“We take back great memories…”: Bumrah following India’s series draw against England

New Delhi,AUG 5
Following Team India’s series draw against England, Indian pace spearhead took to social media, expressing his happiness on what was a “competitive and enthralling” series.With skipper Shubman Gill and Mohammed Siraj leading the batting and wicket-taking charts, Team India secured a memorable six-run win at The Oval to end the series on a 2-2 draw.Taking to Instagram, Bumrah posted, “We take back great memories from a highly competitive and enthralling test series! Looking forward to what’s next.”
Bumrah was the joint-fourth highest wicket-taker in the series, with 14 scalps in three matches at an average of 26.00, with best figures of 5/74. He also took a total of five-wicket hauls. He played only three Tests due to workload management, returning to Test cricket after a 18-wicket Indian Premier League (IPL) season with Mumbai Indians (MI), using the competition to prepare himself for the tour following an injury lay-off, sustaining a back fracture during a 32-wicket Border-Gavaskar-Series against Australia.Coming to the match, after England opted to bowl first, they reduced India to 153/6. A 58-run partnership between Karun Nair (57 in 109 balls, with eight fours) and Washington Sundar (26 in 55 balls, with three fours) was the most meaningful part of the inning as India was bundled out for 224 runs. Apart from Gus Atkinson’s five-wicket haul, Josh Tongue (3/57) was also good.In the second innings, four-fers from Siraj (4/86) and Prasidh Krishna (4/62) reduced England to 247, despite a 92-run opening stand between Zak Crawley (64 in 57 balls, with 14 fours) and Ben Duckett (43 in 38 balls, with five fours and two sixes) and a fifty by Harry Brook (53 in 64 balls, with five fours and a six).