The Indian cricket team is on a roll after continuous wins in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. The team got their revenge against Australia in a Super 8 match, defeating them after the ODI World Cup 2023 finals upset. In the match, India’s captain Rohit Sharma and the team’s bowling unit stood out the most. After the amazing performance of their bowling unit, Team India bowler Arshdeep Singh praises Jasprit Bumrah.
The India vs Australia match was held in the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in West Indies. Australia gets ruled out of the tournament after losing 2 consecutive matches against Afghanistan and India respectively. It was Australia who won the toss and opted to bowl first. India scored 205/5 in their batting innings while Australia got restricted at 181/7.
Kuldeep and Arshdeep’s chat after India’s win
During their win, Indian pacer Arshdeep Singh and spinner Kuldeep Yadav discussed the team’s strategy, with Arshdeep praising pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah for bowling “like a video game”.
The trio of Arshdeep, Kuldeep and Jasprit left the Australian batsmen dumbfounded and the audience spellbound.In a video posted by the Indian cricket team on Instagram, Arshdeep questioned how difficult it was for Kuldeep to first bowl with the wind and then against the wind.
To this Kuldeep replied, “It was difficult because automatically my ball comes in for the right-handed batter. Obviously, the righty was trying to target the left side. I was just reading the batsman and what he was expecting. As soon as I started the first over, I tried to put in a fuller ball, a flipper. I tried to put in a fuller ball because if he sweeps, there is a chance for us (for a wicket).”
“Then I was throwing the wrong’un from there. So, he was confused that I was putting in two balls. I put in only two balls in the first over. Both of them were confused that I could put in a fuller or a wide wrong’un. So, firstly, this was the plan. Then, in the second over, obviously, the catch that Axar took was a really good catch. Maybe, from there, the game opened up for us,” he added.
“Like a robot” Arshdeep Singh’s praise for Jasprit Bumrah.
In the same video, when asked whether it was hard for Arshdeep to play with the new ball, the young bowler relayed how Jasprit seems to have no problem playing with the new ball.
“I do not think there is anything difficult about that at this time (bowling with new ball). Because Jassi is bowling like a video game, with an economy rate of just two or three runs. Whatever pressure the batter feels, he takes it out on me. He plays high-risk shots, I get a lot of wickets through them,” said Arshdeep.
“I will say that he gets a lot of credit. All the other bowlers are very big in the partnership. They stop runs from one end and get wickets from the other end. I guess as a bowling unit, everyone is clicking very well,” he added.
The Indian team will now face England for the semifinals on Thursday, 28 June, 2024 in Guyana.
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