IND vs ENG: Jasprit Bumrah memes break internet as Team India pacer leads solo charge against England | Cricket News – Times of India

Jasprit Bumrah of India. (Photo by George Wood/Getty Images)

NEW DELHI: Day 2 of the India vs England 1st Test at Headingley introduced excessive drama, stellar performances, and a flood of hilarious memes, as Jasprit Bumrah led India’s bowling charge with sheer menace. Despite India posting a formidable 471, it was England’s gritty response, and Bumrah’s brilliance, that stole the highlight and the internet’s creativeness. Ollie Pope anchored England’s innings with a combating century, ending unbeaten on 100. Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!But his knock wasn’t with out fortune. Surviving a fiery opening burst from Bumrah, Pope narrowly averted lbw, was dropped twice, and edged a number of deliveries into no-man’s land.

The crowd might have held their breath, however social media had its personal method of reacting, with memes poking enjoyable at dropped catches, missed possibilities, and Bumrah’s virtually-too-good-to-be-true spells.

Bumrah was a one-man demolition crew, accounting for all three English wickets, eradicating Crawley within the first over, then dismantling Duckett’s stumps, and later nicking off Joe Root. Yet, maybe essentially the most dramatic second got here when he had Harry Brook caught within the remaining over, just for the supply to be known as a no-ball. Social media lit up immediately with reactions, likening Bumrah’s overstepping to tragic love tales and unfinished revenge plots.As Headingley noticed fluctuating fortunes below moody skies, on-line, it was clear: Jasprit Bumrah not solely lit up the sector but in addition broke the internet. Day 3 guarantees extra motion, however Day 2 undoubtedly belonged to Bumrah and the memes.