Jasprit Bumrah.

India’s talismanic fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah is the man of the hour. Bumrah continued to breathe down the neck of the West Indies batsmen as he once again bowled in the right areas. The gun pacer was able to get the swing at a great pace and landed his deliveries in the good length area.

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Bumrah was able to move the ball away from the left-handers and bowled with great control. The linchpin pacer also became the third Indian bowler to take a hat-trick in the Test fold. Bumrah was able to get Darren Bravo, Shamarh Brooks and Roston Chase on the consecutive balls.

Jasprit Bumrah, hat-trick
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The right-arm pacer was right on the money and scalped his fifth five-wicket haul. In fact, Bumrah completed his five-wicket haul after bowling only 35 balls.

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Meanwhile, India is in driver’s seat as West Indies are tottering at 87-7. The hosts are in arrears by 329 runs and thus the follow-on is on cards. Bumrah has taken six wickets and has conceded only 16 runs in his spell. Mohammed Shami took the wicket of Shimron Hetmyer. The talismanic pacer had also scalped a five-wicket haul in the second innings of the first Test match.

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On the other hand, Hanuma Vihari scored his maiden Test century. Vihari showed the right technique and batted at the top of his game. The right-hander added a fine alliance of 112 runs with Ishant Sharma for the eighth wicket partnership. Ishant Sharma also scored his maiden Test fifty as he gave good support to Hanuma Vihari.

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Hence, India has put its noses in front and they would like to continue their domination on the third’s day play. The visitors lead the two-match series by 1-0 as they had won the first match by 318 runs.

Here is how Twitter reacted to Bumrah’s spell:

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