With an awkward action, Jasprit Bumrah never fails to deceive the best of batsmen. Within no time, he has become the captain's first-choice opening and death bowler across all the three formats. Representing Gujarat in the domestic cricket, Bumrah bowls for Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL). It won't be unfair to credit Sri Lanka's veteran speedster Lasith Malinga for Bumrah's success in international cricket. Having played together for Mumbai in the IPL, Bumrah has learnt a lot from the million-dollar arm-pacer, who has an equally odd bowling action. He first played for India in an ODI match on January 23, 2016, at Sydney. His T20I debut too came soon after as he took the field against the same opponents at Adelaide on January 26, 2016. The Ahmedabad-born fast bowler had to wait for two years before debuting in the longest format of cricket. Bumrah's Test debut came in January 2018 at Cape Town.
Read MoreKohli became the first Indian and 10th overall to score three successive hundreds in the One-day format but it could not prevent West Indies from tasting their first win of the tour.
While Bhuvneshwar and Bumrah's comeback during the second phase was always on the cards, Law feels that it's batsmen who have forced the hosts to ring in changes.
The gritty visitors made a statement of sorts in Vizag, by denying the hosts a victory while the absence of Bhuvneshwar and Bumrah saw the Indian bowling being clobbered for 320 plus runs in both games.
The BCCI have announced the squad for the remaining three ODIs against Windies and 'death-over' specialists Bumrah and Bhuvnehswar make their return into the 15-man squad.
The death overs specialist said it would not be prudent to comment on the upcoming Australia tour without having a look at the conditions.
When asked about Rahul's string of low scores, the coach dropped a hint that he is being seen as a long-term investment.
The other Indian batsman in the top-10 was Shikhar Dhawan, who is placed fifth in the list with 802 points.
Jasprit Bumrah who bowled his 10 overs for just 29 runs and 2 wickets was the star of the bowling for India and it didn't go unnoticed by the captain.
England's lower order has been a problem for India throughout this series, and it was once again the case on Saturday as Buttler put on 33 runs with Adil Rashid and then 98 runs with Stuart Broad.
Ishant (3/28) picked up three wickets, while Jasprit Bumrah (2/41) and Ravindra Jadeja (2/57) struck twice each to trigger England's collapse.
Gavaskar feels Bumrah should learn from his mistakes as it was not the first time the pacer has picked up a wicket on an illegal delivery.
Bumrah said India were happy to be in the position they are in and will look to exert further control in the match on day two morning.
Sam Curran rescued England after their latest top-order collapse by scoring a career-high 78 to push the team to a potentially competitive 246 all out on Day 1.
Johnson, who also played in 153 ODIs, also feels that the tournament could go down as the one dominated by the bowlers.
The Indian cricket players are making the most of their off-time by witnessing Premier League matches after making an impressive comeback to win the 3rd Test at Nottingham.
The comprehensive 203-run win in the third Test kept India alive in the five-match series and Kohli was effusive in his praise of his players for believing in themselves.
Bumrah took 5-85 as England were reduced to 311 for nine in pursuit of the 521-run target with formalities delayed until day five of the third Test against India.
Bumrah (5/85 in 29 overs) wreaked havoc with the second new ball after stiff resistance from Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes as England barely survived at 311 for 9 in pursuit of an improbable target of 521 runs.
Kohli also said his team is focussing on the third Test rather than thinking about the future owing to their poor show in the last two outings.
Bumrah had injured his left hand whilst playing in the first game of the long tour against Ireland in Dublin back in June.
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