“Brain fade moment”: Moeen Ali plays horrible shot off Ravindra Jadeja to gift his wicket at The Oval

Dixit Bhargav | 03/09/2021
"Brain fade moment": Moeen Ali plays horrible shot off Ravindra Jadeja to gift his wicket at The Oval

Moeen Ali plays horrible shot: The English vice-captain’s shot selection was questionable in the first innings of the fourth Test.

During the second day of the fourth Test of the ongoing India’s tour of England at The Oval, England vice-captain Moeen Ali made a mess of the hard work done by him by literally gifting away his wicket.

It all happened on the second delivery of the 68th over when Ali showed first signs of taking on India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja. In what was a full and wide delivery, Ali aimed at slogging Jadeja but ended up playing a nothing shot to get out.

Having terribly mis-timed the ball, Ali ended up hitting the ball in the air towards India batsman Rohit Sharma at cover. With Sharma completing a simple high catch, Ali walked back to the pavilion after scoring 35 (71) with the help of seven fours.

Coming in to bat at No. 8 in the 47th over, Ali played really well before his last ball today. The highlight of Ali’s innings will doubtlessly be him scoring a back-foot punch and a pull, both against India fast bowler Umesh Yadav, to collect four runs.

On the back of Ali’s 71-run partnership for the seventh wicket alongside Ollie Pope, England have strengthened their position by gaining a 36-run lead in the first innings at tea on Day 2.

With Pope and Chris Woakes set to resume the English innings in the evening session, the hosts would be hoping for them to build on their lead.

Moeen Ali plays horrible shot off Ravindra Jadeja to gift his wicket at The Oval

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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