During Thakur’s uneventful first over, the cameras cut to the Indian dressing room, where Jasprit Bumrah was animatedly speaking to head coach Gautam Gambhir, seemingly leading the conversation.
Jasprit Bumrah Frustration Boils Over Amid Lack of Support
Jasprit Bumrah looked visibly frustrated towards the end of Day 2 in the first Test against England, and with good reason. Despite being India’s standout bowler in the opening match of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, Bumrah received little support from either the fielders or his fellow pacers. As a result, England managed to fight back, reaching 209/3 in response to India’s commanding first-innings total of 471. In the final hour of play on Saturday, Jasprit Bumrah was seen having an animated discussion with head coach Gautam Gambhir in the dressing room.
The moment came during the 40th over of England’s innings, when Bumrah was temporarily off the field. Shardul Thakur, playing as India’s fourth seamer, bowled his first over of the match, which lacked any real impact. Cameras caught Bumrah in the dressing room, clearly agitated and doing most of the talking — a sign of his growing concern over how the game was slipping away.
Jasprit Bumrah has a chat with coach Gautam Gambhir
So Gambhir is so clueless with his tactics that he needs Bumrah to sit beside him and guides what should be approach from now onwards for this match..#INDvsENG pic.twitter.com/Mbb2ScrPS3
— MK (@mkr4411) June 21, 2025
Jasprit Bumrah gave India the perfect start in England’s first innings, striking in the very first over with a superb delivery that angled in and then seamed away to catch Zak Crawley’s edge, dismissing him for just 4. He nearly dismissed both Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope in quick succession—Duckett survived a close LBW call and was dropped by Ravindra Jadeja at gully, while Pope edged a few through the slip cordon that didn’t carry or weren’t caught.
Returning for a second spell, Bumrah continued with the same intensity. He clean bowled Duckett for 62 with an inside edge, a wicket that helped him surpass Wasim Akram’s record for the most Test wickets by an Asian bowler in SENA countries—Bumrah now has 147 wickets from 55 innings. Soon after, he nearly had Pope as well, but Yashasvi Jaiswal dropped a sharp chance at third slip. Pope capitalized and went on to score a century.
Bumrah’s persistence paid off again late in the day as he dismissed Joe Root, England’s best batter, with a delivery that bounced more than expected and drew a loose push. He almost had another in the final over—Harry Brook was caught, but Bumrah had overstepped and the wicket was overturned.
Earlier, India posted a commanding 471 in their first innings, powered by centuries from Yashasvi Jaiswal (101), Shubman Gill (147), and Rishabh Pant (134). Jaiswal and KL Rahul (42) gave India a strong start with a 91-run opening stand. Gill and Pant then added 209 runs for the fourth wicket. Pant was particularly aggressive, smashing 12 fours and 6 sixes en route to his record seventh Test century as a wicketkeeper for India. However, India lost their last seven wickets for just 112 runs on Day 2, with Ben Stokes (4/66) and Josh Tongue (4/86) leading England’s fightback.