Hard lengths were key: Pacer Jasprit Bumrah

AHMEDABAD: Pacer Jasprit Bumrah, who was adjudged the Man of the Match for his spell of 2 for 19, said his focus was on reading the wicket quickly and it helped him to find the correct length.

"It felt good. You get to analyse the wicket as soon as possible. We knew the wicket was on the slower side, so the hard lengths were the way."

"We were trying to make it as difficult as possible for the batters. When I was young I used to ask a lot of questions, so that has helped me develop a lot of knowledge. I like to read the wickets and try a lot of options."

Bumrah dismissed Mohammad Rizwan (49) and Shadab Khan (2) with two peaches.

Explaining the dismissals, Bumrah said, "I saw Jaddu's ball was turning, so I count my slower ball as a spinner's slower ball."

"I thought that I could make the run-scoring tough, and it worked. There was a little phase in there where there was reverse swing. It was an outswinger (that) I was looking to ball (to Shadab), but there were parts of reverse swing happening.

"I have seen him (Waqar Younis) and Wasim Akram bowl some magical deliveries. So, to get his nod is great," he added. Agencies

SCOREBOARD

PAKISTAN:

Abdullah Shafique lbw b Siraj 20

Imam-ul-Haq c Rahul b Pandya 36

*Babar Azam b Siraj 50

Mohammad Rizwan b Bumrah 49

Saud Shakeel lbw b Yadav 6

Iftikhar Ahmed b Yadav 4

Shadab Khan b Bumrah 2

Mohammad Nawaz c Bumrah b Pandya 4

Hasan Ali c Gill b Jadeja 12

Shaheen Afridi not out 2

Haris Rauf lbw b Jadeja 2

Extras: 4; Total: 191-10 (42.5)

FOW:Shafique (41-1, 8), Imam-ul-Haq (73-2, 12.3), Azam (155-3, 29.4), Shakeel (162-4, 32.2), Iftikhar (166-5, 33), Rizwan (168-6, 34), Shadab (171-7, 35.2), Nawaz (187-8, 40), Hasan (187-9, 40.1), Rauf (191-10, 42.5)

Bowling:

Jasprit Bumrah 7 1 20 2

Mohammed Siraj 8 0 50 2

Hardik Pandya 6 0 34 2

Kuldeep Yadav 10 0 35 2

Ravindra Jadeja 9.5 0 38 2

Shardul Thakur 2 0 12 0

INDIA:

*Rohit Sharma c Ahmed b Afridi 86

Shubman Gill c Khan b Afridi 16

Virat Kohli c Nawaz b Ali 16

Shreyas Iyer not out 53

KL Rahul not out 19

Extras: 2; Total: 192-3 (30.3)

FOW: Gill (23-1, 2.5), Kohli (79-2, 9.5), Sharma (156-3, 21.4)

Bowling:

Shaheen Afridi 6 0 36 2

Hasan Ali 6 0 34 1

Md Nawaz 8.3 0 47 0

Haris Rauf 6 0 43 0

Shadab Khan 4 0 31 0

MOM: Jasprit Bumrah

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