Regardless of dominant batting within the first Check match vs England, India crumbled to a five-wicket defeat on Wednesday. The primary innings noticed Yashasvi Jaiswal (101), skipper Shubman Gill (147) and Rishabh Pant (134) get tons. Then within the second innings, KL Rahul (137) obtained a century, and Pant as soon as once more responded with one other ton, smacking 118 runs.
Nevertheless it wasn’t sufficient as England chased down the goal of 371 runs with ease, and gained the match on Day 5, with 84 balls to spare. Dropped catches had been a relentless within the first Check match as Indian fielders didn’t capitalise on some simple probabilities. Jaiswal has been pushed into the scanner as a consequence of his poor fielding, and dropped 4 catches within the match in large moments.
Within the first innings, Jaiswal was responsible of handing lifelines to Ollie Pope, Ben Duckett and Harry Brook. Then within the second innings, he dropped Duckett as soon as once more, when he was on 97.
Mohammad Kaif passes his verdict
Posting a video on X, former India cricketer Mohammad Kaif, thought-about to be the most effective fielders in cricket historical past, weighed in on Jaiswal’s dropped catches, and defended the younger opener along with his evaluation.
“Why is Yashasvi Jaiswal dropping catches? We’re practising with Duke’s ball, and after we get damage, we put a strap. In such a state of affairs, the fingers are caught and there’s no free motion. You’ll be able to’t maintain onto the catch as a result of the strap turns into a sponge. The ball bounces off it, in order that’s the downside. The pure reference to the ball shouldn’t be misplaced,” he mentioned.
Jaiswal’s dropped catches within the first innings additionally proved to be expensive, as Pope obtained a ton, smacking 106 runs off 137 balls. In the meantime, Brook (99) narrowly missed out on a century and Duckett (62) obtained a half-century. Within the second innings, Duckett (149) went on to get a match-winning hundred.
