IND Vs Eng 3rd Test: Ravindra Jadeja paid the route at 99, Chiku with a fake Fambal – Watch. Cricket news
Joe Root had finished the day stuck on 99 not out, but it was not a little without drama – and a smile – in the last moments in Lord’s. At 83rd of the day, Route was batting at 98, with a few balls before the stumps. He gave a ball from Akash to a deep backward point, where Ravindra Jadeja was fielding. Feeling the possibility of a second run – and perhaps his hundred root was waiting. But Jadeja, sometimes mischievous, pretended to do the fambal, left the ball with purpose as the root invites him to take it. Route laughed, opposed to temptation, and settled for one. Jadeja filled a smile. The route remained unbeaten on 99. The crowd was amazed, and it was a moment of classic light-heart between a hard day cricket. England had opted to bat first in the third Test of the series and reached 251 for four by stumps. The root was in the heart of all this, the crafting of a gritty knock full of patience and square. He was usually shown a different side for England’s rapid ‘Bajball’ approach to his 191 balls at the crease.
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The day India maintained tight lines, Jadeja and Bumrah striking Oli Pope and Harry Brook in the evening, while Nitish Reddy’s dual strike before lunch gave India a initial spark. In Lords, the attraction of cricket and crowds continues to flourish – and similarly the art of teasing, at least if you are Jadeja.
