WATCH: Bumrah dismisses Jennings; batsman out of sorts

Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah dismisses Jennings, leaving the batsman out of sorts.

During the fourth Test of the ongoing Pataudi Trophy between England and India at The Rose Bowl, Southampton, Jasprit Bumrah, who took the new ball for India, drew first blood after he dismissed Keaton Jennings in his second over.

Earlier Joe Root, captain of England, had won the toss and chose to bat. As was announced in a press conference yesterday, England made two changes to their playing eleven, bringing in Moeen Ali and Sam Curran in place of Ollie Pope and Chris Woakes. On the other hand, India fielded an unchanged playing eleven.

After conceding a run in his first over, Bumrah provided India with a much-needed breakthrough. A wicket in the first hour of play would have been the last thing which Root would have anticipated after electing to bat.

After starting to bowl out-swingers to both the left-handed batsmen, Bumrah changed ways as he swung the ball the other way to dismiss Jennings. It happened on the first delivery of the third over when the ball jagged back into the batsman, leaving him absolutely clueless.

Perhaps, anticipating another out-swinger, Jennings had just started to leave the ball like several previous deliveries. Just as the ball straightened after hitting the pitch, the batsman was out of sorts for he had no answer to what the ball had done. As a result, Jennings seemed to not play any shot. The best he could do was watch the ball hitting his pad, which was right in front of the stumps.

After a huge appeal from the Indian fielders, umpire Bruce Oxenford raised his finger without wasting much time. The dismissal added to the misery of Jennings in this series as he walked back to the pavilion after a four-ball duck.

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WATCH – Bumrah traps Jennings with a superb ball https://t.co/DxJmEGytUM

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Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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