Rohit Sharma punches his bat in frustration after getting dismissed
India were off to a flying start against England on Day 1 of the first Test being played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad. Indian openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma added 80 runs for the first wicket in just 12.1 overs in reply to England’s first innings score of 246 runs. England were not able to battle against the Indian spinners and gave 8 out of 10 wickets to them in the first innings..
After playing attacking cricket for more than 25 balls, Indian captain Rohit Sharma fell against Jack Leach on the second ball of the 13th over. Leach pitched a short-pitched ball which was going away from the batsman.
However, Rohit tried to step down the wicket and hit the ball over the long-on region. Rohit was able to get the elevation right but, the ball went straight up in the air and was caught by England captain Ben Stokes. Sharma was dismissed for 24 runs and hit a total of 3 fours during his stay at the crease.
Rohit Sharma punches his bat in anger after soft dismissal
Rohit Sharma was also distraught with himself as he had the chance to convert his start into a hundred and once again rise on the occasion. Sharma smashed his bat and was not happy with himself.
Earlier, England captain Ben Stokes was the highest run scorer during England’s first innings and scored 70 runs in 88 balls. Stokes hit a total of 6 fours and 3 sixes during his stay at the crease and tried to help England reach a decent first innings score.
England won the toss and opted to bat first on Day 1 of the Hyderabad Test. England openers Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley gave their team a decent start and added 55 runs for the first wicket. Both the batsmen played some decent shots during their stay at the crease, however, soon both of them fell to Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin. Duckett was dismissed for 35 runs whereas Crawley fell for 20 runs.
Ollie Pope who came into bat after Zak Crawley’s departure was not allowed to stay at the crease for long and was removed by Ravindra Jadeja for 1 run. Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow decided to bring England’s innings back on track and added 61 runs for the 4th wicket.
England finished at 108/3 at Lunch on Day 1. Soon, after the Lunch, there was a break in the concentration of Jonny Bairstow and he was dismissed for 37 runs off 58 balls. Root also didn’t last long at the crease and he had to walk back to the dressing room for 29 runs.
While Ben Stokes held one end strongly, the wickets kept on tumbling from the other end. Ben Foakes was removed for 4 runs by Axar Patel whereas Rehan Ahmed fell to Jasprit Bumrah for 13 runs. Tom Hartley hit a few shots from the ball 1 but he was only able to score 23 runs.
Mark Wood was the ninth England batsman to fall whereas, Jasprit Bumrah ended Ben Stokes’ journey at the crease and cleaned him to end England’s first innings.
India were off to a flier in their first innings and ended Day 1 at 119/1. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill were unbeaten on 79 and 14 runs respectively.