‘Jasprit Bumrah can’t be the answer to all your problems’: Gautam Gambhir warns despite India’s ODI win | Cricket News
India may have opened the three-match ODI series with a comfortable six-wicket win over England at Edgbaston, but the decision to leave Kuldeep Yadav out of the playing XI continues to spark debate after the match. The visitors made a dream that started the ball as Jasprit BumrahPrasidh Krishna and Gurnoor Brar destroyed England’s top order. The hosts slipped from 61 not out to 107 for 6, then Joe Root and Liam Dawson put together a 121-run partnership for the seventh wicket to revive the innings and take England to 258. During the reprieve, former India pacer Varun Aaron questioned the composition of the Indian team, arguing that the absence of Kuldeep deprived the side of a real wicket-taking option in the middle overs. “India has Kuldeep Yadav. Axar Patel is bowling arm balls to the batter and bowling all sliders. You have to play your speeds and the seam position to get something off the wicket,” Aaron said in the commentary. He also felt that England’s batsmen became comfortable against Axar Patel as they did not expect a significant turn from the left-arm spinner. “The English batters have set up to play Axar as an off-spinner. It is very clear that he will not return the ball to the batter. How do you get wickets in the middle overs? Jasprit Bumrah is not going to be your answer to all your problems,” added Aaron. Despite England’s fightback, India completed the chase with ease to take a 1-0 lead in the series. captain Shubman Gill Edgbaston once again excelled with a fluent 80 before retiring with cramps, while Axar Patel backed up his four-wicket haul with an unbeaten 57. Washington Sundar also remained unbeaten on 52 as the pair shared a match-winning 102-run stand to seal the chase in 45.2 overs. Earlier, Axar finished with figures of 4/62 after cleaning up England’s lower order, but Root’s 76 and Dawson’s career-best 68 helped the hosts recover from a precarious position after India’s fast bowlers dominated the opening round.
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