Team India made it to the final of the T20 World Cup for the second consecutive time. In the second semi-final against England, the Indian team registered a close win by 7 runs in a high-scoring match and came very close to defending its title. Now the eyes are on winning the title for the second consecutive time and to make it successful, the player who will be needed the most is star fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah. In the semi-finals, Bumrah once again proved to be the difference between the two teams, in front of whom the England batsmen could not play openly.
In the second semi-final of the World Cup held at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. India and England The batsmen scored a lot of runs. The bowlers of both the teams were badly beaten. Playing first, the Indian team scored 253 runs and in reply, England also scored 246 runs. The England team lost after coming so close to the target and the main reason for this was Jasprit Bumrah, who was the most economical among all the bowlers involved in this match. Bumrah spent 33 runs in his 4 overs and took one wicket.
Why is it so difficult to play Bumrah?
In the match in which all the bowlers gave away runs at a rate of more than 9, Bumrah was the only bowler whose economy rate was only 8.25. But why did this happen? The whole world knows that it is not easy for Bumrah to play, but how was Bumrah successful even on the pitch on which everyone was beaten? Former South African captain Faf du Plessis revealed this. Du Plessis said in the ESPN-Cricinfo show, “Bumrah’s action is so different that it is difficult to understand at what speed the ball is coming out of his hand. There is skill in it but it is also because of his action. It is exactly like Lasith Malinga had. This different way makes it difficult for the batsmen to play him.”
Bumrah’s magic in the first and last overs
An example of what Duplessis said was seen on the very first ball of the match by Bumrah. The very first ball of Bumrah, who came to bowl in the 5th over of England’s innings, was slower and due to his action, England captain Harry Brook could not understand it. He tried to play the shot but was defeated by the speed of the ball at the last moment and the catch bounced. Akshar Patel brought great success to the Indian team by taking an excellent catch.
Bumrah’s second big contribution came in the 18th over, when England needed 45 runs from 18 balls. Bumrah gave only 6 runs in that over and turned the match in favor of India. Giving the example of this over, Du Plessis said, “In that over, the batsmen knew that either the ball would come full or it would be slower or it would be a yorker. Two full tosses came in that over but Sam Curran was late in playing the shot on them. Any other bowler would have hit a six on such balls.”
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