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Brilliant Bumrah secures India’s thrilling win

Jasprit Bumrah has become one of the finest bowlers in the world.

By: Eastern Eye Staff

Jasprit Bumrah kept his nerve to send down a brilliant final over and secure India’s series-levelling five-run victory against England in the second Twenty20 international on Sunday (29). Chasing 145 to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series, England needed eight runs from the last over but the 23-year-old Bumrah bowled with ice in his veins, conceding only two runs while claiming two wickets. Both Ben Stokes and Joe Root made 38 but their contributions were not enough to get England across the line. Root, though, was unlucky to be given out leg-before on the first ball of the…

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