‘Time To Delete Twitter, Paaji’ Fans Diss Virender Sehwag’s ‘Unconstructive’ Tweet After Loss
Both Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow went for their individual hundreds and made sure to stay in the middle until the task was completed, making the Indian bowling attach appear hopeless. The fans did not like former Indian batter Virender Sehwag’s comment after the defeat.
The two England veterans pulled off a stunning run-chase, the highest by the Three Lions in Test matches, to prevent what at one point appeared to be an easy victory for India. Both Bairstow and Root combined for 269 runs for the fourth wicket as England defeated India by seven wickets at Edgbaston to win the test match and draw the highly anticipated series at 2-2 despite needing an absurd 378 runs to win in the fourth innings.
Many pundits were eager to point out where India went wrong, despite the fact that they controlled the action for the majority of the match. After the game, former India opener Virender Sehwag identified a few. In his tweet, the former cricketer emphasised the absence of other players’ contributions except for Rishabh Pant and Cheteshwar Pujara.
However, many fans of the Indian cricket team were not in sync with what Sehwag had to say about the effort that was put in by the players on the field and they let the man know about their disagreement:
After scoring a hundred runs in the first innings, the wicketkeeper-batter followed it up with a stunning half-century in the second. Pujara, on the other hand, contributed 66 runs to India’s 245 runs in the second innings, which was another encouraging sign with the bat.
Apart from Jasprit Bumrah, who served as the match’s Indian captain, no other bowlers were able to have their names added to the list of wickets during the second innings. In fact, Mohammed Siraj’s run-leaking at a rate of nearly 7 per over made things worse. Shardul Thakur was similarly pricey and unsuccessful in making any progress. His economy in the second inning was 5.9.
Aakash Chopra, the former Test opener for India, brought up a serious issue and reminded us of the 2-1 series loss between South Africa and India. Even the Proteas had, according to Chopra, handled fourth innings run-chases without “much fuss.”
