Former England fast bowler Stuart Broad feels that the poor shot from Yashasvi Jaiswal opened up the Lord’s Test on Day 4. India were set a target of 193 runs in the fourth innings on day 4 as KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal began India’s chase. However, they didn’t get off to a great start as Jofra Archer got rid of Jaiswal in the second over itself.
The opening batter top-edged him while attempting to play a pull shot and was caught by wicketkepeer Jamie Smith. As a result, he was dismissed for a seven-ball duck as India lost their first wicket with just five runs on the board. Recently, Stuart Broad shared his views on Jaiswal’s shot and said that the opener should’ve tried to upper cut it as his presence at the crease could’ve kept the scoreboard moving.
“So Jaiswal getting out, really bad shot, I’m surprised He just didn’t look to cut it over the off-side. Suddenly England are like okay, we are in. He is the player who moves the scoreboard forward. In a low chase, when you are defending, if you come to bowl and you’ve got a Sehwag, Warner, the opening batters that can take the game away from you and they up 60 for none or one off ten, the game is sort of done,” Stuart Broad said on ‘For The Love Of Cricket’ podcast.
Furthermore, Broad mentioned how Karun Nair’s arrival at the crease helped England set attacking fields and take control of the game.
“As soon as Karun Nair came in, he is someone who plays each ball on merit, then England could control it and set attacking fields, create pressure. So I thought that was a really big moment. England making that breakthrough early, Jaiswal gone,” Broad said.
Nair was dismissed lbw after misjudging a in-swinging delivery from Brydon Carse. Shubman Gill and nightwatchman Akash Deep were also dismissed cheaply to leave India on 58/4 at stumps.
The Day 5 brought more agony as Rishabh Pant, Washington Sundar and KL Rahul were dismissed inside the first session, and India were eventually bowled out for 170 after some resistance from Ravindra Jadeja (61*). As a result, England won the match by 22 runs and took a 2-1 lead in the series with two matches remaining.
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