The Indian team seems to be in great spirits ahead of the Lord's Test.
Team India registered a series-levelling 336-run victory over England in the second Test at Edgbaston. The visitors will now face the hosts in the third match of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy at Lord’s, slated to start on Thursday (July 10).
Ahead of the all-important fixture, the Indian team seems to be in great spirits. Shubman Gill and his men are training hard in London, and in a video shared by BCCI on social media, all-rounder Shardul Thakur was seen touching No.1-ranked Test bowler Jasprit Bumrah’s feet.
The clip of Thakur’s heartwarming gesture for Bumrah is now going viral on the internet.
“Lord, dekho Lord’s, Lord, Lord’s, Lord," Bumrah was heard saying in the viral video.
“Tab he Jasprit Bumrah ke pair padne padte hai," Thakur said.
“Ye inka (Thakur) badappan hai. Mai inke sath khada hua, wahi mai jeet gaya," Bumrah added.
BCCI captioned the video as, “The world’s No. 1 Test bowler is back at the @HomeOfCricket, and mind you, he knows his stats really well."
In the video, Bumrah can also be seen recalling his unbeaten 90-run stand with Mohammad Shami in the 2021 India-England Lord’s Test.
“Maine aur Shami bhai ne… (50 banaya tha naa Shami bhai ne) maine 35 not out," Bumrah said while chatting with Abhimanyu Easwaran.
Notably, Jasprit Bumrah missed the second Test at Edgbaston last week as part of his workload management but he is set to comeback at Lord’s. His participation in the third Test was confirmed by India’s Test captain, Shubman Gill, during the post-match presentation ceremony at Edgbaston.
Bumrah, in all probability, will replace Prasidh Krishna in India’s playing XI. Krishna appeared in the first two Tests but failed to make a mark with his bowling.
In Bumrah’s absence, Akash Deep played the second Test for India and returned with 10 wickets across two innings.