Despite losing the toss for the third consecutive time in the series, India posted a formidable first innings total of 356 on the back of Shubman Gill’s 112 coupled with Shreyas Iyer’s 78 and Virat Kohli’s 52. Unlike their counterparts, England got off to a breezy start with Ben Duckett peppering the new ball. However, Arshdeep Singh’s change in pace extracted a couple of wickets in the powerplay before Axar spoiled an easy runout chance in the 13th over.
On the last ball of the 13th over, Hardik Pandya bowled a fuller-length delivery outside the stumps that Banton jabbed towards point and hurried for a single. However, the English pair didn’t lately realised Axar haring at the ball who stopped and made a shy at the striker’s end. Unfortunately, for India, none of the two batters stranded in the middle was dismissed as the the localboy missed out on an easy runout chance by a bare margin. Subsequently, he was devastated and sat crouched near the stumps for a while before the camera focused on the English dugout cracking a laugh at it. Even coach Paul Collingwood, who was a great fielder during his playing days, made an imaginative shy, sparking Twitterverse guffaw.
Lol!
— jithesh (@jithesh1569353) February 12, 2025
Haha!
And ,Axar patel want to replace Ravindra Jadeja
bhai itne pass me jadeja band aakho se mar deta ha pic.twitter.com/R69OTe39Lh— Name cannot be blank (@Quickadii) February 12, 2025
Huge Wicket!
Harshit Rana continues to pick wickets ☝️
Captain Rohit Sharma is happy after the big wicket of Jos Buttler 👊🎯#INDvENG pic.twitter.com/pBCZxzQWdB— CricXtasy (@CricXtasy) February 12, 2025
insane!
Another Timber Strike! 🎯
This time it is Harshit Rana who get the England Captain 👏👏#TeamIndia | #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/8vV7sqpuNJ— Shahroz (@shahrozmunir80) February 12, 2025
Buttler gone!
This time Harshit Rana has been made the captain of England.🚾🚾#INDvENG #TeamIndia #IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/DyQTvdIKtS
— SportsScoop (@cricfanclub79) February 12, 2025
Lol!
Caption this.#INDvENG pic.twitter.com/Mz0GI5lzAy
— England’s Barmy Army 🏴🎺 (@TheBarmyArmy) February 12, 2025
Haha!
Jofra Archer taking a quick snooze during the match 😴😂#JofraArcher #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/ppKruIpZqV
— Mursaleen wafai (@MursaleenWafai) February 12, 2025
On fire!
🌟SHREYAS IYER HAS 177.1 STRIKE RATE vs PACE IN THIS SERIES. 🔥 #ShreyasIyer #INDvENG #indvs pic.twitter.com/tmh8NczrUe
— Sonu Agarwall™ (@SonuKum00171039) February 12, 2025
Gone!
Butler and Brook are still could make is possible .203 needed in 26 overs .#INDVENG. #INDVSENGODI. pic.twitter.com/1eUyO2iqBW
— Cric Veer (@Cricveer18) February 12, 2025
???!!
If there’s anything that sums up England’s woes on this tour, it is that wicket of Brook! #INDvENG
— Soorya Sesha (@sooryasesha7) February 12, 2025
