DTVHINDIIND vs ENG 2024: Brad Hogg calls Sarfaraz Khan lucky regarding the biggest turning point of Rajkot Test
The fourth Test match between India and England will be played in Ranchi from 23 February. Sarfaraz Khan, Brad Hogg and Joe Root. (Image Source: X) England’s Test tour of India 2024, IND vs ENG: Former Australian cricketer Brad Hogg believes that the biggest turning point of the third Test match played between India and England in Rajkot was Joe Root’s (Joe Root)’s Rohit Sharma (Rohit Sharma)’s catch was to be dropped. When Joe Root dropped the catch of Rohit Sharma, the Indian cricket team captain was batting on 27 runs and Brad Hogg believes that if the former England captain Had he completed the catch, the host team could have lost four wickets within the first session itself. Sarfaraz Khan will thank Joe Root: Brad Hogg The former Australian spinner further said that if Rohit Sharma had been caught out, then debutant Sarfaraz Khan would have been caught.Sarfaraz Khan) would have had to face the fast pace of Mark Wood in the beginning and problems could have increased for Team India. This did not happen and Rohit scored a brilliant century and then Sarfaraz Khan also played a strong half-century, and the England cricket team had to face a shameful defeat of 434 runs. Brad Hogg said on his YouTube channel: “It was a huge mistake by England to drop the catch of Rohit Sharma by Joe Root on the first morning of the Rajkot Test when India were three wickets down. Due to the drop of this catch, four wickets of India were saved and Sarfaraz Khan was delayed in entering the field. ‘His future will be bright’ Mark Wood was quite fresh at that time, so things could have been difficult for the young batsman. Sarfaraz Khan will thank Joe Root for not taking the catch of Rohit Sharma and he was lucky that day. But he took advantage of the opportunity and performed very well. I am confident that his future will be bright.”
Irfan Pathan gave a befitting reply to the teams criticizing the turning pitch, said – Instead of crying about the pitch from now on….
A total of 23 wickets fell on the first day in the Cape Town Test match. Irfan Pathan. (Photo Source: CricTracker) Former Team India all-rounder Irfan Pathan asked his batsmen to strengthen their game against spin-bowling instead of complaining about rank-turners when foreign teams tour India for Test series. Due to India’s dominance on the home ground, there has been a lot of commotion about Indian pitches in recent times. However, Pathan suggested that touring teams should avoid blaming the conditions for their poor performances. Cricketer-turned-commentator Pathan made this statement after the end of the first day’s play (Wednesday, January 3) of the ongoing Cape Town Test between India and South Africa. The batsmen had to struggle to score runs on this pitch, due to which a total of 23 wickets fell on the first day itself. Irfan Pathan’s tweet after seeing the Cape Town pitch Regarding the Cape Town pitch, Irfan Pathan wrote on his X account, “When foreign cricketers come to India on turning pitches, they should not complain. This is a skill they need to improve on!” When overseas cricketers come to India on turning pitches they shouldn’t complain. It’s a skill they need to improve! — Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) January 4, 2024 Nine wickets fell in the first session of the first day in the ongoing second Test between India and South Africa. The Proteas won the toss and decided to bat first. South Africa’s decision to bat first proved wrong. South Africa’s first innings was all out for just 55 runs, the biggest contribution in this was from Mohammed Siraj. He took 6 wickets in the first innings. After this, the Indian team was also all out for 153 runs in the first innings. Most wickets fallen in one day of a test match 27 wickets – ENG vs AUS, Lord’s, 1888 (Day 2) 25 wickets – AUS vs ENG, Melbourne, 1902 (Day 1) 24 wickets – ENG vs AUS, The Oval, 1896 (Day 2) 24 wickets – IND vs AFG, Bengaluru, 2018 (Day 2) 23 wickets – SA vs AUS, Cape Town, 2011 (Day 2) 23 wickets – SA vs IND, Cape Town, 2024 (Day 1) Also read: South Africa team gave guard of honor to Dean Elgar in SA vs IND second test
