On a testing Day 1 pitch at Edgbaston, 22-year-old Nitish Kumar Reddy turned the most recent casualty of a seaming English supply — this time to not an extravagant shot, however to a judgment error. The younger right-hander was bowled for simply 1 after shouldering arms to a Chris Woakes supply that moved sharply again in.Coming in after the dismissal of Rishabh Pant, India have been nonetheless in a powerful place at 208 for 4.
Go Past The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Reddy, trying to settle in, maybe anticipated the pitch to behave like the primary session, the place the motion was minimal. However Woakes, working with a barely older ball and beneath extra overcast skies, had different plans.Bowling from a barely wider angle, Woakes delivered a good-length ball that originally seemed to be heading safely outdoors off. Reddy, assuming it will maintain its line, lifted his bat and let it go. Nonetheless, the ball seamed in viciously — a basic Edgbaston particular — and crashed into off stump. Reddy stood frozen, barely believing what had simply occurred, earlier than slowly making the lengthy stroll again.This second was an enormous turning level for England, who picked up two wickets within the area of eight balls, swinging momentum firmly of their favour after a gentle Indian begin. Yashasvi Jaiswal had earlier scored a fluent 87, and skipper Shubman Gill was nonetheless on the crease on 64 on the time of the wicket, however India’s center order now seems uncovered with solely Jadeja, Sundar, and the tail left to help Gill.At 218 for five, the guests nonetheless have an opportunity to push for an enormous first-innings whole, however England’s resolution to bowl first is beginning to repay — thanks largely to Woakes’s self-discipline and Reddy’s miscalculation.
