England captain Joe Root batted extremely well and scored an unbeaten 180 runs. England also brisked past the score of 364 with ease and scored 391 runs in the first innings. Courtesy of Root's 180, England managed a 27 run lead. Although not a lot, England would be happy to have this lead in place. A small contribution in this lead is of Jasprit Bumrah's no-balls.
The experienced fast-bowler bowled not one or two but 13 no-balls in the first England innings. He has a knack for bowling no-balls once in a while, but to bowl 13 in just an innings, is a record of it's own. Jonny Bairstow on Jasprit Bumrah's no balls said, "They all add to the total and our lead."
There were total of 17 no-balls bowled in the entire innings, out of which Bumrah bowled 13. 13 out of 17 belonged to Bumrah, not a record that he would be proud of. Netizens took to Twitter to criticize the way Bumrah bowled no-balls.
Here are some of the funny tweets:
In fact, Jasprit Bumrah bowled three no-balls in an over, twice. This led to the trollers going all out on Jasprit Bumrah for bowling those no-balls. If India wants to win the series, they will have to contain these silly mistakes. Bumrah's performance in the 1st innings was pretty average. He was not able to pick a single wicket and the English batsmen maneuvered him with ease.