Team India's pacer Jasprit Bumrah pulled off a sensational yorker to remove England batter Ollie Pope during Day 2 of the second Test at DR YS Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam on Saturday, January 3.
Ollie Pope was looking well set until Bumrah was brought into the attack in the 28th over of the India's first innings bowling. Pope was batting on 23 off 54 balls when he faced a reverse swing yorker from Indian pacer on the fifth ball of the over. Bumrah's sensational yorker landed at the base of the stumps, two of which got rattled.
England batter was trying to defend the yorker but the ball already passed the bat and hit the stumps. Pope was visibly frustrated by his dismissal as he punched the bat while walking back to pavilion. Ollie Pope's wicket was crucial for Team India as he was looking to build his innings, replicating his performance in the 1st Test in Hyderabad.
Bumrah picked his first wicket of the innings by dismissing Joe Root for just 5 runs. Indian pacer delivered the ball outside off-stumps and edged the bat of former England captain, which got into the hands of Shubman Gill who was fielding at first slip.
Thereafter, Jasprit Bumrah bowled out Ollie Pope with a yorker for 23 at 136/4 to put India in commanding position.
However, Bumrah's sensational in-swinging yorker to rattle Pope's defence not just received a loud cheer from the crowd but also sent internet into frenzy. Many cricket fans on social media, especially X (formerly Twitter) called it as 'Yorker of the Year'.
Here's how fans reacted to Jasprit Bumrah's yorker
Jasprit Bumrah completes 150 wickets in Test Cricket
After Tea, Jasprit Bumrah continued to lead India's bowling attack as he picked four more wickets in the third and final session to help the hosts bundle out for 253 in 55.5 overs on Day 2 of the Vizag Test.
Bumrah struck the first wicket of the session by dismissing Jonny Bairstow for 25 at 159/5. In the 50th over, the Indian pacer completed 150 wickets in his Test career by dismissing Ben Stokes for 47 and left England reeling at 229/8. With this, Bumrah became the fastest Indian pacer to achieve this feat in Tests.
In the 52nd over, Jasprit Bumrah completed his fifer by sending back Tom Hartley for 21 at 234/9. With this, the 30-year-old achieved his 10th five-wicket haul in Test Cricket. Thereafter, Bumrah picked his sixth and India's final wicket of the innings by dismissing James Anderson for 6 at 253 all-out.
In the first innings of India's bowling, Jasprit Bumrah registered the figures of 6/45 at an economy rate of 2.80 in 15.5 overs. Apart from Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav too contributed to India's bowling by scalping 3 wickets while conceding 71 runs at an economy rate of 4.20 in 17 overs.
