Jofra Archer's Reaction After Akash Deep Hits Him For A Six Goes Viral
Akash Deep came out to bat at No. 9 for India in the first innings of the ongoing third Test against England at Lord's, and on the first ball of the 116th over, he hammered England fast bowler Jofra Archer for a big six.
Archer, who is playing his first Test for England after more than four years this week, was not expecting Akash to take an aerial route against him, and so after getting hit for a biggie, he gave a surprise reaction, and the clip of his expression is now going viral on the internet.
Akash, who made his Test debut for India against England in Ranchi last year, however, failed to do much with the bat on Saturday apart from hitting that big six. He was sent back to the pavilion by Brydon Carse on the first ball of the 117th over.
Harry Brook completed a brilliant catch of him in the slips to help Carse take his first wicket of the ongoing match.
1 wicket for Archer
In the first innings of his first Test for England after February 2021, Archer bowled 23 overs and picked up one wicket for 52 runs. He opened his wicket account by dismissing Yashasvi Jaiswal for 13 runs on the third ball of his first over. The left-handed Indian batter was caught by Brook.
India had high hopes from Jaiswal at the Home of Cricket, and the world No. 4 Test batter got off to a great start as well, but he failed to convert it into a big knock.
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