Published 21:24 IST, February 8th 2021
Shane Warne furious at England's approach in second innings of Chennai Test match
Spin legend Shane Warne was annoyed at England's approach during their second innings of the ongoing first Test at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai
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Australian spin legend Shane Warne was unimpressed with England's approach in the third and final session on day four of the first Test against India at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.
Warne was surprised with the visitors' decision to not declare in the second innings even after having a mammoth lead and on top of that, the former leggie was also fumed at England's slow approach with the bat on the fourth day of the series-opener.
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'England's mindset is...': Shane Warne
Taking to the micro-blogging site, the 51-year-old wrote that England's mindset is not to lose this Test match rather than thinking of what’s the best way to win this test match and how many overs could they need to do the needful. 'Warnie' then mentioned that this kind of batting approach is putting a lot of pressure on England’s bowlers and particularly their spinners.
In another tweet, the 1999 World Cup winner had tagged former English skipper Michael Vaughan. Analysing the four-match Test series between India and Australia Down Under, 'The King of Spin' mentioned that in Australia, India played courageous and brave cricket which was awesome to watch. Justifying Australia's series loss, he said that the Aussies had played timid and cautious cricket.
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Commenting on England's approach, the cricketer-turned-commentator/analyst added that the Joe Root-led side are playing cautious and timid cricket.
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India lose Rohit Sharma during a mammoth chase of 420
India who had resumed Day 4 at 257/6 could only manage to add 80 more runs to their overnight score before being bundled out for 337. Meanwhile, England in their second innings really struggled to get going on what seems to be a tough batting surface as only Test skipper Joe Root (40) could offer some resistance as the visitors were bundled out for 178 to set up a target of 420 runs for India in order to go 1-0 up in the four-match series.
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The hosts in their second innings have already lost the big wicket of Rohit Sharma for 12. Opener Shubman Gill (15*) and number three batsman Cheteshwar Pujara (12*) ensured that there were no further hiccups as India's scorecard read 39/1 at stumps on Day 4.
21:24 IST, February 8th 2021