Ravindra Jadeja teased Joe Root. (Photo-PTI)
The third match of the five -Test series between India and England is being played at Lord’s ground. Batting first after winning the toss, the hosts have scored 251 runs for four wickets till the end of the first day’s play. England veteran batsman Joe Root is playing 99 runs and captain Ben Stokes scoring 39 runs. Just one run away from the root century. On the first day of this Test match, Team India all -rounder Ravindra Jadeja tortured Joe Root to score a century. During this, he also made fun of this legendary batsman. Its video is going viral on social media.
What is the whole matter?
The last over of the first day of the Lord’s Test match brought Team India’s fast bowler Akash Deep. On the fourth ball of this over, England batsman Joe Root completed one run by playing the shot, although he wanted to take a second run, but he stopped seeing the ball in Ravindra Jadeja’s hands. During this, Jadeja looked at the route and laughed and gestured him to take a second run and put the ball on the ground, but Root did not take the run. After this, both Root and Jadeja started laughing at each other. Everyone present in the field started laughing after seeing this. Its video is becoming very viral on social media.
Root awaits his 8th century at Lord’s
England middle -order batsman Joe Root has been made 99 with the help of 9 fours off 191 balls till the end of the first day’s play. He is only one run away from a century. If he scored a century on the second day of the match, then he will be his 8th century in the grounds of Lord’s. Root has scored 7 centuries on this ground so far. They like this ground a lot.
Apart from this, Root has achieved another achievement against India. He has now become the first batsman to score 3 thousand runs against India in Test cricket. On the first day of the Lord’s Test match, the Indian bowlers did not allow great bowling and English batsmen to play openly.
English batsman craving to score runs
Lords, famous to score fast in Test cricket, was seen struggling to score runs on the first day of the Test match. Even though he lost only 4 wickets on the first day, he could not touch the 300 mark. The credit goes to the bowlers of Team India. Nitish Reddy has taken the most 2 wickets from India. Apart from this, Jaspreet Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja have been 1-1. However, Akash Deep and Mohammad Siraj, who were the heroes of Edgbaston Test match, have not been able to open their wicket account in this Test match.
