Watch: Stuart Broad Nicks Off KL Rahul With An Unplayable Away Seaming Delivery

Updated - 08 Aug 2021, 02:14 AM

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Champion England seamer Stuart Broad produced an unplayable delivery in the closing stages of the 4th day to help his side get rid of a dangerous-looking KL Rahul– 26 off 38 deliveries.

Chasing 209 in the fourth innings, India’s first task was to see off a testing 14-over phase on the fourth evening against the likes of James Anderson, Stuart Broad, and Ollie Robinson.

Rahul, who had scored a brilliantly composed 84 in the first innings, seemed like he had picked off from where he’d left in the first innings.

KL Rahul. (Photo by PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

He looked extremely assured about where he was off-stump as he left balls outside the off-stump with ease.

While he was extremely patient in the first innings, Rahul played with a bit more intent on the fourth evening as he played some gorgeous drives straight down the ground against the likes of Anderson and Broad.

However, a change in the bowling end worked for Stuart Broad as he produced an absolute Jaffa, one that Rahul had to play, to dismiss the Karnataka batsman.

KL Rahul, Stuart Broad — Stuart Broad claimed the crucial wicket of KL Rahul [Image-Twitter]

It all happened on the 5th delivery of the 11th over when Broad got one to seam away from the right-hander KL Rahul.

According to Cricviz, the ball had 1.4 degree away seam movement and only four other balls thay Stuart Broad has bowled in this Test have seamed away so prodigiously.

1.4 degrees of seam movement away from KL Rahul for that wicket ball. Only four balls Stuart Broad has bowled in this Test have moved more in that direction off the seam. #ENGvIND

— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) August 7, 2021

Nevertheless, it was a handy knock from Rahul as he ensured that he kept the scoreboard ticking even as Rohit Sharma was batting conservatively at the other end.

The innings capped off a brilliant Test comeback by Rahul where he showed remarkable improvement as a Test batter in English conditions against the moving ball.

As far as the Test is concerned, Cheteshwar Pujara and Rohit Sharma ensured that they played through the evening session as India ended the day at 1/52, still 157 runs adrift from a famous win.