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Jasprit Bumrah is brilliant, says Ian Chappell

India pacer is a wonderful combination of attack and containment. It was he who put an end to Bangladesh's qualification hopes with deadly deliveries

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India pacer Jasprit Bumrah (centre) celebrates a Bangaladeshi wicket with teammates Rishabh Pant (left) and Yuzvendra Chahal during a group stage match at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Tuesday. Pic/Bipin Patel

India pacer Jasprit Bumrah (centre) celebrates a Bangaladeshi wicket with teammates Rishabh Pant (left) and Yuzvendra Chahal during a group stage match at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Tuesday. Pic/Bipin Patel

Ian ChappellIn the huddle that now occurs prior to every fielding session, surely the Bangladesh captain's final words at Edgbaston were, "Bowl well boys and don't drop Rohit Sharma.

With Rohit on nine Tamim Iqbal did just that — a sitter on the boundary — and Bangladesh paid a high price; they were headed for the World Cup exit. Following that reprieve Rohit drove and pulled his way to a fourth century in the 2019 World Cup and in the process gave India a defendable total and the chance to clinch a final four spot.

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