Yashasvi Jaiswal could not catch a cold in the middle of the winter. The Indian Opener dropped up to three catches in the first 90 shift of England in the opening test of the series of five matches in Headley in Leeds. India was sloppy in the field, and Captain Shaubman Gill’s debutant felt England closed on the first Indian first shift.
India dropped six catches before tea 3. A day, which meant a five -year minimum. According to Cricvis, this was the first time since 2019, when India fired five or more chances in the first test match shifts.
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Jaiswal, who previously impressed the century in the first shifts, tolerated the shock in the slip – chased all three chances of bowling Jasprit Bumurah. The opener first spent Ben Duckett 15 late on day 2. Day, which allowed the left hand to continue and score 62. Then he poured Ollie Pope to 60-Pope finally reached 106.
Things further deteriorated on the 3rd day when Jaiswal dropped from Harry Brook, who was on the 83th place at the time. Brook added another 16 runs than fell on 99 in the second session.
Bumrah, who had a smile after the first drop, could no longer mask his frustration at a time when Brook’s chance begged on Sunday. In total, India laid six catches – four of them from Bumhrah’s bowling. Ravindra Jadej and Rishabh Pant also missed a chance for a piece and complicated the suffering of the team.
Jaiswal’s trembling efforts in Slip Cordon and Gully raised questions of fans, many asked why in this essential position was persisted despite several outages. At the end of the second meeting, the young opener seemed visibly short for self -confidence, with the reflector on him.
Interestingly, Jaiswal was seen to practice catches during warm -up before the start of the game on Sunday. His failure in the field, however, seemed more mental than technical, because the overall Indian sharpness in the field left much desirable.
Former England Captain Michael Vaughan noted that India could take the lead of about 150 runs if they took advantage of their chances.
In the end it was Jasprit Bumrah, who came to rescue India in an extended second meeting and returned to smooth the English tail. The hosts were performed at 465, which provided India’s narrow six running leadership.
Bumrah ended with five goals—S 12. Overseas – in this respect the level of reduction with the legendary chapel dev. The Indian Spearhead pace again proved to be a team team when it mattered the most.
Published:
Akshay Ramesh
Published on:
June 22, 2025
