Overview

• Bumrah recorded his 14th Test five-wicket haul at Headingley, restricting England to 465 and cutting their lead to six runs.
• Sanjana Ganesan emphasized that critics only see his on-field persona and urged separation of public perception from private reality.
• During a Sony Sports interview, she relayed messages from Sunil Gavaskar and Cheteshwar Pujara asking him to feature in all five Tests.
• Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna conceded over 240 runs combined, leaving India with only a slender first-innings advantage despite Bumrah’s performance.
• Prior to the series, Bumrah asked the BCCI not to consider him for captaincy because of his back issue, leading to Shubman Gill’s appointment as Test skipper.