Sachin Tendulkar takes subtle dig at dropped catches as Jasprit Bumrah finishes with 5/83 in England first innings

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khelja|23-06-2025

After putting up 471 runs on the board after being invited to bat first in the opening Test of the , Team India made a comeback into the game, courtesy a five-wicket haul from . Although at the close of play on day two of the Headingley Test, England looked on top with a century coming from Ollie Pope's bat, however, his stay was cut short by Prasidh Krishna early the next day.

Despite Pope's dismissal, Harry Brook looked in good touch, but he also missed a century by just one run. Furthermore, after Team India's poor fielding efforts grabbed the attention of several former cricketers, they got back into the game and restricted the home side at 465, thus taking a six-run lead.

Thereafter, KL Rahul's unbeaten 47 off 75 helped add 90-odd runs to put 96-run lead at stumps on Day 3.

Bumrah picks his 14th 5-wicket-haul; Tendulkar takes a dig at his missed chances of nine-wicket haul

Seeing Bumrah prove his prowess with the ball once again for India, former India cricketer and one of the greats of the game, took a subtle dig at the pace spearhead. Although, the Mumbaikar congratulated Bumrah for his five-wicket-haul but also highlighted the three missed chances which denied him nine wickets.

Taking to X, Sachin captioned the post, 'Congratulations Bumrah! A no-ball and 3 missed chances stood between you and nau wickets." It is to be noted that had Yashasvi Jaiswal not dropped Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope and had that had not been a no-ball, Bumrah could have picked up nine wickets.

Furthermore, with another five-wicket-haul, Bumrah reached his tenth in the SENA countries, becoming the first-ever India to touch this figure. This was also 12th five-wicket haul for Bumrah in away Tests, equalling that of former Indian skipper Kapil Dev.

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