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The Rohit Sharma-led Team India are taking on England in the second Test of the five-match series at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam. While the English bowlers dismantled the Indian lineup early on Day 2 at the score of 396, the visitors fell victim of Bumrah and his yorker.
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While Joe Root was the first victim of Bumrah’s brilliant yorker, Ollie Pope’s wicket saw stumps flying off. But what came next from Bumrah was England skipper Ben Stokes’ dismissal. On the second ball of the 50th over, Bumrah simply cleaned up Stokes with a to p -cutter, leaving the Three Lions skipper in dismay.
The England skipper was left in shock as he left the bat in despair and signaled to Bumrah as if to say ‘How am I supposed to play something like that?’
Watch Ben Stokes reaction here:
With Ben Stokes’ wicket, Bumrah completed 150 scalps in Test cricket. He also became the first to complete 150 Test wickets in fewest balls among Indians. While he completed this feat in 6781 balls, he is followed by Umesh Yadav (7661), Mohammed Shami (7755), Kapil Dev (8378) and R Ashwin (8380).
Greatest of this generation: Fans hail Jasprit Bumrah after impressive spell in IND vs ENG 2 nd Test
Bumrah went onto complete a five-fer in the ongoing second Test against England. While he dismissed Joe Root, Ollie Pope, followed by wickets on Jonny Bairstow, Stokes and Tom Hartley.
After his five-wicket haul, fans from across hailed the Indian pacer. Check out the reactions here: