India’s pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah on Friday obtained an important milestone by securing his place on honor boards after claiming five wickets against England in the ongoing third Test match of the five -match series at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London. His extraordinary bowling performance limited India to 387 runs in his first innings, while India ended the day 2 at 145/3.The journey of Bumrah for five wickets began on the early days when he rejected Harry Brook. He continued his impressive form on the second day, claiming four more important wickets, including Ben Stokes, Joe Root, Chris Woakes and Joffra Archer, fulfilled his fees and earned his place on the prestigious Lord’s Honors boards.In a video shared by BCCI, Bumrah returned to the dressing room with a neck from around. He then signed a pair of shoes for the Lord’s Museum.Talk to BBC Test Match Special In Britain, Bumrah said, “It seems really special because we do not come here many times. We do not play a lot of Test matches here. We come here every four years. So you never know how many matches you will get to play here. As a child, as a child, you have played a lot of Test cricket here. So now the Honors Board looks good.”Instead of excessive ceremonies after reaching milestones, Bumrah opted to go about his business. He later revealed that he is taking it a game at one time and saving those stories for his son Angad for big years.“The reality is that I was tired. I could not jump here and there as the age of 21. I was happy that I contributed. The name of the Honors Board looks good. It’s something that I can tell my son that he has grown,” Bumrah said that Bumrah said that the workload was resting for Edgbaston Test due to workload management.The Indian bowling attack showed a collective effort with Mohammad Siraj and Nitish Kumar Reddy, with two wickets supporting Bumrah. Siraj removed Jamie Smith (51) and Bridan Cars (56), while Reddy rejected the initial pair of England’s Zak Croly (18) and Ben Docket (23) in a day.Ravindra Jadeja contributed to the bowling attempt to the important wicket of Oli Pope, who scored 44 runs before his dismissal.
In response to England’s first innings, India faced early failures in their batting innings. Jofra Archer, returning to the English lineup, rejected Yashsvi Jaiswal for 13 runs.The Indian innings faced further pressure when Captain Shubman Gill was dismissed by Chris Woakes for 16 runs, followed by Karun Nair’s dismissal by England captain Ben Stokes for 40 runs.KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant stabilized the Indian innings, unbeaten at the end of the day two with a score of 53 and 19 respectively. His partnership helped India reach 145 for the loss of three wickets.The series is equally balanced with 1–1, England won a historic victory in Edgbaston by winning the first Test in Headingly and India. The third test at Lord’s represents an important junction in the series as the two teams aim to lead.
