Awesome Bumrah helps India draw level: India v England, 2nd Test review

We review the second Test between India and England in Visakhapatnam – where Jasprit Bumrah powered India to a 106-run win. 

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Talking Points:

• A celebration of Test cricket


• A series with echoes of the 2016-17 home series v Australia 


• Are England really playing Bazball?


• India's decision to play five bowlers even with an inexperienced batting line-up


• Does anyone think of drawing a Test match these days?


• Jasprit Bumrah: an artist operating on a different plane to the rest


• James Anderson's spell and the mystery around how little he bowls in India


• Did England pick one spinner too many?


• Yashasvi Jaiswal's crackling double-hundred


• Shubman Gill making the most of his luck to a fine Test hundred


• Do these pitches give India the best chance v England?

Participants:

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee)

Mahesh Sethuraman (@cornerd)

Ashoka (@ABVan)

Kartikeya Date (@cricketingview) | Substack | ESPNcricinfo page

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Related:

• Jasprit Bumrah press conference after Day 2 - BCCI.tv


• Sky Cricket podcast with Michael Atherton and Nasser Hussain - YouTube


• India Beat England By 106 runs- Kartikeya Date - Cricketingview Substack


• Jasprit Bumrah's spells in West Indies in 2019 - Antigua, Kingston - YouTube