Control your temptation: Jasprit Bumrah’s guide to acing tricky Eden Gardens pitch

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India vs South Africa, 1st Test: After claiming a sensational five-wicket haul, Jasprit Bumrah explained why it isn’t easy for fast bowlers to find success on a dry pitch like the one at Eden Gardens on Day 1 of the series opener in Kolkata.

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00:00Okay guys, Jaspreet Bruma are with us. As usual, please put your phones on silent one

00:07person at a time, phones go first. Yes, sir.

00:11Jaspreet, first test at the Indian balance, 5 tickets, about 14 hours. How do you feel

00:19like, sir?

00:20Feels good. Whenever you try and contribute and whenever you try, you give your best all

00:25the time, whenever you make an impact, you help the team in whatever capacity you could,

00:30it always feels good.

00:32Jaspreet, I spoke every word of the team still especially, but what feels your feeling when

00:38you beat the batsman's defense or kick the stumps?

00:40It feels really good. Sometimes, you know, you take some time to assess the wickets,

00:45but always you try to assess the wicket as soon as possible. So, whenever you beat the batsman's

00:52defense and whenever you knock the stumps over, it's always a good feeling. But it's important

00:56to understand what kind of wicket it is, what will work here and, you know, how will I make

01:01an impact. So, we were able to do that. So, I was very happy.

01:05Jaspreet, Sandeep here. First of all, one day to the hands of your performance, you play in

01:10all three formats. Still, sometimes there are some questions raised about your fitness and

01:17all. So, how satisfactory you are for today's performance after taking five o'clock on the

01:23first day of the day's plan?

01:24No, I'm very happy. I'm, see, as I said that I try to give my best in whichever format I play.

01:29The questions are not my questions. I will not answer them. So, I try to play as much as I can.

01:35I try to take care of my body. I try to give my best in each and every format. And that's

01:41how I've looked at my career and I'll look to do that in the future as well. And rest,

01:47question-answer sessions, whoever wants to play, they can play. But I'm happy as far as I'm

01:51able to contribute and try to, you know, learn new things and try to offer more to the side.

01:57So, test cricket, my patience, uh, the first lesson is that if you have a test cricket,

02:23you need success, you need patience, you need patience. And obviously, what happens

02:29is that it is such a wicket that the outfield is very tight and the wicket is hard. So,

02:33if you have more desperate or you go to magic ball or you go to magic ball, then run

02:37is very easy. So, you have to control your temptation and make pressure.

02:43So, it's hard to ride on the right plane, where you tend to get to the way of life.

02:47So, there are many times in at least two plays. But, if you have a ball ball.

02:50You'll be able to walk the ball in a good area, then you'll be able to cast any chance.

02:53But, here are test cricket.

02:55You can go to all areas places, where you'll get patience.

02:57You'll be able to find the路.

02:58And there'll be no time you will get you.

03:00But the majority of the time you have to watch a good bowling.

03:03time you have to do a good bowling

03:05sometimes success will not come

03:07with a good bowling

03:09but if you do it

03:11eventually your career will come

03:13that you will take a wicket

03:15so I will assess that

03:17and there is a little help

03:19it's not like a dead wicket

03:21but you have to be patient

03:23because if you are off the mark

03:25because of the way the ground is

03:27the run scoring is fast

03:29so you have to be very disciplined over here

03:31congratulations on the mark

03:33but my question is about the batting model

03:35what was the idea behind pushing

03:37Washington's number 3

03:39which eventually gave you the

03:41cushion to have post winning options

03:43going into this game

03:45I am sure there must be

03:49a reasoning behind it

03:51and when those guys come you can ask them

03:53but I am not really aware of

03:55what was the

03:57thought process, we back all our players

03:59and we back them to do the job

04:01but I was not behind

04:02so I don't know what was the

04:03conversation behind

04:05Yes, Vikthai, in terms of entry

04:07I just wanted to ask you

04:08you have over a dozen five wicket holes now

04:11where do you rate this one?

