India hoped Karun Nair and Washington Sundar would give them begin on Day 2 of the fifth Take a look at, however the precise reverse occurred. Karun Nair was the primary to go when he missed a fuller-length in-dipper from Josh Tongue. It hit him proper in entrance of the stumps and umpire Kumar Dharmasena had no doubts earlier than elevating his finger. Karun took a overview for causes solely identified to him. By the point the ball monitoring got here, he was already midway to the Indian dressing room.
Within the very subsequent over, Washington Sundar fell prey to England’s short-ball ploy. Gus Atkinson dugged one briefly. Sundar went for the pull shot reasonably half-heartedly and ended up hitting it straight to the deep square-leg fielder, the place Jamie Overton made no mistake.
So shocked was Washington that he refused to go away the crease. He stood there in disbelief for fairly a while earlier than lastly getting up and slowly trodding his approach again to the pavilion for 26. It was an unusually lengthy await a batter within the crease after getting dismissed.
It was not the primary time Sundar acquired out to a brief ball this collection. In his brief profession, if something, he has given a sign of being a compulsive hooker. Whereas he additionally will get an honest quantity of success with that shot, it additionally brings about his downfall, particularly when he goes at it half-heartedly.
That is precisely what occurred on Friday, stated former Australia captain Ricky Ponting. “A little bit of a nothing shot, half-hearted. You have to get on prime of that and hit it excessive. There was a bit extra function nevertheless it was not sufficient,” Ponting stated on commentary.
Former India head coach Ravi Shastri stated Atkinson “set Sundar up properly.”
As soon as Karun and Sundar fell, it was all the time going to be troublesome for India’s tailenders to outlive on that inexperienced prime. Atkinson took 4 extra balls to get the final two Indian wickets and end along with his fourth five-wicket haul. Mohammed Siraj was clear bowled after a fuller size ball simply moved away and Prasidh Krishna nicked one to the keeper.
India, after resuming the day at 204 for six, have been bowled out for 224 in 69.4 overs. Karun Nair was the top-scorer with 57 whereas Sai Sudharsan (38) and Washington Sundar (26) made helpful contributions.
For England, Gus Atkinson (5/33) was the decide of the bowlers by a rustic mile. Sure, the pitch had a lot for the quicker bowlers, however he by no means left his spot. He saved on bowling in the fitting areas, and the outcomes adopted.
Josh Tongue, regardless of being wayward, bowled a few jaffers to dismiss Ravindra Jadeja and Sai Sudharsan and end with figures of three for 57.
India are trailing the five-match collection 1-2.
