India, June 25 -- A trailer of life without Jasprit Bumrah in England was playing on loop at Leeds on Tuesday. And it wasn't pretty. Watching Mohammed Siraj throw a fit when the England openers tried to slow down the game to avoid playing another Bumrah over before lunch wasn't prime time television but he can't be faulted for not trying. For the entire morning session Prasidh Krishna struggled to hit the right length. When he did, he couldn't repeat it three balls in a row. And the second ball Shardul Thakur bowled on the day helped Ben Duckett tickle off his leg probably the easiest boundary of his life.

This was no consolidated bowling effort led by an extraordinary fast bowler, but a disjointed attempt at stopping England. Bumrah exp...