Bazball buried by India!! Works only against Afghanistan, Sri Lanka
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India might have had a favourable day at Lord's on Day 3, since the batters batted almost for the entire strength of the day.
KL Rahul got to his 9th overseas hundred and 8th in SENA countries. This was also his second at Lord's, making him the first Indian batter since Dilip Vengsarkar to have featured twice on the Lord's honour board.
Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja have also played their parts, as Pant became the first visiting wicketkeeper batsman to have scored 400+ runs in England in a single test series.
However, the day didn't end well for India, as they could not take a lead any further and also had a huge chaotic disagreement with the opposition batters at the end of Day 3's play.
Shubman Gill's ugly brawl with English openers
The Indian and English players were seen engaging in a nasty brawl at the end of the day's play on Day 3 of the Lord's Test. The brawl mainly featured skipper Shubman Gill and English opener Zak Crawley, who angered the former.
Shubman Gill and India had a clear strategy to make the England batters play at least two overs before the end of the day's play. With 6 minutes left, the Indian fielders ran to the ground in order to avoid time wastage.
However, as Jasprit Bumrah bowled, Zak Crawley constantly delayed the game by pulling out amid the run-up. Crawley first did it after the second ball, asking for a sight screen correction, and later exaggerated it by calling the physio after being hit off Bumrah's bowling in the 5th ball of the only over bowled.
This found Shubman Gill angered, and he engaged in a confrontation with the opener, asking him to gather some courage in a derogatory manner, 'Have some f***ing balls', said the Indian captain.
Farokh Engineer slams the time-wasting tactics of England
A former cricketer, Farokh Engineer, has dared to reveal the hypocrisy of the English side, as he suggests that England can only adopt those Bazball tactics when they play against minor Test sides like Bangladesh or Sri Lanka.
He said that they will not be able to do it against the Men in Blue, and citing his previous statements, he repeated that if England had stuck to Bazball, we would have won the series easily.
“This Bazball is all bundlebaz, they can do Bazball against Bangladesh or Afghanistan and Sri Lanka,” said Engineer, as quoted by RevSportz. “Against India, they cannot do that and I have always said that in the past. I wish they had adopted Bazball, we would have won the series by now.”
“English people will call it professionalism but I would call it cheating. That was timewasting tactics. They did not want to face another over which was very obvious. He could have been discrete about it but he made it look so obvious," Farokh Engineer expressed his frustration on England's act of wasting time on Day 3.
Indian Pacers at the top on Day 4
The Indian pacers have had an exceptional outing in the first session of Day 4 of the Lord's Test. After not much in the bowlers' favour in the previous two games, Lord's has brought along some help for bowlers who can adjust wisely with the new ball.
Jasprit Bumrah has been sublime once again, though a bit unfortunate, as his balls have missed the wickets by a very thin margin, or several of his bumpers have been misjudged or unplayable, but all fell in vacant spaces.
However, with the pressure building, Mohammed Siraj has picked up 2 wickets early this morning, dismissing Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope as well. This was followed by Nitish Kumar Reddy, brought in early from Bumrah's end, dismissing the other English opener, Zak Crawley, as England are left struggling with 50/3.
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