Jasprit Bumrah defends Umesh Yadav after fans troll him for conceding 14 runs in final over
Indian fans trolled Umesh Yadav after he conceded 14 runs in the last over in the first T20I against Australia in Visakhapatnam. Australia needed 16 runs from 12 balls when Jasprit Bumrah came in to ball. Bumrah while balling exceptionally well gave away just two runs and also took two wickets to put some pressure on the opposition.
While everyone criticised Umesh, Bumrah came in his defence. In a post-match press conference Bumrah said, “You try your best, and you're clear in your execution. Some days it works, some days it doesn't. Nothing to be worried. We wanted to close the game in our favour but its okay.”
#INDvAUS
— Amrut Kuमाର Panda (@AmrutKumarPanda) February 24, 2019
Umesh Yadav after the match. pic.twitter.com/6JYsICIZrp
Indian cricket fan right now.. Ye Umesh yadav ka ghar kidar hai?😂 #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/Q7FfcQClTu
— Raaz@Ujjawal (@Ujjawal30357714) February 25, 2019
When #Umesh Yadav gives advice to Bumrah how to bowl???? #Bumrah be like.... pic.twitter.com/Xgm3lNWJJo
— #Aditya_Tiwari🔥 (@Memes_Lovr) February 24, 2019
India lost their first T20 international against Australia by 3 wickets in Visakhapatnam. India lost wickets at regular intervals as Australia took the lead in the two-match series by 1-0. Wicket-keeper batsman MS Dhoni was the second highest run scorer for India with his 37-ball 29.
Skipper Virat Kohli made 17-ball 24 before he was caught by Coulter-Nile off Zampa’s ball. Six Indian batsmen including Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant couldn’t cross the single digit run mark as India tumbled for 126 runs. For Australia Nathan Coulter-Nile made an amazing comeback as he took 3 wickets under his name while Pat Cummins, Adam Zampa and Jason Behrendorff took 1 wicket each.
Australia came in to bat and had a slow start as India did. Marcus Stoinis was unfortunate as he was run-out after a miscommunication with D’Arcy Short. Skipper Aaron Finch continued his streak of poor performances as he was dismissed lbw by Jasprit Bumrah.
After a great season at Big Bash League, Glenn Maxwell continued his good form as he made an amazing half-century hitting 43-ball 56 before he departed off Chahal’s ball, D’Arcy Short on the other hand made 37 runs off 37 balls before he was run out by Krunal Pandya.
Death over specialist Jasprit Bumrah was called in for the ninteenth over and he proved his worth as he gave just 2 runs and also took wickets of Peter Handscomb and Nathan Coulter-nile. Bumrah took 3 wickets while Chahal and Krunal took 1 each.
The match was stretched till the last ball but Australia came out victorious as Pat Cummins and Jhye Richardson finished it with two singles. Nathan Coulter-Nile was given the man of the match award for his match winning numbers of 3-26.
Earlier in the day, Mayank Markande and Peter Handscomb made their debut for their respective teams. Australia’s Aaron Finch won the toss and elected to bowl first. The last and final T20I will be played on February 27 in Bengaluru's M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.
First published: 25 February 2019, 16:41 IST