Ganguly hails Nehra and Bumrah for their stellar performance

Bumrah and Nehra showed exceptional death-bowling skills to script a five-run win over England in the second Twenty20 International and level the three-match series 1-1. With England needing 28 runs off 20 balls to seal the series, Nehra trapped Ben Stokes in front of the wicket for 38 to pull India back in the game. 

Speaking exclusively to India Today, Ganguly said, "Ashish Nehra is a terrific bowler. His fielding has gone down a bit but I think with the ball, he has done superbly. There were questions raised after the last game in Kanpur whether he should be playing T20 cricket. Today with the ball he once again proved that with the ball he's probably as good as anyone in the side.”

Gujarat pacer Bumrah picked up two wickets and gave away only two runs in the last over to present Virat Kohli his first win as the skipper of the Indian T20 side. He buried the demons of the One-day series by hitting the deck hard superbly, and Ganguly was effluent in his praise.

The former India skipper said, "You have to give credit to Jasprit Bumrah...eight runs in the last over, six deliveries and only England had to lose the game and that's exactly what they did. He bowled superbly, his slower balls gripped on the surface and made life difficult but more than Nehra who I thought had an exceptional first spell, the last two overs of Bumrah which is the 18th and the 20th won the game for India."

"I think it's got to be Jasprit Bumrah because he has won the game for India. In his third last over he pushed up the run-rate to 12 runs in an over and Ashish gave 16 and it was eight runs in the last over and he again pulled it back for India. So for me it is Bumrah who is the man-of-the match and I thought he bowled exceptionally well under pressure," he concluded.