Main point:
In the Manchester Test, England have put pressure on India by scoring 544/7 runs. India’s bowling coach Morne Morkel admitted that the team could not put pressure. He said that only Bumrah remained standing but he did not get help from the other end, which led to the leaked runs.
Delhi: By the end of the third day of the Manchester Test, England have scored 544/7 and their lead has reached close to 200 runs. Ben Stokes 77 and Lium Dawson are unbeaten on 21 runs. The condition of the Indian bowlers was very bad and no one was able to create pressure.
Joe Root scored a brilliant century and became the second highest run -scorer, leaving behind former Australia captain Ricky Ponting in Test cricket.
Morne Morkel talks on Indian bowling
India’s bowling coach Morne Morkel also admitted that the bowlers could not become pressure. He said that only Jaspreet Bumrah was the one who stayed on the line-length. However, he did not get any help from the other end.
Washington Sundar took two wickets on the third day, he dismissed Oli Pope and Harry Brook. However, he was brought very late for bowling, on which questions were raised on the strategy of captain Shubman Gill.
Morne Morkel believes that Bumrah is not able to become effective with the new ball because he is not getting the right support from the other end.
Morkel said, “If Bumrah has to be successful, then we have to form a partnership in bowling. Other bowlers will also have to support. Many times it seems that other bowlers try to do more and run runs from there. Bumrah is the number one bowler in the world. But, he cannot do anything alone. He needs help from the other end.”
‘There was a mess in our bowling’
In this Test, Anshul Kamboj, Mohammad Siraj and Shardul Thakur are all robbing runs with an economy of more than 4 runs per over. Bumrah has taken just one wicket for 95 runs in 28 overs. If they cross 100 runs, then this will be the first time in his Test career.
Indian bowling coach described the team’s bowling as weak. He said, “Our bowling plan is not right. In this, our bad execution is more responsible than the team combination. We had made a plan, but could not implement it properly. Many times we wandered from our line length in trying to do more.”
Cleaning on giving new ball to Kamboj
When Anshul Kamboj was given a new ball and Mohammad Siraj was not given questions on this decision.
Morkel clarified, “If we had started with Bumrah and Siraj, we would have to bring the bowlers with less experience in the first change. So we gave the new bowler Anshul a chance. He bowls well with the new ball. And it was right to give him a new ball with Bumrah.”
India’s bowling in the Manchester Test has seen very weak so far. Now it has to be seen how the team makes a comeback.
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