India’s crushing loss within the opening Take a look at at Headingley has left followers pissed off, and nobody is feeling the warmth greater than Yashasvi Jaiswal. The younger batter, who endured a nightmare outing within the slips with over six dropped catches throughout each innings, has now drawn criticism for a video circulating on-line, one which exhibits him smiling and dancing quickly after dropping one other catch throughout Day 5 of the Take a look at.
Whereas on paper, Jaiswal’s first-innings century was a spotlight, his repeated lapses within the area proved pricey at key moments. From shelling a number of possibilities within the first innings to permitting Ben Duckett a lifeline within the second, his errors piled up. However what actually sparked backlash was the timing of the viral clip. In it, Jaiswal might be seen in excessive spirits, dancing, grinning, quickly after he dropped Duckett, simply because the batter was about to succeed in his century.
Followers had been fast to name out the optics. The temper was understandably sombre after England accomplished their second-highest profitable chase in Take a look at historical past, gunning down a frightening goal of 371 with outstanding composure. Ben Duckett led the cost with an impressive 149, and Zak Crawley’s fluent 65 added to the early harm. A middle-order stutter gave India temporary hope, however Joe Root (53)* and debutant Jamie Smith (44)* calmly closed out the match with an unbeaten 71-run stand.
This is how the followers reacted:
India’s bowlers had been left looking for solutions because the English openers set the tone within the morning session of the ultimate day. Even Jasprit Bumrah, who had claimed a five-for within the first innings, could not breach the English duo of Duckett and Zak Crawley, who put up a valiant 188-run stand. Prasidh Krishna raised hopes with fast wickets late within the day, and Shardul Thakur triggered a double breakthrough by eradicating Duckett and Brook in back-to-back deliveries. However it wasn’t sufficient.
What made issues worse was India’s fielding. The dropped possibilities haunted them, and Jaiswal was on the coronary heart of most of these lapses. The teen dropped three catches off Bumrah’s bowling within the first innings, and his pricey drop of Duckett led to the batter not solely smashing a century, but in addition constructing on it with a powerful 149.
With feelings nonetheless uncooked, the video of him in a seemingly carefree temper was by no means going to be obtained flippantly by followers on social media.
India path the collection 0-1, with the second Take a look at scheduled at Edgbaston from July 2.
