“Bumrah Bowls 5 Overs and Waits for Joe Root to Come Out”: Gambhir, Gill Slammed; “If Ben Stokes Can Bowl 9 Overs…”

“Bumrah Bowls 5 Overs and Waits for Joe Root to Come Out”: Ben Stokes led from the front on the final day of the Lord’s Test against India as he bowled almost 20 overs. The all-rounder didn’t keep it down as he kept charging in to keep the visitors at bay.

He was eventually the Player of the Match as England won by 22 runs to go 2-1 up in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy. Stokes also scored 44 and 33 in the Lord’s Test and his all-round show is the talk of the town.

Citing the example of Ben Stokes and how he bowled 9.2 and 10 overs in his two spells on the final day, former India pacer Irfan Pathan slammed the team management and captain Shubman Gill for not using Jasprit Bumrah enough.

Bumrah bowled 43 overs in the Lord’s Test. Also, it must be noted that the No.1-ranked Test bowler also bowled 43.4 overs in the series opener in Headingley. He was rested for the Edgbaston Test which India won by 336 runs.

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But Pathan feels India should have gone for the kill and used Jasprit Bumrah to try to get England out cheaply in the first and second innings. Bumrah got 5 wickets in the first innings when England scored 387. In the second innings, Bumrah got 2 wickets in 16 overs. Pathan feels Bumrah could have been brought earlier in the attack in the second innings and one shouldn’t have waited for Joe Root to come out.

“Ben Stokes bowled a marathon 9.2 over spell in the morning on day five. What a player he is. He bowls, bats and executes a crucial run out of Rishabh Pant, but there is no talk of workload management. But with India, it is not like that. Bumrah bowls five overs and waits for Joe Root to come out to bat when you need to control the game in the second innings," Pathan said on his YouTube channel.

“It was disappointing. His workload was managed, having not played at Edgbaston. When you play a match, there is no workload. You have to win at all costs. The Indian camp could have done that better,” he added.

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Irfan Pathan also praised Jofra Archer for bowling a long spell on the final day of the Lord’s Test despite playing a Test after four years.

Jofra Archer got Rishabh Pant and Washington Sundar on Day 5 to put India on the backfoot. Jofra Archer bowled fast and his pace troubled the Indian middle and lower order.

“Archer was playing a Test match after four years, but he did not stop. He bowled a six-over spell in the morning before returning to bowl again. Ben Stokes did not think about workload at all, if he can bowl nine overs, hum toh peeche rah gaye (Indian pacers were left behind),” Pathan said.

India and England will next face off in the fourth Test in Manchester starting July 23.

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