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Jasprit Bumrah picks his favourite wicket after six-wicket haul in Vizag Test 

Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah has picked his favourite dismissal among the six wickets he took in the first innings in Vizag on Saturday.

After an exhibition of fast bowling on Saturday, 3 February in Vizag, Jasprit Bumrah spoke about how his learnings from domestic cricket helped him in negating England's aggressive approach on a relatively flat wicket.

"Over here I've played less number of Test matches but a lot of first-class cricket, so then I go back to first-class cricket. I think about what has worked for me when the wicket is very flat, what do I do?

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"So keep an eye on the game, where the game is heading, back your ability, keep trying to stay in the present, all those things are part of my plan of how I find answers."

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Bumrah's decisive spell came with the old ball when it started reversing. The pacer, who was hit for four fours in an over by Zak Crawley, said that he wasn't too bothered by the boundaries hit off him.

"You have to be wary of what you want to do because if the ball is not doing a lot, you want to give control to the team," he said.

"So I was just focusing on that. Obviously some good balls also went for four, but that's okay.

"If I back myself and if I bowl some good balls, with the way England is playing, you feel you're always in play. Because if you go after the bowlers, if you bowl good deliveries, there is something, the odd ball might seam and you might be in play."

Bumrah's perseverance reaped benefits as he sent England spiralling from 114/1 to 253 all out with six big scalps, including that of Ollie Pope, fresh off a match-winning 196 in Hyderabad, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow and Ben Stokes.

Pope was undone by a searing inswinging yorker that gained wide attention on social media. Ben Stokes, meanwhile, was done in by a peach that left the England captain giving a helpless expression and shaking his head as he walked off.

But which was Bumrah's favourite wicket from the six he took? "Joe Root's [wicket]," Bumrah told on Jio Cinema.

"We understand it's an important wicket in this Test match. He's a world-class batter and we know on this wicket, to get his wicket was really important because the wicket isn't doing a lot.

"It's a slow wicket. We understood that was an important phase and if we get him out that leaves you in an advantage there. We understand how important he is for the England team so very happy with that."

India were 28/0 in the second innings with a lead of 171 at stumps on day two.

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