Rishabh Pant Protects Bat Under His Jumper As Rain Spoils Play On Day 2; Netizens React
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India vs England day 2 was called off as the weather of the United Kingdom (UK) again played a spoilsport on Thursday. Before the rain arrived and the match was abruptly stopped, India was trailing by 58 runs. Team India's started solidly as both KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma played with positive intent. However, Rohit Sharma was dismissed when he tried to hook the ball for six. Soon, James Anderson brought back England into the game as he dismissed both CheteshwarPujara and ViratKohli back to back. AjinkyaRahane too perished soon as was run-out on 5.
As soon as it started raining at the Trent Bridge, Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul ran towards the pavilion and both the batsmen put their bats inside their jumpers in order to protect it from water. The following awareness by Pant and Rahul has now been praised on Twitter.
James Anderson once again got ViratKohli in a mesmerising spell that undid India's solid opening stand to leave them tottering at 125 for four against England on a rain-curtailed day two of the opening Test.
The 39-year-old Anderson (13.4-7-15-2) swung it in England's favour with successive precision deliveries that got CheteshwarPujara (4) and Virat Kohli (0) as India from 97 for no loss slumped to 112 for four in a space of less than six overs.
The in-form KL Rahul (57 batting off 151 balls) is still standing tall amid ruins alongside Rishabh Pant (7 batting) but the advantage that India got in the opening session was neutralized by Anderson's spell and the pressure also led to an unfortunate run-out of AjinkyaRahane (5).
Rahul's classy Test match batting would surely be a relief for the Indian team management after the talented Karnataka batsman lost his place in the longest formats due to a prolonged bad patch. He could have also been Anderson's third victim but was dropped in the slips, his only batting glitch on the day.
