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‘He swings the new ball away and moves the ball both ways’ – Owais Shah praises Jasprit Bumrah’s bowling performance

Former England cricketer Owais Shah has praised Jasprit Bumrah for his bowling performance in the second Test match against England. His bowling helped India to win the match as well as India levelled the series by 1-1.

In the first innings Jasprit Bumrah bowled 15.5 overs and took 6 wickets for 45 runs as England were bowled out on 253 runs. In the second innings he took 3 wickets and 46 runs as India won the match by 106 runs on Day 4.

During an interview on Colors Cineplex, Owais Shah express his thoughts on Jasprit Bumrah’s spell. He responded: “He swings the new ball away and moves the ball both ways with reverse swing. If nothing is working, he deceives the batters with slower balls as well. He has picked up so many wickets thus far. “You think India have world-class spinners, but remember they have a world-class fast bowler as well and his name is Jasprit Bumrah. We know that he has good numbers with the old ball, but still, it’s not easy to pick up wickets,” the former England batter Owais Shah added.

He is a great bowler – Owais Shah praises Ravichandran Ashwin

As Jasprit Bumrah took nine-wicket haul in the second test match he was awarded with the Player of the Match award. So far in the series he has taken 15 wickets. He is also the highest wicket taker in the series till now. Jasprit Bumrah also became the fastest Indian fast bowler to reach 150 wickets in Test. He achieve this landmark by dismissing England captain Ben Stokes in the first innings.

In second innings against England Ravichandran Ashwin bowled 18 overs and took 3 wickets and gave 72 runs. He provided the breakthrough for India by dismissing Ben Duckett. He also took wicket of Ollie Pope and Joe Root.

“He is outstanding. We know his class; he is a great bowler. No one reaches 499 wickets just like that. He picked up Ben Duckett’s wicket on the third evening. Then when he came back and dismissed Ollie Pope and Joe Root, you got to know his class. He virtually controlled one end,”Owais Shah praised Ashwin.