04:15Feels very good

04:16whenever you play in India

04:17usually it is known that

04:19spinners will pick up a lot of wickets

04:21so whenever you are able to make an impact

04:23with the limited OVO spells

04:25because we know we have

04:26majority spinners in our line-up

04:28so you will come in short bursts

04:30you want to make an impact

04:31it always feels good

04:32whenever you are able to make an impact

04:35you give pressure

04:36so from both ends there is pressure being created

04:38so yeah, very happy with the performance

04:40and hopefully the job is still left in the test match

04:45just quickly you talk about

04:48assistive conditions

04:49and you know

04:50that takes a bit of time

04:52when you start at best

04:54here you know

04:55essentially to the end

04:56you and then later Siddharth

04:58you also came out from that

04:59and you are getting a little bit of uneven bounce from there

05:01is it something

05:02you as a bowler can do

05:04to sort of maximize the potential

05:06for that to happen?

05:07basically it's the harder ball game

05:10so when the ball is nice and hard

05:11maybe the deviation would be a little quicker

05:13as in when the ball became softer

05:15the deviation lessens

05:16and then your accuracy comes into play

05:18so when I bowled the first over

05:19everything happened

05:20the ball swung

05:21it stayed low

05:22it went high

05:23so I said

05:24it was a little difficult to understand

05:26what is the right length

05:27so you keep bowling

05:28and you keep figuring things out

05:29that ok

05:30it's shaping in this manner

05:32so that was my reading initially

05:34that first 3-4 balls

05:35everything happened

05:36one ball kicked

05:37one ball went low

05:38where do you bowl?

05:39so

05:40so

05:41then you see ok

05:42this is the way it's shaping

05:43as in when the ball became softer

05:45it did settle down

05:46it was not happening a lot

05:47and

05:48the deviation was not consistent

05:49so then we realized

05:50yes

05:51when the ball is nice and hard

05:52the seam is pronounced

05:53it will do a little more

05:54and then as in when

05:55the ball becomes softer

05:57it will become slightly easier

06:06okay

06:07yes

06:08thank you

06:09thank you

06:10thank you

06:11so

06:13I am going to play a game with a hardball, but I am going to play a game with a hardball.

06:43So if you are playing some same movement, you will get a ball.

06:47If you are staying up and down, there is a chance.

06:49We do have some kind of answers.

06:51We do have two answers.

06:53Sometimes, I have a good answer.

06:55I will put a bad answer.

06:57I will put a bad answer.

06:59We do this combination.

07:01We do this cricket smarts.

07:03Whenever you look like a chance,

07:06if you can come,

07:08you will get a good answer.

07:13It can be but that's the challenge of test cricket, right?

07:38Wherever you go to different conditions, the challenge is different.

07:41We went to South Africa in 5 tests, 5 sessions, the test match was over.

07:44So, it's never a simple answer that this is how the wicket should be.

07:51This is the challenge of test cricket.

07:52We go to England, the atmosphere is different.

07:54We go to Australia, the challenge is different.

07:55So, we have to adapt.

07:57We as a team will not point fingers and complain that this is how it is.

08:01Yes, we are skillful players and that is why we are in our national side.

08:06And it is our job to adapt and find ways.

08:09Because that's how professional cricket works.

08:12So, this is my reading of it.

08:14That's the beauty of test cricket playing in different conditions.

08:17That you face different challenges.

08:19You test your skills and you pronounce your skills that,

08:21okay, you should have a lot more skills in your armory to succeed in test cricket.

08:25Fine.

08:26Yes, sir.

08:27Even when you have to reverse swing, you have got help with that.

08:30You have got the help of the reverse swing.

08:33Reverse.

08:34So, it's a very massive reverse swing.

08:36It's not a little hint of reverse swing.

08:38It's a little hint of reverse swing that we have thought that it will be.

08:41So, it's a advantage of it.

08:43It's a way to use the subcontinent.

08:46If you have a run-off trophy or first-class cricket in your armory,

08:49then reverse swing is one part.

08:51Because the new ball is one time to stay in India.

08:53So, you need to know that skill.

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