'Best in the business - Jasprit Bumrah dismantles England's top-order with vicious opening spell

Jasprit Bumrah’s vicious thunderbolts took England’s formidable top-order by storm in the ongoing first ODI at the Kennington Oval in London. With the first-choice batters back in the English line-up, the Three Lions were expected to give Indian bowlers a hard time. However, the track offered some assistance for fast bowlers and Bumrah did what he does the best. The veteran pacer breathed fire with the new ball and took four wickets in his first four overs.

Credit must also be given to Mohammed Shami, who kept things tight at the other end and also took the all-important wicket of Ben Stokes. However, it was Bumrah, who set Twitter ablaze with his remarkable spell. The pacer dismissed both Jason Roy and Joe Root for ducks in his very first over and gave India a dream start.

Jasprit Bumrah took four wickets in his opening spell

Well, that wasn’t the end of Bumrah’s brilliance as he later dismissed the dangerous duo of Jonny Bairstow and Liam Livingstone. As a result, the home team was reduced to 26/5. Cricket fans and experts couldn’t help but hail Bumrah as this England batting line-up has given nightmares to many bowling attacks.

In fact, in the month gone by, the Three Lions scored 498/4 in an ODI against Netherlands, breaking their own record of the highest team score in ODIs. Not to forget, the likes of Root, Bairstow tormented Indian bowlers in the recent rescheduled fifth Test. Also, Roy and Livingstone were among the runs in the third T20I against India.

However, they couldn’t do much in the London ODI as the best of Bumrah was unleashed. Meanwhile, the onus is now on England’s lower order to bring the hosts back in the hunt. On the other hand, India would like to tighten their grip over the contest and take a 1-0 lead in the series. As the track has a lot of assistance for the pacers, Hardik Pandya and Prasidh Krishna would also be raring to get among the wickets.

Meanwhile, here’s how Twitter reacted to Jasprit Bumrah’s brilliance:

"Alexa, please play Jasprit Bumrah"
"Sorry, Jasprit Bumrah is unplayable"#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/HN7G9scrgx

— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) July 12, 2022

Jassi on fire 🔥 4 wickets @Jaspritbumrah93

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) July 12, 2022

Hhhmm. Bumrah!!!!

— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi) July 12, 2022

Jasprit Bumrah in Powerplay today:

0,0,0,W,0,W,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,W,0,5WD,0,0,0,0,0,0,W,0,0,1,WD,0,0,1,0.

– Overall figures of 5-2-9-4. Only 3 runs out of which came through the bat. Just too good, what a bowler! pic.twitter.com/i3dzVkI3iq

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) July 12, 2022

Jasprit Bumrah's thunderous start, and Shami’s scalp has left England stuttering at the end of the first 1️⃣0️⃣ overs.🤩

Keep the pressure on, boys! 🙌🏻

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 – 30/5#PlayBold #ENGvsIND #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/pbd5jdRSHZ

— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) July 12, 2022

4 Overs
2 Maidens
6 Runs
4 Wickets

Jasprit Bumrah at his supreme best 🔥 pic.twitter.com/esDazDvv6m

— CricTracker (@Cricketracker) July 12, 2022

The best in the business in all-formats: Jasprit Bumrah. pic.twitter.com/3YhGXGm6UN

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) July 12, 2022

Jasprit Bumrah you beauty – No doubt best bowler in the across all formats. pic.twitter.com/oFotefh6bs

— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) July 12, 2022

Jasprit Bumrah only 3rd Indian bowler in the history to take 4 wickets in a ODI match in the first 10 overs of the match – The Legend. pic.twitter.com/Wni6ONPOJL

— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) July 12, 2022

Jasprit Bumrah's opening spell in the 1st ODI –
5-2-9-4 🔥🔥🔥🔥

One of the best in business. pic.twitter.com/kVthcYkDVc

— Utkarsh / Cricket is love ❤ (@cricketfan__) July 12, 2022