Ashwin and Bumrah were fighting for the top spot in the ICC Test rankings. But the former starred in his 100th Test picking up a sensational five-wicket haul in fifth Test against England in Dharamsala. India recently won the five-match series against England at home 4-1.
Team India rested their lead pacer and vice-captain Jasprit Bumrah during the fourth Test against England in Ranchi. Even though the hosts won the Test match and took a 3-1 unassailable lead in the series, India great Sunil Gavaskar has slammed the team management for the move.
The BCCI announced the Team India squad for the fifth and final Test against England set to be played in Dharamsala starting Thursday, March 7. India are already 3-1 ahead in the series and would aim to win the final game as well to strengthen their position in the WTC points table.
Dhruv Jurel played a career-defining knock in only his second Test match for India scoring a valiant 90 when his team was sliding down the barrel on a tricky pitch in Ranchi against England. Wasim Jaffer and Jasprit Bumrah were among several others to heap praise on Jurel.
Indian cricket team will be without rested Japrit Bumrah for the fourth Test match against England in Ranchi starting on February 23. The management is likely to consider making one or two changes to their playing eleven with a 2-1 lead in the series.
"Virat Kohli hasn't been with us for three matches. Obviously, when a player of Kohli calibre isn't available, it does make a little difference but in his place, the way Sarfaraz Khan recently batted, he did very well,” Gill said in the pre-match press conference on Wednesday.
Jasprit Bumrah has taken part in all of the three Tests so far. He was the cornerstone of India's success with the ball. KL Rahul played only the first Test and has missed the next two.
Bumrah has been the best bowler of the series so far despite so much focus on the spinners. But his workload management has come into the picture after playing three consecutive matches. Moreover, he has also been playing continuously and was also part of South Africa tour.
Team India thrashed England by 434 runs in the third Test in Rajkot after the visitors were bowled out for 122 in their second innings. Babar Azam, on the other hand, became the first batter to score 3,000 PSL runs. Here are the top 10 trending news stories from the sporting world on February 19.
Team India vice-captain Jasprit Bumrah is set to be rested for the fourth Test of the five-match series against England in Ranchi. India have a 2-1 lead in the series after the hosts handed England a 434-run hammering in the third Test in Rajkot.
Jasprit Bumrah's wife and sports presenter Sanjana Ganesan was not going to take any hate comments from trolls about her body as she gave a fitting response to one of them on her Valentine's Day post. Bumrah and Sanjana became parents to a baby boy in September last year.
R Ashwin is one shy of completing 500 scalps in his Test career. He was left stranded on 499 wickets after the Indian pace attack made light work of the English tail in the second Test match in Visakhapatnam.
Jasprit Bumrah was crowned the No.1 Test bowler following his heroics against England in the second Test in Vizag. Bumrah became the first Indian pacer to be ranked No.1 in Tests and the second Indian to be ranked No.1 in all three formats of the game.
Jasprit Bumrah was adjudged the Player of the Match (POTM) for his match-winning figures of 6/45 in the first and 3/46 in the second innings of the Vizag Test against England. He is the first Indian fast bowler to claim the No. 1 spot in the ICC Test rankings.
"No doubt Bumrah is very good, but we have come up against very good bowlers all through the last 18 months or so and found ways to counter them and that is what we have got to do in this one," Brendon McCullum said.
The star pacer produced his best figures at home by taking nine wickets against England in the second Test match and claimed the Player of the Match award. The management is considering resting Bumrah to keep him fresh for the last two matches in the series.
On the back of Yashasvi Jaiswal's exceptional double-hundred, India posted a mammoth total of 396 runs in the first innings of the ongoing second Test against England. The visitors were coasting with the bat before Jasprit Bumrah put on an exhibition of pace bowling to rip apart England.
Indian pacer took six wickets to bowl out England on 253 in their first innings at the Vizag Test and also completed 150 wickets in red-ball cricket. Bumrah became the fastest Indian pacer to reach the 150-wicket mark in Tests and set another huge milestone on Saturday.
After a sensational double ton by Yashasvi Jaiswal, India also dominated with a ball to take a staggering 171-run run lead at the end of Day 2's play at the Vizag Test. Jasprit Bumrah produced his best figures in Tests in India with six wickets to bowl out England on 253.
India bundled out England for just 253 runs in the first innings helping the hosts take a massive 143-run lead. Jasprit Bumrah was the hero for the home side as he ran through the visiting line-up with a brilliant six-wicket haul and tumbled records for fun.
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