Former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar felt Nitish Kumar Reddy was the choose of the Indian quick bowlers on Day 1 of the third Check of the continuing five-match sequence between England and India. Nitish’s figures learn 2/46 in 14 overs on the finish of the opening day’s play.
Manjrekar wished that Reddy would achieve success in transferring the arrogance gained from bowling into his batting after a lackluster outing within the earlier recreation.
“He was fortunate with Ben Duckett, however simply these two wickets shouldn’t be a sign of how Nitish Kumar Reddy bowled proper via the day. He virtually appeared like India’s greatest seam bowler, and that is saying one thing when you’ve gotten Siraj, Akash Deep, and Bumrah,” acknowledged Manjrekar on ESPNcricinfo.
“I am hoping that it (double strike) instills some confidence in his batting, as a result of I believe there’s something there in his batting. Twin failures within the final Check by no means helps anyone who’s searching for self-confidence as a batter. What he did was fairly easy, he bowled inside his limitations, and it is not like he has bought an enormous vary. So, he simply caught to what he does greatest,” added Manjrekar.
Reddy’s wickets had been Ben Duckett (23 off 40) and Zak Crawley (18 off 43). Whereas Duckett’s dismissal was a strangle down the leg facet, Crawley’s wicket was off a ravishing supply which swung late and straightened off the pitch to take the skin fringe of the bat.
The continuing recreation marked the primary time India bowled first within the sequence. The hosts ended the day on 251/4 in 83 overs, with Joe Root (99 off 191) and Ben Stokes (39 off 102) unbeaten within the center. Jasprit Bumrah (1/35 in 18 overs) and Ravindra Jadeja (1/26 in 10 overs) had been amongst the wickets apart from Reddy.
The hosts can be aiming to take the remaining wickets shortly on Day 2. The general nature of the wicket was on the slowish facet. There was some quantity of variable bounce noticed too, with numerous balls not carrying correctly to the wicketkeeper.
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