Ball to Jennings not a dream delivery, yorker to Gayle more special: Bumrah

India vs England: Not ready to term the delivery that forced England opener Keaton Jennings stand clueless in front of the stumps his dream delivery, Jasprit Bumrah said it was not the first time he had dished out an incoming delivery to the left-hander.

Not ready to term the delivery that forced England opener Keaton Jennings stand clueless in front of the stumps his dream delivery, Jasprit Bumrah said it was not the first time he had dished out an incoming delivery to the left-hander.

Bumrah made a fool of Jennings with a ball that came back in instead of carrying on with the angle. The out of form opener looked so helpless that he could not even get his bat down before the ball thundered into his pads on Day 1 of the fourth Test match at Southampton, which many believed was the best ball of the Indian fast bowler’s career so far.

However, Bumrah refused to term it a delivery. "Whenever a plan works it's a good feeling. But (was Jennings' dismissal) a dream delivery, I don't know about that. That's not a new ball. I usually have the in-swinger (to the left-hander) and the out-swinger to the right-hander," he said.

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Bumrah rated the inswinging yorker he bowled to West Indian talisman Chris Gayle in the World T20 semi-final in 2016 as his best so far.

"I bowled that to Chris Gayle in the World T20 semi-final as well. It's not a new delivery. When you have too many options, you don't want to use all of them in a single day. Whenever you feel that option is suitable, you use it," he added.

Bumrah said he always tries to learn new things.

"There's always a lot of hard work because I try to always learn new things and add them to my armoury. It's good to have a lot of options because you're always in a good space when you're bowling in the match. That is always my aim," he added.

The Indian fast bowlers let go the ideal opportunity to bowl England out under 200 after having them reeling at 89 for six on Day 1 as Sam Curran struck a valiant 78 to carry the hosts to a respectable 246.

 

Bumrah said that it wasn't possible to induce another collapse in the English line-up.

"You can't wicket 5-6 wickets every session," said Bumrah, who took two crucial wickets in the morning session to trigger a collapse.

"They played well too and built a good partnership between Sam Curran and Moeen Ali. When Curran came in to bat, he was playing the waiting game. As the ball got older, it stopped swinging a lot and there was less seam movement as well.

"Then he played some shots and they scored some runs. After the break, we decided we had to create pressure again and work hard for a wicket, and things would follow."

Bumrah said India were happy to be in the position they are in and will look to exert further control in the match on day two morning.

"If you'd told us in the morning that we'd get them out for 250, we'd have taken that any day. We had them 80 for five, but they played well too," he said.

"You can't be too greedy and expect too much: 'Oh, they're 80 for five, so you should get them out for 100.' We're happy with this score and if we bat well, it will help us going forward."

Bumrah, who claimed three for 46, said India were surprised at the amount of movement their attack generated throughout the day, especially in the morning.