Wasim Jaffer shared a meme from Akshay Kumar’s movie Khatta Meetha
After setting England a goal of 378 in the fifth Test at Edgbaston, the Indian cricket team’s bowlers toiled hard on Day 4 in the second session without any success. The likes of Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur gave their all but couldn’t scalp a single wicket as England openers bagged Zak Crawley and Alex Lees with ease. The latter also scored in just 44 balls for half a century as Edgbaston’s field looked increasingly easy to save under a blazing sun.
Former Indian cricket team player Wasim Jaffer couldn’t help but see the humor in the situation. He tweeted an image of Akshay Kumar and Johnny Lever from the movie ‘Khatta Meetha’ riding a heavy roller used for road building. On the cricket pitch, a heavy roller is used to flatten the pitch, which makes hitting easy.
Groundsman rolls Edgbaston’s field during the inn break ???? #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/OMRdplkDwt
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) July 4, 2022
Previously, India was all out for 245 in their second innings on the fourth day of the rescheduled fifth Test here on Monday, setting England a goal of 378 to draw the series. Cheteshwar Pujara scored the highest score for the hosts with a daring 66, while captain Rishabh Pant helped himself to 57 in the first inning.
England captain Ben Stokes claimed excellent figures of 4/33, with Stuart Broad and Matty Potts taking two wickets. On the third day, India took a significant lead in the first inning for 132 runs after sacking England for 284.
Resuming the penultimate day at 125 for three, Pujara and Pant were able to add just 28 runs before the first was rejected by Broad. The Indians made 416 all out in their first innings.
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