The England team’s baseball strategy has so far appeared to be a complete failure in the five-match Test series against India. In this series, the Indian team has shown its dominance and taken a lead of 2-1. The English team, which has been winning one match after another through baseball all over the world, has looked restless in India. In the last match of the Test series, India had defeated England by 434 runs in Rajkot. During this match, Indian team’s star fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah was seen enjoying England’s baseball strategy.
Jasprit Bumrah made fun of baseball
Jasprit Bumrah was bowling the 11th over of England’s second innings in the Rajkot match for India. At present, Joe Root was batting on strike and Jonny Bairstow was batting at the non-striker end for England. Root stopped the last ball of this over through defence. After which, turning back, Jasprit Bumrah laughingly said, ‘Now he is not hitting at all’. This statement of Jasprit Bumrah was recorded on the stump mic and his video is now going viral on social media.
English greats have also raised questions on baseball
After the defeat in Rajkot Test, veterans like former England captain Nasir Hussain and Michael Vaughan have also raised questions on the baseball strategy. He had said that instead of always playing a more aggressive strategy, England needs to play according to the situation. It is noteworthy that Jasprit Bumrah has been rested for the fourth Test to be held in Ranchi from 23rd February. If Bumrah’s exit from the team is a big blow for India, it will be a big relief for England. Actually, the English batsmen have been very troubled by Jasprit Bumrah so far in this series and have been seen struggling a lot in scoring runs against him.