England vs India 2018, 4th Test: Twitterati Reacts as Shikhar Dhawan Fails After Yet Another Start

Shikhar Dhawan yet again got himself off to a steady start for India but gave away his wicket to a similar way in Southampton Test. He has been criticised time and again for edging deliveries outside the off stump in England.

However, he didn’t go for the expansive drive. It was a delivery which was closer to the stumps, and he got tempted to poke at that. The catch was completed quite easily by wicket-keeper Jos Buttler behind the stumps.

The southpawDhawan struck a couple of good shots. It was evident that he had made some technical changes in his batting which brought his downfall in the opening and the third Test respectively.

The senior batsman didn’t drive the ball and played more with a close blade. Maybe it didn’t look pleasing to the eyes, but he made sure he did some changes.

However, it wasn’t enough to save his wicket as Stuart Broad dismissed him by an away swinging delivery outside the off stump channel.

Shikhar Dhawan again got off to a good start:

For yet another time he got off to a start and then gave away his wicket. Dhawan would rue his missed opportunity once again. He has to start scoring runs more consistently in overseas conditions.

The starts they are providing is at present not enough to win India matches. However, there is no doubt about the fact that he is a brilliant batsman and is very pleasing to the eyes.

After getting off to a good start, the Indian openers fell cheaply. Both Dhawan and KL Rahul struck some gorgeous shots to share a 39 runs stand before Stuart Broad dismissed Rahul.

Dhawan was also dismissed soon after by the same bowler. From there on, it was a great partnership between Indian skipper Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara which got India right back into the game.

Kohli gave away his wicket to Sam Curran trying to poke at a delivery outside the off stump.

Following the dismissal, Ajinkya Rahane has come out to the crease. At the stroke of tea, India lost wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant.

England Vs India: Here are the tweets after Shikhar Dhawan was dismissed yet another time –

https://twitter.com/hawkeyeview/status/1035509343112781825

https://twitter.com/SirChahal/status/1035517172305383424

we can understand @imVkohli need company of friend and zero technique flat track bully batsman @SDhawan25 for family tour in free time in England so he is selecting in every match after failure but will shamelessly drop Vijay after 2 matches #ENGvIND

— David Livingstone (@livingstone420) August 31, 2018

https://twitter.com/rickypatel26/status/1035489652239749126

@cricbuzz It's time that Indian Cricket should let go Shikhar Dhawan from test matches as Rohit & bring in Prithvi Shaw & Shubhman Gill

— rose (@roses67890) August 31, 2018

https://twitter.com/ManeeshVaidya/status/1035488194131714048

@SDhawan25 please come back to india ,,,,you dont have a capability to play in overseas….please giving the chance to the youngsters prudvishaw and vihari

— Venkatareddy Kotla (@VenkatareddyKo7) August 31, 2018

@BCCI why bcci support the scraps like shikhar dhawan and kl rahul….giving the chance to the youngsters prudvishaw and vihari

— Venkatareddy Kotla (@VenkatareddyKo7) August 31, 2018

https://twitter.com/Indian_paradox/status/1035484805738246144

Career ending display of Shikhar Dhawan.

— apkesh (@Apkeshchan) August 31, 2018

Shikhar Dhawan needs a new mode of dismissal. #INDvENG

— Rajdeep (@morerajdeep) August 31, 2018