Jasprit Bumrah once again showed what patience is all about on Monday, but should have been more smart as the India pacer gifted his wicket when the team needed him most. Following the dismissal of Nitish Kumar Reddy, Bumrah joined Ravindra Jadeja in the middle at 112/8, with India still needing close to 80 runs to win the third Test against England at the iconic Lord’s in London.

After a shambolic performance from the Indian top-order batters, the onus was on Bumrah and Jadeja as the duo played 132 balls for 35 runs for the ninth wicket. Bumrah played 54 balls out of them, for his five runs. However, a poor shot selection brought his downfall.

Trying to pull England captain Ben Stokes, Bumrah top-edged only for substitute fielder Sam Cook to take a simple catch, with Jadeja’s reacting saying it all at the other end. Bumrah himself knew his blunder and walked back with his head down in guilt.

Expectedly, netizens were not at all happy at Bumrah‘s shot selection, thus earning sharp criticism on social media.

India slump to 22-run defeat at Lord’s

Meanwhile, England took a slow-burning Lord’s Test from India and it didn’t matter to the winner that it fluked it in the end. India was chasing 193 to win and turned the fifth and final day from imminent defeat to victory in sight. India was 22 runs from glory with one wicket left when No. 11 batter Mohammed Siraj played on to spinner Shoaib Bashir.

Siraj made a routine block but the ball spun back and he watched it dribble past his shoes and into his leg stump, knocking off the bail. Siraj slumped over in agony as Bashir wheeled away and became the center of England celebrations. India was all out for 170 and England grabbed a 2-1 lead in the five-Test series.