The Indian team scored 417 runs in the first innings of the Leeds Test against England. Captain Shubman Gill contributed the highest 147 runs. At the same time, opener Yashasvi Jaiswal (101) and the team vice-captain Rishabh Pant (134 runs) were also successful in making a century. The English team has also responded brilliantly to the big score of the Indian team. On the second day (June 21), when the stump was announced, England’s score was 209 runs at the loss of three wickets in the first innings. Oli Pope 100 and Harry Brook were not out without opening an account.
If the Indian players were not dripping on the second day of the game, the position of the visiting team would have been strong. When Ben Docket was playing for 15 runs, first Yashasvi Jaiswal and then Ravindra Jadeja dripped his catch. Docket added 47 runs after those 2 lives. There was a 122 -run partnership between Docket and Oli Pope. Then Yashasvi Jaiswal also dropped the catch of Oli Pope on the last ball of the 31st over. The Pope was at 60 runs at that time.
The great batsman Sunil Gavaskar was very upset due to the poor fielding of the Indian team. Gavaskar said that after this match, the Indian player should not give a fielding medal. Let us know that the Indian team’s fielding coach T. Dilip started the custom of giving ‘Best Fielder Medal’. This medal is the best performing Indian player as a fielder in the match.
Sunil Gavaskar said after the end of the second day’s game, ‘I don’t think this time a medal will be given. T. Dilip gives medals after the match. This was really disappointing. Yashasvi Jaiswal is a very good fielder, but this time he could not catch a single catch.
The batting coach of the Indian team Sitanshu Kotak also looked unhappy with the players’ performance on the ground. After the match, Kotak said, ‘Left catch and that no-balls were really disappointing. Generally our fielding is very good. As a support staff and a team, we will call it a bad day. This is not our habit. Overall, we bowled well, just a few overs were a little bad. There was a lot of help in the pitch and we tried to take full advantage of it.