Rahul Tiwari
khelja|08-12-2024
So far, two days of play has been completed in the second Test being played between India and Adelaide. On the second day of the game, the Australian batsmen performed brilliantly and the bowlers also left no stone unturned. Team India has lost 5 wickets for 125 runs in its second innings and is still behind by 29 runs. At the same time, on the second day of the game, fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah also gave a big tension to the fans. He was feeling a little uncomfortable while bowling and then the physio also had to come to the field. In such a situation, the team's bowling coach Morne Morkel gave a big update on how serious Bumrah's injury is.
Actually, Jasprit Bumrah was bowling in the 81st over of the Australian innings. When he ran to bowl the fourth ball of this over, just as he was about to bowl, he suddenly stopped. After this, Bumrah sat on the field and was seen in records. After this, immediately the physio of the Indian team also came to the field and started examining him. However, Bumrah immediately got up and returned to bowling again. In such a situation, by the end of the day's play, Team India's bowling coach Morne Morkel himself informed about Bumrah's injury.
Indian team bowling coach Morne Morkel said that it was just cramps and the fast bowler is fit. Morkel told reporters after the end of the second day's play, 'Bumrah is fit. It was just a cramp. You must have seen that even after that he bowled and also took wickets. Let us tell you, in the first innings of Adelaide Test, Jasprit Bumrah hunted a total of 4 batsmen. He bowled a total of 23 overs and gave these 4 blows to Australia by giving away 61 runs. During this time, he made big batsmen like Khawaja, McSwinney, Steve Smith and captain Pat Cummins his victims.
Morne Morkel also admitted that during the second Test against Australia, the team's bowlers struggled to execute their strategy and bowl the right length and this was due to their limited experience in pink ball cricket. . Morkel said, 'Till now something or the other has been happening with the pink ball on this wicket. If you are consistently bowling at your correct length then only a few balls go bad. Ultimately it is important to prepare your strategy and implement it. As far as India is concerned, I think this team is still figuring out what is the best way to play pink ball cricket because we do not have a lot of experience playing pink ball. That's why our team is still learning to play with the pink ball.