India vs England 2nd Test: Jasprit Bumrah battles bouncers, verbal volleys from Wood, Buttler

The
spiced-up
contest
might
have
its
genesis
in
the
final
moments
England’s
first
innings
of
Day
4.
Jasprit
Bumrah
abandoned
the
customary
courtesy
to
a
tailender
and
peppered
James
Anderson
with
a
series
of
short-pitched
balls.
The
veteran
England
cricketer
often
caught
in
uncomfortable
positions
and
a
couple
of
balls
thudding
on
to
his
body.

The
England
pacers
led
by
Mark
Wood
changed
the
gears
once
Bumrah’s
turn
for
batting
came
on
Monday.
Till
then
concentrated
on
good
length
and
pitched-up
deliveries,
the
England
bowlers
Wood
and
Ollie
Robinson
peppered
Bumrah
with
short
balls,
and
post
Rishabh
Pant
dismissal
the
percentage
of
short-pitched
balls
rose
to
49%.
The
aim
of
English
pacers
was
crystal
clear.

In
fact,
Wood,
who
bowls
in
speeds
in
excess
of
150
clicks,
let
it
flying
when
Bumrah
was
at
crease
and
in
fact
he
pinged
the
Indian
batsman
on
the
side
of
his
helmet.
It
required
Indian
physio
Nitin
Patel
to
come
out
and
attend
Bumrah,
who
continued
to
play
after
a
brief
stoppage.

The
fun
would
have
continued
for
some
more
time
but
Wood
had
to
leave
the
ground
to
tend
his
right
shoulder,
on
which
he
landed
while
fielding
on
the
fourth
day.

But
there
were
other
characters
too
in
the
whole
drama
as
wicketkeeper
Jos
Buttler
gave
a
piece
of
his
mind
to
Bumrah
during
over-break
and
it
required
the
intervention
of
umpire
Richard
Illingworth
to
cool
the
situation.
England
captain
Joe
Root
too
seemed
to
have
been
allowing
the
situation
to
drift
as
he
did
not
actively
involved
to
keep
his
players
under
check.

Former
West
Indies
pacer
and
now
a
commentator
Michael
Holding
critcised
Root
for
allowing
the
emotions
to
dictate
the
passage
than
focusing
on
bowling
India
out
early.