Jasprit Bumrah’s blaze with bat and brilliance with ball put India in charge

A stop-start second day of this rescheduled fifth Test was dominated by the man with the staccato run-up as Jasprit Bumrah, not content with inflicting the most expensive over in history on Stuart Broad, set about slicing his way through England’s top order.

Just 38.5 overs of play were possible due to rain interruptions but though maddening for the crowd, this proved enough to advance India’s position in the game and a series they lead 2-1. After an hour’s play before the close, the weather having finally relented, England had crumbled to 84 for five in reply to India’s 416 all out.

In between the cloudbursts Bumrah was simply irresistible. The first seam bowler to captain India since Kapil Dev in 1987, any thoughts of being a genuine all-rounder are usually between himself and the bathroom mirror. But as he walked off at stumps the smile said plenty, his earlier unbeaten 31 having seen Broad ship 35 runs in one over and figures of three for 35 utterly ruinous when it was England’s turn to bat.

Bumrah simply vaporised the top three of Alex Lees, Zak Crawley and Ollie Pope by the time the late session began but it was the removal of Joe Root for 31 by Mohammed Siraj that may prove most telling. Fluent early on, England’s number four was skittish after the resumption and as he leaned back attempting to guide a four behind square, the ball decked back in lavishly and feathered an edge behind.

It meant Jack Leach striding out with 20 minutes remaining but he lasted just five balls, the nightwatchman immediately dropped in the slip cordon before being cramped for room by Mohammed Shami for another caught behind. Jonny Bairstow at least looked solid for his unbeaten 12, while it will be fascinating to see whether Ben Stokes