Jasprit Bumrah was visibly frustrated towards the end of Day 2 in the first Test against England. Despite being India’s most effective bowler, he struggled to get support from his fielders and fellow fast bowlers, allowing England to progress to 209/3, in reply to India’s massive first innings total of 471. In the final moments of play, Bumrah was seen in deep conversation with head coach Gautam Gambhir in the dressing room, looking discontented with how the game was unfolding.
The incident took place during the 40th over of England’s innings when Bumrah was off the field. Shardul Thakur, the fourth seamer, bowled his first over of the match, but he was ordinary. As Thakur bowled, the cameras panned towards the dressing room, where Bumrah appeared to be expressing his dissatisfaction with the way things were going.
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
Bumrah had earlier given India a strong start by dismissing Zak Crawley in the first over of England’s innings. A perfect delivery swung away, catching Crawley’s outside edge and sending him back for 4. He also nearly got Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope but was unlucky. Duckett survived a close LBW call and was also dropped by Ravindra Jadeja at gully, while Pope edged a couple of balls through the slip cordon.
In his second spell, Bumrah returned with renewed energy and struck again, dismissing Duckett for 62 when he inside-edged onto his stumps. The wicket saw Bumrah break Wasim Akram’s record for the most wickets by an Asian bowler in SENA countries, taking his tally to 147 wickets in 55 innings.
A few overs later, Bumrah had another chance to dismiss Pope, but Yashasvi Jaiswal dropped a sharp catch in the third slip. Pope went on to score a century. Bumrah eventually got his due when he dismissed Joe Root later in the day. In the final over, Bumrah had another potential wicket when Harry Brook was caught, but replays revealed Bumrah had overstepped.
Earlier, India set a total of 471 in their first innings, driven by centuries from Shubman Gill (147), Rishabh Pant (134), and Yashasvi Jaiswal (101). Gill and Pant shared a solid 209-run partnership for the fourth wicket. Pant’s explosive knock included 12 fours and six sixes, marking his seventh Test century, the most by any Indian wicketkeeper-batter.
On Day 2, India suffered a collapse, losing seven wickets for only 112 runs. Ben Stokes took 4/66, while Josh Tongue claimed 4/86.