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TOI Sports Desk | TIMESOFINDIA.COM

Watch: Jasprit Bumrah imitates R Ashwin's action to perfection at nets

NEW DELHI: India's pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah's action grabbed eyeballs as he imitated teammate off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin's action to perfection during the team's practice session ahead of the second and final Test against South Africa at Newlands in Cape Town on Tuesday.

After succumbing to an innings defeat in Centurion in the first Test, Team India is currently toiling hard in the nets for the final Test, commencing on Wednesday. The team is aiming for a victory in this match to salvage a draw against their opponents.

Bumrah not only flawlessly replicated the action in a video that Star Sports India posted on social media platform 'X,' formerly Twitter, but he also came up with an exact expression after finishing the delivery stride.

Indian captain Rohit Sharma also emphasised that the young batsmen will need to adapt to the "challenging" South African conditions.

Rohit expressed his expectation that the conditions for the second Test wouldn't differ significantly from those in Centurion, where India suffered an innings defeat in the first Test last week.

"The pitch looks pretty similar to Centurion," Rohit said at the pre-match presser. "Maybe not full of grass, but there is enough covering of grass on the pitch."

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