Former India cricket captain Sourav Ganguly expressed hope that pacers will provide more support to Jasprit Bumrah in the ongoing Test series against England, enabling him to play all five matches. Taking to X, formerly Twitter, Ganguly praised Bumrah's standout performance of 5-83 in 24.4 overs that helped restrict England to 465 in their first innings on Day 3.
Bumrah, despite being injury-prone and managing his workload, bowled the second-most overs for India, while Mohammed Siraj led with 27 overs.
Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!The former BCCI president commended Bumrah's versatility across all cricket formats but highlighted insufficient support from fellow pacers Shardul Thakur, Prasidh Krishna, and Siraj.
Krishna claimed three wickets and Siraj took two, but both conceded over hundred runs, limiting India's first-innings lead to just six runs.
Sourav Ganguly's social media post after Day 3 of the first Test between India and England at Headingley.
Ganguly took to social media platform X, stating: "Such a pleasure to watch Bumrah bowl in all formats of the game .. hopefully he will get support from the other end so that he can play 5 tests .. it will keep India in the series .. @bcci @Jaspritbumrah93"
After Sunday's play, Bumrah reflected on his journey, saying: "I always wanted to play for India. I played for India on my belief. I have played every format on my belief. I have always heard 'no' from people. First they said 'you won't be able to play'; then they said 'you will last only six months'; then they said 'you will last only eight months', and just like that I have spent ten years in international cricket listening to all this. I have played the IPL for 12-13 years."
Bumrah continued: "Even now people keep saying this injury will be it. Keep waiting, I will not think about that. I will keep doing my work. Every three-four months there will be headlines but, let's see, I will play till it is in my destiny. I prepare my best, and leave the rest to god. Whatever barkat (abundance or good fortune) god has given me, I try to carry it forward, and try to take Indian cricket forward."
At the end of Day 3, India reached 90/2 in their second innings. Captain Shubman Gill, who scored 147 in the first innings, remained unbeaten on 6, while KL Rahul was not out on 47. India currently lead by 96 runs as they enter Day 4 of the Test match.
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