The Indian head coach, Ravi Shastri engaged in some light-hearted banter on social media as he quote-tweeted a joke on himself “to bring some smiles in these tough times.” Currently, Ravi Shastri is with the Indian team in Ahmedabad for the ongoing four-match Test series against England.
Quote-tweeting a meme, Ravi Shastri wrote: “Love the banter! Feels good to bring some smiles in these tough times.” In the recently concluded third Test of the series, India registered a comprehensive 10-wicket win inside two days. With this win, India took a 2-1 lead in the four-match series and knocked England are not out of contention to reach the final of the World Test Championship.
Love the banter ! Feels good to bring some smiles in these tough times 🙌🏻 https://t.co/mzPe5MtItj
— Ravi Shastri (@RaviShastriOfc) February 27, 2021
After losing the first Test by 227 runs, India had conceded a 0-1 lead to the visitors. However, the hosts made strong comebacks in the following two Tests. India won the second Test in Chennai by 317 runs and the third in Ahmedabad by 10 wickets.
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The pitch used in Ahmedabad for the day-night pink-ball Test came under scrutiny after spinners picked up 28 of the 30 wickets that fell in the match.
While India captain Virat Kohli blamed poor application by batsmen on the pitch as the reason for a string of low scores – England made 112 and 81, India made 145 in first innings – former England cricketers Michael Vaughan and Alastair Cook were scathing in their criticism of the pitch.
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Michael Vaughan on Friday said the more India is allowed to “get away” with producing pitches that are not deemed good enough to last 5 days of Test cricket, the more “toothless” the ICC will look. On the other hand, Cook was not happy with the stance of the Indian skipper, Virat Kohli’s stance on the Motera pitch, and said the India skipper “defended the wicket almost as if it’s a BCCI thing”.
