England opener Ben Duckett said Jasprit Bumrah was the best fast bowler in the world and extremely tough to face at Headingley, but he and Ollie Pope managed to find a way to tackle him in the first Test.
“He is the best bowler in the world,” Duckett said. “He’s extremely hard to face. He’s good in any conditions; he’s good in India on the flattest pitches ever and when he’s coming in down the hill [at Headingley] with the lights on and it’s swinging both ways.
“I feel like we minimised the damage early on. It could have been a lot worse today… He is just a world-class bowler, and you can’t let someone like him just bowl; he’s too good for that. You’ve got to still try and put him under pressure, and try to put the bad balls away.”