Boom! The man who knows what to do. And what not to do
Updated On: 22 June, 2024 07:25 AM IST | Bridgetown | R Kaushik
Teammates hail miserly and deadly Bumrah after he and Sky give India first Super 8 win
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Jasprit Bumrah celebrates an Afghanistan wicket on Thursday. Pic/AP; PTI
By the halfway stage of the contest, it was obvious that barring the unforeseen, India would make a winning start to their Super Eight campaign. If any doubts still lingered, they were put to bed by Jasprit Bumrah, the champion paceman who turned in a third magical spell of fast bowling in four outings to scuttle Afghanistan’s chase even before it took off.
Suryakumar Yadav’s blazing half-century on a sluggish surface, and his entertaining 60-run fifth-wicket alliance with Hardik Pandya, had powered India to 181 for eight at the Kensington Oval on Thursday, setting the stage for Bumrah to do his thing. In his first over, Bumrah packed off Rahmanullah Gurbaz, then accounted for the other opener, Hazratullah Zazai, in his next. By the time he was done for the afternoon, Bumrah had sensational figures of 4-1-7-3. The Player of the Match award went to Suryakumar, though he himself might have been tempted to pass it on to his Mumbai Indians colleague.
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