All supreme bowlers, besides their skills, have an incredible sense of timing. The wisdom and awareness of knowing which ball to bowl when. Lunch was just a ball away. Kuldeep Yadav had bowled 11 balls to Ollie Pope. Apart from one that skidded past his bat early on, he had dealt him with reasonable comfort. But two balls before the wicket-ball, he sensed Pope’s design. The English batsman was looking to use his feet.

Kuldeep didn’t immediately shorten his length. But he was ready. For he knew Pope loves to sashay down the track. “He is a kind of a player who doesn’t like to stay in the crease,” Kuldeep revealed his mindset in the post-day press conference.