“Fightback is on”: Ian Bell impressed by England dismissing Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant early on Day 2

Dixit Bhargav | 25/02/2021
"Fightback is on": Ian Bell impressed by England dismissing Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant early on Day 2

Ian Bell impressed: The former English batsman seemed excited after the visitors dictated terms in the afternoon session on Day 2.

During the second day of the third Test of the ongoing England’s tour of India in Ahmedabad, England have made early inroads into the Indian batting lineup by dismissing as many as five batsmen in the afternoon session.

Resuming from their overnight score of 99/3, India didn’t begin today’s proceedings in the best possible manner as vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane (7) was found wanting in front of the stumps by England spinner Jack Leach.

Leach, who was making the ball talk from the word go today, sent back India opening batsman Rohit Sharma (66) in his following over after the latter unsuccessfully swept the left-arm spinner only to get his on the stomach in front of the off-stump.

India wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant (1), who was expected to put on display a counter-attacking show against Leach, ended up edging a Joe Root delivery straight to England wicket-keeper Ben Foakes.

Much like what was the case with the English batsmen yesterday, the hosts have also matches their counterparts when it comes to throwing away their wickets on ordinary deliveries. With Ravichandran Ashwin battling it out in the middle, India would be hoping for him to build on India’s lead.

Ian Bell impressed by England dismissing Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant on Day 2

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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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