Overview

• Bumrah claimed 5/74 at Lord’s to secure his 15th Test five-wicket haul, overtaking Ravichandran Ashwin for the most fifers in the World Test Championship.
• He remains the ICC’s top-ranked Test bowler with a 50-point lead over Kagiso Rabada, boasting 217 wickets at a 19.48 average in 47 matches.
• Head coach Gautam Gambhir will rest Bumrah for two of the remaining Tests against England to manage his workload.
• India has won just two of the last ten Tests featuring Bumrah compared with five victories in ten matches he missed, intensifying discussion over his optimal use.
• Coach Trivedi endorsed Bumrah’s unconventional bowling action as legal and urged him to preserve it after initially mistaking it for a throw.