New Delhi : The manner in which veteran batsman Joe Root lost his wicket by playing a strange shot is being heavily criticized in the English media and the cricket world also. On the third day of the Rajkot Test match, his team was expecting a big innings from former England captain Joe Root. At the Niranjan Shah Stadium, Indian bowler Jasprit Bumrah also did not expect that this batsman, who had played 138 Test matches, would leave after throwing away his wicket in this manner. Team India’s fast bowler Mohammad Siraj said after the end of the third day’s play that he was surprised by the way Joe Root left after throwing wickets after spending a long time at the crease.
Joe Root is struggling for runs in the current series but all his hardwork didn’t paid well. In the first innings, he was out after playing a ‘reverse ramp’ shot off the bowling of Jasprit Bumrah. Right-handed batsman Joe Root had spent almost an hour at the crease and was playing on 18 runs. Like other batsmen of the team, he was struggling to score runs fast. To increase his strike rate, he tried to play a ‘reverse ramp’ shot from above the slip against Bumrah but was caught by Yashasvi Jaiswal at second slip.
joe Root doesn't play this kind of shot
The manner in which veteran batsman Joe Root lost his wicket by playing a strange shot is being heavily criticized in the English media and the cricket world.joe root doesn’t play this kind of shot in all of his previous games ever. On the third day of the Rajkot Test match, his team was expecting a big innings from former England captain Joe Root. At the Niranjan Shah Stadium, Indian bowler Jasprit Bumrah also did not expect that this batsman, who had played 138 Test matches, would leave after throwing away his wicket in this manner. Mohammad Siraj said after the end of the third day’s play that he was surprised by the way Joe Root left after throwing wickets after spending a long time at the crease.Pacer Mohammed Siraj is surprised that a well-set Joe Root preferred to play a reverse ramp shot off Jasprit Bumrah and ended up losing his wicket to hand India advantage in the third Test in Rajkot on Saturday. Root was batting at 18, having spent almost an hour at the crease. Trying to improvise, Root attempted a reverse ramp over the slip only to find Yashasvi Jaiswal at second slip.
England could not even add 100 runs to their total score after their partnership with opener Ben Duckett (153), who scored a century for England, was broken. England’s first innings was limited to 319 runs due to which India took a lead of 126 runs. Mohammad Siraj said after the end of the third day’s play, ‘Root’s partnership with Ben Duckett was increasing, if he had played a little more it would have been difficult for us. But suddenly he played the kind of shot which he does not play. However, it was beneficial for us. After this, there was a good partnership between Ben Stokes and Ben Fox but Stokes played such an aggressive shot and we were successful in making a comeback in the match.
India's hold on Rajkot test match strengthened
Mohammad Siraj took 4 wickets in the first innings of England. The Indian team has tightened its grip on this test match. Team India has scored 196 runs at the loss of 2 wickets in the second innings. India’s total lead is now 322 runs. Jaiswal retired hurt after scoring 104 runs while Shubman Gill is unbeaten on 65 runs. Rajat Patidar disappointed. Patidar could not even open the account even after playing 10 balls. India had scored 445 runs in the first innings.