5 Talking Points from the 2nd ODI between India and New Zealand

#4 – Bumrah spears it in

Bumrah kept New Zealand’s lower-order in check

Amit Mishra had shown the benefits of having a leg-spinner in the bowling attack by prising out three extremely important wickets in the middle-overs to derail New Zealand’s progress. With the likes of Tim Southee capable of turning it on at the end, a strong finish was essential to limit the total.

Jasprit Bumrah answered his captain’s call by delivering one yorker after another and proved too difficult to get away during the business stage of the innings. The 22-year old was mainly responsible for instigating a late-order collapse which enabled the hosts to restrict the scoring opportunities as the Blackcaps could only crawl their way to 242 in spite of playing out the full quota of 50 overs.