Can a test match be won with just three balls? Anyone would close their eyes and say – absolutely not. Because to dismiss the opposing team twice, at least 20 balls are required. But if the bowler is Jasprit Bumrah then he can turn the tables in just 3 balls. The effect of his 3 balls is visible on the entire match. Let us start this story sequentially. Harshit Rana made his debut in the Perth Test. As soon as he bowled Alex Carey at around 1:20 pm on Monday, the Indian team created history. In the first match of Border Gavaskar Trophy, India defeated Australia at the ground in Perth where it was unbeatable. Captain Jasprit Bumrah was the star of victory in this match. He took 5 wickets in the first innings and 3 wickets in the second innings.

Bumrah bowled a charismatic ball

In the test match in which India scored two centuries. Why was Jasprit Bumrah the player of the match when Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 161 runs and Virat Kohli scored 100 not out? When you try to find the answer to this question, you will find that in this test match, Bumrah bowled three balls which changed the course of the entire match. Which doubled the 'dose' of confidence among the players of the Indian team and shook the Kangaroos. These three balls were bowled by Jasprit Bumrah in the first innings of Australia. Out of these, Jasprit Bumrah got wicket on two balls while the batsman was 'beaten' on the third ball.

What is the story of those three charismatic balls?

In the first innings, the Indian team was limited to a score of only 150 runs. Now the Indian team had to bowl. Australia also had a bad start. By the time they reached 19 runs, both the openers Usman Khawaja and Nathan McSweeney were out. Bumrah was bowling the seventh over of the innings. On the fourth ball of the over, he got Usman Khawaja caught by Kohli. This was a normal wicket. Now there were three batsmen who could trouble India - Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith and Travis Head. Bumrah's next ball was an accurate yorker bowled at a speed of 141 kilometers per hour. By the time Steve Smith could recover, the ball had hit his pad. Steve Smith was out on the very first ball.

The big danger had been averted. But there was still a big danger left. This threat was from Travis Head. Travis Head came to the crease. Bumrah was bowling his hat-trick delivery. This ball of Bumrah was an unusual ball. Any batsman could survive on this only by luck. This is what happened, this brilliant yorker hit the edge of Travis Head's bat and Head was saved from being out LBW. Bumrah did not get a wicket on this ball but it was a ball that broke the morale of the Kangaroos. This was the reason why Travis Head could not stay at the crease for long. He became the victim of Harshit Rana after just four overs. Harshit Rana bowled Travis Head.

Can three balls break the morale of a team?

The answer to this question is- Yes. Remember, in the 1999 India-Pakistan Test match in Kolkata, Shoaib Akhtar had bowled Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar on two consecutive balls. Those two balls hold a different status in Shoaib's entire career. Although three balls is still too many, sometimes just one ball is enough to break the morale of the team. The way Travis Head survived the first ball, after that the legs of the batsmen tremble. The only way to escape this pressure is counter attack. You must have heard many times that a certain batsman was hit by a bouncer on his helmet and he hit a boundary on the very next ball. This is a way to relieve pressure. Otherwise that pressure keeps increasing.

You must have heard many times the story of Sachin getting injured on the ball of Pakistan's legendary fast bowler Waqar Younis, the blood flowing from his nose and then the crushing four he hit in the same over. If you ask any player who plays cricket, it is said jokingly that on days when one or two catches are missed in the field, the fielders try to hide from the ball and the ball searches for them and goes to them again and again. Is. Apart from this, the big thing was that Steve Smith is not only counted among the great batsmen of the world but he is going to play a big role in this series. If his bat does not work then there can be no bigger relief than this for India.

Travis Head is such a player who comes into the field against India in 'special-form'. He scored a century against India in the final of the World Test Championship. He scored a century in the 2023 World Cup final. It was because of his century that Australia won the World Cup, breaking the dreams of millions of Indian cricket fans. You will see the fear of these three balls of Bumrah in the remaining matches of this series also.