Bashir bowled 28 overs on his first day as a Take a look at cricketer, returning figures of two for 100. He dismissed Rohit in his fourth over, caught at leg slip, and had Axar Patel caught at backward level within the remaining session as India closed the opening day of the second day on 336 for six.
“When you have been to inform me that two years in the past, I’d snort,” Bashir instructed talkSPORT, requested about turning into a Take a look at cricketer on the age of 20 with solely six earlier first-class appearances to his title. “It was a very particular second receiving my Take a look at cap and for me to get Rohit Sharma as my first wicket was very, very particular.
“He is an excellent participant of spin as nicely. I am simply so grateful to God and my household. They’ve supported me by way of thick and skinny. I had a variety of ups and downs in my journey, so I simply need to thank them as nicely.”
Bashir solely arrived in India on the fourth day of the first Take a look at in Hyderabad after a delay in receiving his visa attributable to his mother and father’ Pakistani heritage. It meant he needed to fly again to the UK after England’s coaching camp in Abu Dhabi.
“I all the time knew I might get the visa,” he stated. “I did have a couple of troubles with it, however look, we’re right here now and I bought to make my debut and it is such a special occasion. It makes it extra memorable, yeah. I had a little bit of bother, little bit of problem with it however to return out to India now and make my Take a look at debut is unbelievable.”
Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum instructed Bashir he was enjoying at coaching on Thursday, and Jack Leach, his Somerset staff-mate, introduced him together with his Take a look at cap on the morning of the sport. “He had some good phrases to say,” Bashir stated. “Me and him get on very well.
“We’re very tight and he is the one which noticed me on the scene once I was enjoying for Somerset 2s. He was simply speaking about how proud everyone seems to be of me, and my household and my journey. It was simply so particular receiving it from him as nicely.”
Assessing England’s day, Bashir stated: “It was a tricky pitch to bowl on. It did not supply an excessive amount of, however I assumed the way in which the boys went about it was superior for us to choose up six wickets… we’ll get once more tomorrow, hopefully get a breakthrough and get batting on the market.”
