India pacer Jasprit Bumrah pleased to etch his name on Lord’s Honours Board with 5-74: says he will proudly let his boy know about it once he’s grown up
India’s Jasprit Bumrah celebrates his five-wicket haul against England at Lord’s on Friday. Pic/Getty Images
By his own admission, Jasprit Bumrah is no spring chicken and doesn’t have energy to celebrate like a 21-year-old.
No overt celebrations
Instead of overt celebrations, he is creating milestones, one game at a time and saving those stories for his son Angad’s grown-up years — like his 5-74 which will be on the Lord’s Honours board following a special spell on Day Two of the second Test against England.
The Indian pace spearhead reached the coveted milestone by castling Jofra Archer, but there were no over the top celebrations as one would expect. “Reality is I was tired. I can’t jump around like a 21-year-old. I was happy that I contributed. The name on the Honours Board feels good. It is something I can tell my son about when he is grown up,” said Bumrah.
‘Memories are important’
Bumrah once again took a dig at naysayers who question his fitness. “People want to sensationalise for viewership, I understand they want to make money through all that. I am happy that I am helping them do that. Memories are important and want to contribute as much as I can,” said Bumrah.
He also said that the conscious decision of not thinking about the famous Lord’s slope helped him execute his plans better. “I thought about the slope on the last tour, it did not help. My lesson from that was not keep that in mind and I got the benefit of that. In these hot conditions, it is all about maximizing the new ball. It was not like that in the previous tour, that has been the major difference,” Bumrah added.
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