India’s tempo spearhead Jasprit Bumrah continued to impress in his first worldwide sequence in 11 months as he produced one more stellar show within the second T20 International towards Ireland, serving to his facet seal the sequence with a match to spare.
Bumrah missed the T20 World Cup final yr and the World Test Championship ultimate in June with a again damage, however is ready to steer India’s tempo assault within the 50-overs dwelling World Cup in October-November.
The artful right-arm seamer, captaining a second-string India crew, claimed 2-24 in Friday’s opener and adopted it with 15-2 on Sunday when he didn’t concede a single boundary in his tidy 4 overs.
“Feeling good, today I could run in and bowl a little faster,” Bumrah stated after their 33-run victory in Dublin.
“If you play with the bags of expectation, you’re going to be underneath strain. You need to maintain these expectations apart.
“Happy to be back and couldn’t have asked for anything more.”
After Bumrah gained the toss and elected to bat, Ruturaj Gaikwad (58), Sanju Samson (40) and Rinku Singh (38) powered India to a powerful 185-5.
Ireland managed 152-8 in reply with opener Andy Balbirnie contributing 72 alone.
The third and ultimate match is scheduled on the similar venue on Wednesday.
