IND vs ENG / Why was Rohit Sharma laughing at the beating of Team India's bowlers?

IND vs ENG: In Rajkot, Team India batted well in the first innings and scored a huge score of 445 runs. Captain Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja scored brilliant centuries. But after this England also gave a befitting reply to Team India. Especially Ben Duckett played an amazing inning and scored a century. This left-arm bowler had scored 133 runs by the end of the second day's play and for this he had played only 118 balls. On the basis of Duckett's stormy century, England's score reached 207 runs and only 2 wickets fell. A shocking thing happened on the second day of the game that when the Indian bowlers were getting beaten, captain Rohit Sharma was laughing continuously.

Why was Rohit laughing?

On the second day of Rajkot Test, Rohit Sharma was laughing whenever Jadeja or Ashwin's balls were being hit. The reason for Rohit's laughter was the shot selection of the England team. Especially the kind of shots played by Ben Duckett and Olly Pope surprised everyone. Duckett played reverse sweep and Olly Pope was seen playing a reverse scoop shot two steps ahead of him. Rohit Sharma was smiling seeing all this. However, helplessness was visible in his smile because perhaps Rohit might be seeing such shots for the first time in Test cricket on Indian soil.

That is a ridiculously good shot #indveng pic.twitter.com/2NctThy59n

— simon hughes (@theanalyst) February 16, 2024

Work should not get spoiled on the third day

Currently the England team is 238 runs behind India. In such a situation, Rohit Sharma should hold on to the match on the third day of the game. On the third day, it is important to first dismiss Ben Duckett, who is not allowing the Indian bowlers to settle down by continuously attacking. After seeing the speed at which Duckett is scoring runs, even the score of 445 runs now looks small. At the same time, it is necessary to get out the other batsman present at the crease, Joe Root, soon. Apart from this, the wicket of Ben Stokes will also be very important. Now it remains to be seen what strategy Team India comes up with on the third day.