.

"That was one of the best bouncers," quipped Michael Holding on air, as the Indian bowler surprised Chris Woakes with a brilliant short ball to have him out caught behind. Only in his previous over, Bumrah had bowled two great deliveries to end India's lengthy period of frustration. A wide of the crease delivery that angled in and deceived a well-set Jos Buttler into shouldering arms, followed up with one that straightened off the seam and uprooted Jonny Bairstow's off stump.

He got Woakes, and a little later, Stuart Broad, but it was the wicket of Joe Root that encapsulated why Bumrah has grown so much in so little time.

The Indians had planned to get Root out by constantly bowling full, and then bowling one wide and short of a length. Bumrah stuck to the plan, and the England captain succumbed by walking into the trap and edging one to second slip.

"We were just having a chat on what lines to bowl to him. I had a chat with the captain. We tried to bowl a little fuller and then one back of a length. It helped today and we got the edge and the result," Bumrah said at the end of the day.

But don't let that tempt you into believing that Bumrah only does what the captain wants him to. After he was ruled out of the first two Tests, Bumrah revealed that he watched the games very closely and tried to pick up every small detail that he can use when he was eventually selected. He is a someone who is constantly thinking about the game, how to improve and his plans for batsmen.

"I was injured but I was able to bowl in the nets. Even when I was back home, I was trying to train in the gym, whatever I could do, maybe run on the treadmill. But I was always focusing and keeping an eye on what works over here that suits my bowling.

"I was just focusing on that, keeping an eye on what both teams were doing in the first two games -- what's helping them, and what is successful here. I was just trying to keep an eye and replicate that in the nets sessions. It usually takes time because it doesn't matter how many overs you bowl in the nets. Match feel is always different. Try to get into the groove pretty quickly. That was my basic aim," he said.

It helped him immensely. After a lukewarm start in the first innings, Bumrah quickly figured out the right length on the pitch and had Keaton Jennings out caught behind. He would have also spotted that Bairstow had the tendency to jab with hard hands and used the away-going delivery first up in the 2nd innings. It was the same with Jos Buttler, by far the best England batsman on view in the Test.

"We've played together for Mumbai Indians in the IPL, so I've bowled a little bit to him in the nets, but not a lot. It's always an interesting competition because he's an attacking player. He's an important player for their team as well. If he gets a good start, he keeps on going and it could create problems. I was just focusing on my strengths, what has worked for me before. I've got him out 2-3 times in the IPL and in the nets as well. I was just focusing on that, what has helped me when I was bowling to him. I have a clear plan, a clear head and a clear space of mind," Bumrah said.

He may only be four Tests old, but Bumrah has already shown that he is starting to think like a Test veteran. Imagine what he'd be like when he's forty Tests old. The Indian team surely will be, and they will be very excited about it.

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