Thakur to Adil Rashid, out Caught by Kohli! The breakthrough has arrived, and guess who? No 71st hundred, but these contributions are beyond statistics. A slower one sticking on a length, Adil Rashid gets forward and punches this, airborne for a while. And Virat Kohli at short cover dives to his left to pick up a […]
Thakur to Buttler, out Lbw!! Loud shout for LBW, this looks close and India will review. Was there an inside edge on that? Buttler was caught in the crease to one that nipped back in. Think it’s missed the inside edge, UltraEdge in and it confirms that there’s no bat. Onto ball-tracking now – three REDS and Buttler is OUT. […]
Bhuvneshwar to Roy, out Bowled!! .. and Bhuvneshwar strikes. What an eventful over – three boundaries, 14 runs and now Roy’s wicket. Done in like a kipper – was the inswinger and Roy’s feet was frozen at the crease, pushed forward with his hands. The ball found its way through the massive gate between bat and […]
Stokes to Thakur, SIX, that’s a magnificent blow from Thakur, slower ball outside off – Thakur came running down the pitch, gets close to the ball, high elbow and a straight bat, dumps it over long-off for a maximum – he’s playing a lovely cameo here. That is the third six of his cameo in the 3rd […]
Chahal to Malan, out Lbw!! You could tell how confident Pant was about this LBW shout with that laugh in his appeal. The reverse sweep saved Malan previous ball, but the conventional slog-sweep ditches him this ball. Impact in line with leg stump. Umpire Anil Kumar Chaudhary thought it was slipping down leg. But Pant and Chahal […]
Axar to Sibley, out Caught by Pant!! What a freak dismissal! If you thought Pujara was unlucky to get out of Bess in Chennai, this is even more heart-breaking. Sibley has just played a really good sweep shot off the middle of the bat. Well this ball surely didn’t deserve a wicket – was full and down […]
Axar to Sibley, out Bowled! This man is finding Test cricket a breeze! Once again, the batsman has played for turn that isn’t there, gets a tiny inside edge on the forward defence, and that’s crashed into the stumps. Sibley has to walk back, and this is all too familiar for England. The ghosts of the pink […]
Ashwin to Ollie Pope, out Bowled!! The off pole has been smashed. Ravi Ashwin is a master at setting up the batters and poor Ollie Pope had no clue about this. Stands puzzled for a fleeting moment before leaving the crease. The skiddy drifter from Ash and it curled in enough beat Pope all ends up on […]
Ashwin to Daniel Lawrence, out Stumped!! Brilliant work from Pant and Lawrence’s resistance comes to an end. First ball into the day and Ashwin has struck – the pre-meditated move to give the charge has cost Lawrence his wicket here, Ashwin saw it coming and cleverly drifted one into the right-hander. Lawrence was caught in no man’s land […]
Axar to Moeen Ali, out Caught by Rahane!! Edged and caught! Special catch from Rahane at slip, he was initially moving to his right, but there was a thick deflection off Pant’s pads and the ball lobbed in front of him – he has to change track, dive forward and manages to cusp it neat and clean. […]