Image Source : TWITTER Ben Stokes’ catch
England’s Ben Stokes stirred up an issue when his catch was dominated out within the third Test in opposition to India on the newly renamed Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The occasion occurred at first of India’s first innings when Shubman Gill was on strike, going through veteran Stuart Broad beneath lights.
Broad’s supply caught Gill’s edge and flew low in direction of Stokes within the slips. The on-field umpire gave out because the soft-signal however the TV umpire was fast to identify that the ball had touched the bottom earlier than Stokes accomplished the catch.
Stokes and skipper Root have been additionally left amused with the TV Umpire’s choice. Root shook his head in disbelief. India skipper Virat Kohli, however, was shocked at England’s attraction.
Earlier, India spinners bundled out England for simply 112 inside two periods at a virgin strip in Motera. Axar Patel plucked his second five-wicket haul whereas Ravichandran Ashwin took three to disrupt England’s run-flow.
Ishant Sharma, taking part in his a centesimal Test for India, additionally chipped in with one wicket. The lanky pacer opened the floodgates as he dismissed opener, Dominic Sibley, for nought.
Captain Joe Root then caught with Zak Crawley because the latter hit a counter-attacking half-century. However, the pair could not see England by way of to the tip of the session, with Root falling to Ashwin for 17. Root was the second-highest scorer with a 58-ball 17
