Watch: English Fan Dedicates Unique Song To Akash Deep After Edgbaston Demolition
Akash Deep's 10-wicket haul has made him a hit in England, with a local singer even singing a song for him.
Akash Deep is an instant hit in England, not just among pundits and Indian fans who are raving about his special 10-wicket haul in the second Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy at Edgbaston but also among the locals. After India secured a huge 336-run win to level the series 1-1, an English singer was seen singing a song in his name in the tune of Let It Be from The Beatles.
English fans are popular for their sporting songs and chants. In football clubs, almost every important player has a fan-dedicated chant of their own. The cricket fan group Barmy Army also usually comes up with unique ones for several of the local players, but an Indian bowler who's still relatively new in Test cricket getting this popular, this early, is just a sign of the impression he has cast on the world.
Watch the song here:
Filling the big shoes of the rested Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Deep found more purchase off the Edgbaston pitch than any other bowler on either side. He used his discipline to create pressure and supple wrists to make the new ball move. It resulted in a spell of 4/88 in the first innings and 6/99 in the second.
It helped the 28-year-old enter his name in the history books. He is now only the second Indian bowler in 93 years to take a 10-wicket haul in a Test match in England. His final figures of 10 for 187 are the best by an Indian bowler in a Test match played in England.
Indian captain Shubman Gill was delighted to see Akash Deep and Mohammed Siraj (who took seven wickets) to step up in Bumrah's absence.
'When your two fast bowlers take 17 wickets, then it becomes easy for the skipper. Bumrah bhai was not there, but the bowlers we have in the squad are capable of taking 20 wickets in a match," Gill told former India batting star Cheteshwar Pujara on JioHotstar after the team's win.
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