Among the numerous performances that led to India’s win over England in Rajkot, star batter Yashasvi Jaiswal‘s was really particular. The left-handed opener turned the primary Indian to attain two double-hundreds in opposition to England in Tests in the course of the fourth day of the third Test match in Rajkot on Sunday. Jaiswal’s first double ton in opposition to England got here within the second Test match in Visakhapatnam, the place he scored 209 runs in India’s first innings. The 22-year-old’s second double hundred got here in Rajkot when he performed an unbeaten 214-run knock within the third Test match of the five-game collection.
Jaiswal additionally smashed essentially the most sixes in a Test collection for India and have become the first-ever participant to hit 20 sixes in a Test collection worldwide with 22 overhead boundaries in opposition to England within the ongoing collection.
However, after Jaiswal had scored a ton, England star Ben Duckett made an odd remark. “When you see players from the opposition playing like that, it almost feels like we should take some credit that they’re playing differently than how other people play Test cricket,” Duckett instructed the media throughout a press convention.
“We saw it a bit in the summer and it’s quite exciting to see other players and other teams are also playing that aggressive style of cricket. He looks like a superstar in the making, unfortunately, he’s in some very good form at the moment. He’s due a couple of low ones,” Duckett mentioned whereas making a tongue-in-cheek comment.
Former England captain Nasser Hussain blasted that remark by the England star.
“The comment on Jaiswal that he has learned from us. I am going to touch on that. He has not learned from you, he has learned from his upbringing and all the hard yards he had to put in while growing up, he has learned from the IPL. If anything, I would look at him and learn from him,” Hussain instructed Michael Atherton on the Sky Sports podcast.
“So, whatever they are saying in public and in that dressing room, I hope they are going back into their room with little bit of self-introspection. I can look at that lad and learn from him. Otherwise, it becomes a cult, doesn’t it? At times, Bazball has been described as a cult where you cannot criticise either within or externally. Even in this regime, there is room for learning and improving.”
With ANI inputs
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