Former Indian opener, Wasim Jaffer, who is known for his immaculate sense of humor and hilarious memes, sees the funny side of how the ongoing Test match between England and India in Edgbaston. England is chasing a hefty score of 378 runs and they witnessed a brilliant start in their second innings, and Jaffer could not help but show his thoughts on batting conditions that appear to have gone easy.
At the start of the England innings, the sun was glowing and reduced the swing on the ball, and hence, the wicket looked more ideal for batting. Jaffer shared a meme from the movie ‘Khatta Meetha’, showing actors Akshay Kumar and Johnny Lever in a heavy roller that is used for making roads. The roller is also used in cricket grounds to make a pitch flatter, which makes batting easier. Jaffer apparently meant that the groundsmen used a heavy roller during the innings break to help the hosts.
Groundsman rolling the Edgbaston pitch during inns break 😅 #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/OMRdplkDwt
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) July 4, 2022
Meanwhile, England openers started the chase strongly as openers Alex Lees and Zak Crawley came out all guns blazing and scored 107 runs in just 22 overs. Crawley was the first one to be dismissed after playing a brilliant knock of 46 runs off 76 balls, as he was castled by skipper Jasprit Bumrah with a ball that nipped back into the off-stump sharply.
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Ollie Pope was dismissed for a duck in three balls by the Indian skipper immediately after the tea break as he outside-edged a ball that was straightening into the fourth stump line.
Alex Lees was the next one to go back to the pavilion, after he played a fiery knock of 56 runs off 65 balls. He had to depart after an unfortunate run-out in the middle, involving Joe Root on the other end. Earlier in the day, Cheteshwar Pujara was the pick of the batters for India as he scored 66 runs off 168 balls to pacer Stuart Broad, getting caught at point.
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Rishabh Pant also played a decent knock of 57 runs off 86 balls, before falling prey to spinner Jack Leach, getting caught in the slip by Joe Root, after getting dismissed on the ball off a reverse-sweep. India was dismissed for 245 in 81.5 overs, courtesy of some hostile bowling in the end by skipper Ben Stokes and Matthew Potts.
