Visakhapatnam: Jasprit Bumrah came to the rescue of teammate Umesh Yadav for not being able to defend 14 runs in the final over of the T20 against Australia here, Sunday, calling it a one-off day when his execution at the death went haywire.
Bumrah got India back into the match with a superb 19th over where he gave away only two runs and Yadav had to defend 14 in order to stop Australia from reaching a modest target of 127.
Asked about Yadav’s last over, Bumrah came in defence of his colleague. “This happens, death bowling is always difficult in any situation. It always goes both ways and it’s sometimes 50-50,” said Bumrah.
“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 it’s okay,” added Bumrah, who took 3 for 16 in four overs with 18 dot balls.
Just like his skipper Virat Kohli, Bumrah also agreed that India were 15-20 runs short of par-score.
“We were short by 15-20 runs, but we had a fighting total. Everybody could have taken a little more responsibility but this happens in the game of cricket. We lost two-three wickets more than we wanted to, but we backed our team and wanted to execute whatever we had.”
Bumrah, who perhaps has the best yorker among current bowlers conceded that it wasn’t an easy wicket to bat on.
“I was just focusing on what my strengths are what the wicket was because the wicket was a little difficult to bat on. It’s not easy to score heavily on this wicket,” he insisted.
PTI
