England Cricket uses comeback man Jofra Archer to take a dig at India all-rounder Washington Sundar; here's how
It all started after Sundar came into bat after the dismissal of Rishabh Pant. The Tamil Nadu cricketer just last four balls, before being dismissed but Archer with a brilliant caught and bowled attempt.
Sensing an opportunity, England Cricket's X handle dug deep one of the Archer's tweets from 2015 where the pacer had written 'How long it takes to get to Washington?' Quote tweeting the same, England Cricket wrote 'Four balls.'
Earlier, Washington Sundar has bee terrific with the ball for India in the England's second innings. His 4/22, including the big wickets of Jamie Smith and Joe Root, helped India restrict England for 192. Both India and England have scored identical 387 all out in the first innings.
Chasing 193 runs, India started Day 5 at 58/4, with 135 more runs to win. But it was Archer's twin strikes, and one wicket apiece from Chris Woakes and Ben Stokes, that left India reeling at 112/8. Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja are still fighting in the middle.
From being at 71/4 at one stage, the match swung England's way as India lost three wickets for 11 runs in collapsing to 82/7. India were looking to KL Rahul to anchor their chase following the opener's first-innings hundred. But Rahul had added just six runs to his overnight 33.
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