James Anderson cricket: Anderson dismisses Shubman Gill and Ajinkya Rahane in twin dismissals at Chepauk

Dixit Bhargav
|PublishedFeb 09, 2021

James Anderson cricket: Anderson sends back Shubman Gill and Ajinkya Rahane in twin dismissals at Chepauk

Anderson dismisses Shubman Gill and Ajinkya Rahane: The veteran English seamer dismissed two Indian batsmen in the same over.

During the fifth day of the first Test of the ongoing England’s tour of India in Chennai, veteran England seamer James Anderson made an instant impact on the match by dismissing two Indian batsman in only his first over.

Chasing a 420-run target, India were reduced to 92/4 in the first hour after batsmen Cheteshwar Pujara (15) and Shubman Gill (50) and vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane (0) returned back to the pavilion in the morning session.

Anderson, who was introduced into the attack for the first time by England captain Joe Root in the 27th over, left both Gill and Rahane clueless against a supreme over of reverse swing.

Both the right-handed batsmen were found wanting when the ball came into them. In what were two identical dismissals, both Gill and Rahane were guilty of playing the wrong line and leaving a huge gap between their bat and pad.

After England spinner Jack Leach made early inroads into the Indian batting lineup, it was Anderson who dismissed three Indian batsmen including wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant (11). With more than 300 runs to win at this point in time, India need stellar knocks from the likes of captain Virat Kohli and all-rounder Washington Sundar.

James Anderson dismisses Shubman Gill and Ajinkya Rahane

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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.