India, June 22 -- There was a reason why the entire conversation about bowling heading into the opening game was around one man. In the 13 overs he bowled on Day 2 of the Leeds Test, Jasprit Bumrah unleashed hell, picking all three wickets that fell on Saturday as England began their bid to match India's first-innings total of 471. While Ravi Shastri and Nasser Hussain, like most others, were in absolute awe of the modern-era great, they reckoned his carnage at Headingley overshadowed India's weakness, which will have captain Shubman Gill worried.

Bumrah gave India an early breakthrough, dismissing opener Zak Crawley in the opening over of the innings with an unplayable delivery. He then got rid of well-set Ben Duckett, before dismissing...