ENG vs IND: How Jasprit Bumrah's Bouncers At James Anderson Made England Lose The Plot
India skipper Virat Kohli got under the skin of England players on the fifth day as he took a jibe at both Moeen Ali and Jos Buttler questioning their Test match cricket credentials while the England
On Monday morning, he and the England pace bowlers tried to go for revenge with short deliveries that weren't directed at the stumps. They, however, lost the plot as both Bumrah and Shami went after the bowling freely and got valuable runs that put India in driver's seat and made them set a challenging target for the host.
Bumrah and Wood exchanged a few words and probably for the first time in his career, the Indian pacer looked angry and soon hammered a boundary. The 27-year-old pacer was hit on the helmet by a Mark Wood delivery.
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However, it clearly showed that the English bowlers wanted revenge more than wickets as they did not target stumps, something that needs to be done to tail-enders.
The fact wasn't lost on commentator Sanjay Manjrekar who said on air, "For me, the turning point was when Bumrah came on strike [after the fall of Ishant Sharma's wicket] and England decided to take revenge."
