Ravindra Jadeja was livid with Shardul Thakur during the last day of the India vs England 1st Test at Leeds when the Thakur, situated at mid-on slipped, but took a while to get up and retrieve the ball while Joe Root took advantage of the delay and took 3 runs.
With England closing in on a win with Root and Ben Stokes batting, Jadeja was bowling the 62nd over when in the 4th delivery, Root flicked to his right and Shardul slipped while fielding. However, he stayed on the ground for a bit which caught the ire of Jadeja as he let Shardul have an earful.
Earlier, England opener Ben Duckett bossed a lacklustre Indian attack smashing a fine century as England inched closer towards victory despite losing four wickets with a session’s play left in the opening Test here on Tuesday.
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In pursuit of a target of 371, Duckett flayed Indian bowlers to score 149 off 170 balls as England reached 269 for 4 at tea with only 102 runs required in the final session on the fifth day.
Left-handed Duckett did survive a quality morning spell from Jasprit Bumrah (0/55 in 16 overs) but stuck to his strengths with amazing conviction, laying a foundation for victory with a 188-run opening stand alongside Zak Crawley (65).
The rain break in the post-lunch session did help India as Prasidh Krishna (2/69 in 11 overs) after a disappointing morning session spell came back strongly getting Crawley with an outswinger that was fished to KL Rahul in the slips and then first innings centurion Ollie Pope (8) got a sharp incoming delivery that breached his defence.
Once he changed to a fuller length from his natural back of length strategy, he got the wickets but by then it was a bit late. Despite the twin blows, Duckett continued his offensive batting style to keep England’s nose ahead before the start of the post-tea session.
Duckett’s game is based on simple hand-eye coordination as there was hardly any footwork. The 30-year-old mostly remained rooted to his crease and tried playing forward or square of the wicket depending upon the length. He played late and that gave him time to punish Bumrah as well during the subsequent spells.
