HAMILTON, Feb 15: Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami gave an exhibition of high quality fast bowling on day two of India�s warm-up encounter against New Zealand XI, sending a warning signal for the home team ahead of first Test in Wellington.
For the record, New Zealand were bowled out for 235 in 74.2 overs but Bumrah (2/18 in 11 overs) and Shami (3/17 in 10 overs) used the conditions well and in the process added miles to their legs ahead of the two World Test Championship games.
Umesh Yadav (2/49 in 13 overs) and Navdeep Saini (2/58 in 15 overs) bowled more overs but weren�t half as good as the two premier pacers who troubled the batsmen in all their spells.
With the pitch easing out, Prithvi Shaw (29 batting off 19 balls) unleashed a series of cover drives including a six off a ramp shot while Mayank Agarwal (23 batting off 17 balls) got a maximum with a Nataraja Shot to finish the day at 53 for no loss.
For head coach Ravi Shastri, the basic idea was to check out how his pacers got into the groove and Bumrah and Shami hit the straps straightaway in overcast conditions.
While Umesh and Saini in their first spells bowled too full, Bumrah pitched deliveries on back of length generating disconcerting bounce. He bowled in three short spells while Shami bowled two spells.
The crafty Shami, after getting a hang that ball wasn�t jagging around too much despite cloud cover, concentrated on getting the ball to seam both ways.
Bumrah got Will Young (2) with an angular delivery that straightened after pitching to get a nick that landed in Rishabh Pant�s gloves.
SCORECARD
India 1st Innings: 263
New Zealand XI 1st Innings: Will Young c Pant b Bumrah 2, Rachin Ravindra c Pant b Yadav 34, Tim Seifert c Pant b Shami 9, Finn Allen b Bumrah 20, Henry Cooper c Agarwal b Shami 40, Tom Bruce b Saini 31, Daryl Mitchell c Shaw b Yadav 32, James Neesham b Shami 1, Dane Cleaver b Saini 13, Scott Kuggeleijn not out 11, Ish Sodhi c Pujara b Ashwin 14. Extras: (B-13 LB-9 W-3 NB-3) 28. Total: (All out in 74.2 overs) 235. Fall of wickets: 1-11, 2-36, 3-70, 4-82, 5-133, 6-155, 7-161, 8-204, 9-213. Bowling: Jasprit Bumrah 11-3-18-2, Umesh Yadav 13-1-49-2, Mohammed Shami 10-5-17-3, Navdeep Saini 15-2-58-2, Ravichandran Ashwin 15.2-2-46-1, Ravindra Jadeja 10-4-25-0.
India 2nd Innings: Prithvi Shaw batting 35, Mayank Agarwal batting 23. Extras: (W-1) 1. Total: (For no loss from 7 overs) 59. Bowling: Blair Tickner 3-0-19-0, Scott Kuggeleijn 3-0-34-0, Scott Johnston 1-0-6-0. � PTI