Jasprit Bumrah did not have any support from India bowlers: Bharat Arun

Listen to Story India pacers have been lambasted for their poor showing in the first Test match of the South Africa series. India fell to an innings defeat against South Africa in the Boxing Day Test in Centurion after a failure in both departments. India pacers Shardul Thakur and Prasidh Krishna copped a lot of criticism for failing to control the flow of runs in the only innings that the hosts batted in.

Former India bowling coach Bharat Arun analysed the bowling performance from the Indian side and said that Jasprit Bumrah did not find any support from the rest of his team. Speaking on RevSportz, Bharat Arun said that India should not have allowed South Africa to score freely. "There were far too many boundaries scored.

Adapting your bowling to different conditions is crucial. If you are in good form, just awareness of the conditions is more than sufficient for you to adapt," Bharat Arun said. "I think bowlers at international level should be able to adapt a lot more easily than bowlers who are just starting.

With the experience that the Indian team has, I think we should have adapted. Bumrah bowled exceptionally well but the rest of them, I don’t think they supported him much the way they should have," he further added. Arun argued that run rate matters a lot in Test cricket and if a team scores briskly in a session that allows them to have an upper hand in the game.

India are expected to make changes to their playing XI after the Centurion hammering and would hope to win the second Test match of the series. , while either one among Shardul Thakur or Prasidh Krishna will make their way out of the playing XI..