Team India’s debutant Rajat Patidar was dismissed in an unfortunate manner during the second Test against England on Friday, February 2 at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam. During his innings, he looked in good touch for the team at the crease.
Rajat Patidar became the 310th player to play Test cricket for India. Former India pacer Zaheer Khan handed him the cap. The right-handed batter replaced the injured KL Rahul in the team. He walked out to bat at number five for India after the dismissal of Shreyas Iyer.
Patidar got together with Yashasvi Jaiswal who was going great guns. The duo added 70 runs for the fourth wicket before the debutant was dismissed. The incident took place in the seventy-second over. Rehan Ahmed bowled a fuller delivery on the off-stump. Patidar tried to defend the ball. However, it hit him on the glove, bounced off the ground and was going towards the stump. Patidar tried to protect it but ended up kicking it onto the stumps. He managed 32 runs on debut with four boundaries.
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Yashasvi Jaiswal lights up first day of the second Test against England
Team India batter Yashasvi Jaiswal stole the show during the second Test against England at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam. He is unbeaten on 179 runs at the end of the first day’s play. He has slammed seventeen boundaries and five sixes so far. This is his second century in Test cricket. India has managed 336 on the back of his daddy hundred.
Apart from him, the rest of the batting unit failed to capitalise in the innings. Skipper Rohit Sharma too was dismissed cheaply in the innings. Jaiswal will be eyeing to score his maiden double-century in Test cricket. Ravichandran Ashwin is at the crease along with the centurion.
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