Jasprit Bumrah and I are friends, says Marco Jansen on heated moments with Indian pacer

With the experienced pacer Anrich Nortje missing the ODIs as well after being left out of the Tests due to a hip injury, Marco Jansen has got a maiden ODI call-up in the squad led by Temba Bavuma. 

South Africa pacer Marco Jansen on Monday said he has no ‘hard feelings’ with his Indian Premier League (IPL) side Mumbai Indians teammate Jasprit Bumrah even though the duo engaged in some heated exchanges during the Proteas’ 2-1 Test series triumph. Jansen and Bumrah shared some heated exchanges during the second Test at Wanderers which South Africa won by seven wickets and again during the third match at Newlands where the hosts sealed a remarkable Test series win.

“I’ve played with Bumrah in the IPL and we’re good friends. You’re not going to back down when you're playing for your country and sometimes on-the-field things get heated,” the 21-year-old said in a media interaction on Cricket South Africa Twitter handle. “He obviously did the same and there are no hard feelings because it was in the heat of the moment, because it was two players giving their all for their countries.”

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