‘You Can Get Decent But Can’t Master It’: Bumrah on Yorkers

Pacer Jasprit Bumrah mopped up with wickets in the 48th over, the last of the match.

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Two-time champion India survived a late scare to secure its place in the semifinals at the Cricket World Cup and eliminate Bangladesh from playoff contention.

Virat Kohli's team beat Bangladesh by 28 runs at Edgbaston.

India won the toss and reached 314-9, with opener Rohit Sharma scoring a 92-ball 104. Seamer Mustafizur Rahman took 5-59.

Bangladesh was 286 all out in reply with Shakib Al Hasan again providing the main resistance with a 74-ball 66 including six fours. Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah mopped up with wickets in the 48th over, the last of the match.

Bumrah's toe-crushers had already sent his injured teammate Vijay Shankar back home and on Tuesday, he confirmed Bangladesh's return ticket from World Cup with back-to-back toe-crushers.

"I do it again and again and again in the nets. So the more you do it, you get decent at it. You can't master it," said a modest Bumrah when asked how he has again made the block-hole delivery fashionable at the death.

When asked how he managed to bowl under pressure, Bumrah said, "Whenever I practise in the nets, I practise each and every situation, be it with the new ball or the old ball. If I've ticked all the boxes in the nets, in the mind it's all about execution and keeping a clear head.

“So I like to do that, so all of that preparation helps me in the match. If the work ethic is good I think the execution then feels much easier in the game."

“Even in the England game, with the new ball it was relatively easy, the ball was not doing a lot, so the batsmen were able to score runs. As soon as the ball got older the wicket also got slower.”

“There was a lot of sunlight in the last game so it was used. So it will obviously get slower and slower, so that was the plan for us as well,” Bumrah told reporters.

"We knew that as soon as the ball got older it will get difficult, and you saw they used a lot of cutters. Even we learned from that and we knew that as soon as the ball gets old. So I think that was the nature of the wicket and it could be the nature of the wickets going forward. The summer is coming now so the wickets could get drier, so it's good practice for us," Bumrah.

Will Bumrah rest in the next game?

"This is my first World Cup so I will play as many games as possible (laughter). I don't think I have become an experienced player and could say I don't want to play some games. I will always look forward to playing and the more number of matches you play you enjoy them more," he added.

(With inputs from AP)