India now have a lead of 259 runs over England, with Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma making 100 and 103 respectively. The hosts’ were also helped by a fine 65 from debutant Devdutt Padikkal and 56 from Sarfaraz Khan.
The incident took place on the second delivery of the 61st over where Labuschangne, who was batting on 90, threw his bat to a wide-length ball to play a cut shot. The ball went straight towards Phillips who made a full stretched dive to his right to take a one-handed blinder.
Chopra was of the opinion that the diminutive Mumbai middle order batsman had failed to impress in the last eight sessions of the cash-rich league.
Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar hailed Amir and called him an inspiration to all. Sachin also terms him as the ‘Real Leg Spinner’.
The fans too have developed a connection with the IPL as they wait eagerly for the T20 league every year.
Responding to Boycott’s comment, Rohit’s fans took to social media website X (formerly Twitter) to slam Boycott. As per the fans, Rohit was still capable to destroy any bowling attack in the world.
After debutant Devdutt Padikkal (65) and Sarfaraz Khan (56) steered India to a dominating position at the stroke of tea after skipper Rohit Sharma (103) and Shubman Gill (110) had laid the foundation, England staged a fightback in the last session of the day with 5 wickets for 52 runs.
Mumbai Indians player and support staff wished Harmanpreet on her special day. There was smashing of the cake, and even Punjabi songs were played.
Sarfaraz started off slowly, but then started unleashing himself, playing some unbelievable shots with great audacity.
The fans were elated with the kind gesture from the pacer. The video of the incident has gone viral over various social media platforms.
Dhruv Jurel, on the other hand, also had a second thought about the wicket, leading to Rohit Sharma turning down the request for a DRS.
Currently, Shami is on break due to surgery and hasn’t played cricket since the World Cup.
In the match, Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar smashed Akshay Kumar for a huge six.
The foundation for India’s dominating day was set up by Kuldeep Yadav’s sensational 5-72 and Ravichandran Ashwin taking 4-51 in his 100th Test match to bamboozle England for 218 in 57.4 overs. In reply, Jaiswal’s 57 and Rohit’s 52 not out took India to 135/1 in 30 overs and now trail England by 83 runs.
Jaiswal also became only the second Indian after legendary Sunil Gavaskar to score 700-plus runs in a single series.
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