The tension of getting a wicket... Bumrah pushed the player..!?

Sowmiya Sriram
The tension of getting a wicket... bumrah pushed the player..!?
In the first Test match between india and england, bumrah, the vice-captain of the indian team, who was in despair, stood and pushed english player Ollie Pope, who was hitting a century, as if he did not see him. So Ollie Pope was displeased and asked him about it, causing a stir in the match. Later, captain rohit sharma came running and pacified Ollie Pope. bumrah behaved like this in the frenzy of not being able to take the wicket of Ollie Pope. In the first innings of this match, the england team scored 246 runs and india scored 436 runs. With india leading by 190 runs at the end of the first innings, it was expected that england would be bowled out for 250 runs in the second innings for an easy win.
But, the situation was different. England's Ollie Pope breaks India's spin bowling. He started scoring runs with sweep and reverse sweep shots. After this, he crossed the century and moved rapidly towards a double century. england crossed 400 runs in the second innings. Chasing more than 200 in the second innings on indian soil is a tough task.
 So, indian players were frustrated with Ollie Pope's performance. Especially bumrah bowled several overs and was unable to take the wicket of Ollie Pope. At this point, bumrah came running as if he didn't see him standing across and knocked him down. Ollie Pope questions him. bumrah didn't see it.
He said that it happened without knowing. Captain rohit sharma, who intervened before the problem escalated, calmed down Ollie Popee. After this Ollie Pope calmed down. Fans criticized Bumrah's actions as unnecessary.

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