New Delhi: On day 2 of the fourth Test between India and England, the hosts restricted the visitors for 353 runs. In reply, India lost quick wickets and no other player could score big than Yashasvi Jaiswal till tea. The 22-year-old scored an unbeaten 50 which featured five fours and a solitary six. During Jaiswal’s innings , there was a controversial moment when England started celebrating after a grounded catch of Yashasvi Jaiswal.
The incident happened in the 20th over of India’s innings with Ollie Robinson bowling to Yashasvi Jaiswal. After looking at the first replay, Ben Stokes and Co. started celebrating as the ball was edged by the Indian batter and went to wicketkeeper Ben Foakes. The third umpire decided after a couple of replays that the ball had bounced in front of Foakes.
The fans took to Twitter to slam the Three Lions for claiming a grounded catch. They even called the visitors cheat. Here are some of the reactions.
Here are some of the reactions.
With the fifty, Jaiswal joined the list of Virat Kohli and Rahul Dravid, who are the other two players to have scored 600+ runs in a Test series against England. Jaiswal has been phenominal in this five-match series, as the left-hand opener has struck two double hundreds and two fifties.
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