India’s stand-in captain Jasprit Bumrah Attributing his team’s defeat against England in the rescheduled fifth Test on Tuesday to a batting failure in the second innings, he let the match go after he dominated the bulk of the match. England rode Joe Root And Jonny BairstowHis scintillating centuries helped India beat India by seven wickets and record their highest successful run chase in Test cricket. England chased down the target of 378 in the morning session of the fifth and final day, with Root and Bairstow remaining unbeaten on 142 and 114 respectively. “That’s the beauty of Test cricket, even if you have three good days. Yesterday we fell short of the bat and that’s where we let the opposition away from the match,” Bumrah said in the post-match presentation. Celebration.
“If and but always can happen. If you go back, if it didn’t rain in the first match, we could have won the series. But England played really well.” England’s win meant the five-match Test series that went on till this year ended in a 2-2 draw due to COVID-19 cases in the Indian camp last year.
“We have drawn the series and both the teams played very good cricket and it was a fair result,” Bumrah said.
Bumrah appreciates Rishabh Pant And Ravindra Jadeja For his century in India’s first innings.
“Pant grabbed the opportunity. He and Jaddu put us back in the game with their counter-attack. We were ahead in the game. He seizes the opportunity, backs himself up and is very happy for him,” he said. “
Bumrah said that he thoroughly enjoyed the responsibility of captaincy and it is a pleasure to lead the national team.
“Captaincy is not what I decide. I love responsibility. It was a good challenge, a new challenge. Leading the team was an honor and a great experience.” England captain Ben Stokes He said that his team is trying to rewrite the way Test cricket is being played in the country with its new aggressive brand of the game.
“When kids play like this, it makes my job easier. When you have clarity like in a dressing room, it makes chasing goals easier. 378 Five weeks ago would have been scary, but now it’s all It’s good.”
“We are trying to rewrite how Test cricket is played in England. For the last four-five weeks all our plans are what we want to pursue. It’s not important to bowl at the top, it’s all ten It’s about taking wickets,” he said.
“We want to give some new life to Test cricket. We want to inspire the next generation. We want to bring in new fans and leave a mark on Test cricket,” he said.
Stokes praised his batsmen for their historic run chase for England.
“All credit to Johnny and Root, but the way the openers played against Bumrah and Shami with the new ball set an example.” Man of the match Jonny Bairstow, who scored centuries in both the innings, said that he was never afraid of failure and just wanted to put pressure on the opposition.
He said, “It’s a lot of fun at the moment. I’m going to take it back to the basics. The last few years have been tough for me but the last few months have been great.
“The fifth day was over in 90 minutes. I have a joy factor right now. I’m not afraid to fail and just want to put pressure on the opposition. We are going to lose games with our attitude, but this is a cricket positive fun brand of play,” he said.
He said that England was always in control of the chase.
“India have some world class bowlers and you just have to absorb the pressure. They try to intimidate, they have some great players and it was about trying to put pressure on them.
“There was a time when it even started to reverse. And this morning was a different morning. Root and I are just two lads from Yorkshire. We grew up playing together and a lot of time together since the days of Yorkshire Academy Now the Test team. Special to play with him,” Bairstow said.
England’s Man of the Series Joe Root said that he was always confident of chasing down the target set by India.
“It’s as simple as that. The atmosphere has been great and people have been having fun in the last four weeks. It’s completely clear that we were pursuing it and there was complete confidence,” he said.
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When asked about his form, Root said, “It’s something you’re constantly looking for and something you rarely find. You want to keep it as fun as possible. Watching Johnny bat a lot.” Well, I just wanted to give him a strike.
“We are riding a great wave of confidence after a stellar performance against New Zealand. The starts we got from the two openers were fantastic and they took the pressure back.”
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