Bumrah channelised the anger in right way: Zaheer Khan

NEW DELHI: Former India pacer Zaheer Khan lavished praise on seamer Jasprit Bumrah for his all-round show in India's win over England in the Lord's Test. Zaheer also believes the heated exchange with James Anderson acted as a motivation for Bumrah in the match.

"If by getting angry, he can carry himself and perform like this, I believe he should at times needle the opposition. See, in the first innings, he had gone wicketless and being the class bowler that he is, I am sure it must have bothered him," Zaheer was quoted as saying by Cricbuzz.

"After that, the whole Anderson episode that unfolded, the bouncers he bowled to him and then while batting, the manner in which the England pacer went after him all those things motivated him, and he channelised that anger in the right way. England must be thinking 'we should have let Bumrah bowl bouncers' and not mess with him. The intensity with which he bowled, was worth praising."

The Bumrah-Anderson fight in the Lord's Test happened on day three when India pacers looked to bowl out the England batting lineup in their first innings. Bumrah bowled a 10-ball over to Anderson, in which he overstepped the line four times. IANS

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