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ENG vs IND | Twitter smirks as Pant mockingly anticipates and foils Woakes’ left-field ploy

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ByGantavya Adukia, SportsCafe Editor

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Bowlers hate nothing more than flat decks with little to offer, especially when facing efficient run scorers who make their fruitless toils feel that much more painful. Chris Woakes was in the midst of one such spell in Leeds on Saturday with his every effort thwarted comfortably by India.

‌India seized further control of the first Test at Headingley on Saturday with Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant extending their overnight stand of 139 to 209 runs before England could effect their first dismissal of the morning. The hosts even had just a five-overs old ball to aid their cause, but both batters counterattacked any opportunity they got to keep the scoreboard ticking at a healthy rate. During this toil, skipper Ben Stokes and his band of bowlers were forced to think of left-field ideas in a hope of extracting scalps, one of which earned a derisive snide from the chirpy wicket-keeper batter up against them.
Midway through the 93rd over, into the fourth and penultimate set of his spell, Woakes tried to flummox Pant with a slow full delivery clocking at just a little over 100 kph. Pant, who had last hit a boundary three overs ago and missed out on the previous delivery which was short and wide, exercised restraint as he carefully watched the ball onto his bat and nudged it forward innocuously. He immediately shot a knowing look at Woakes, who could not suppress a smile either before returning to his mark. Pant, meanwhile, told skipper Gill, “Isko laga ki frustrate hogya, maarega iss baal pe [He thought I am frustrated and will go after this ball],” in between chuckles.
Twitterati had their share of fun with the entertaining exchange.

Sorry! 

LOL

Special

Just Pant 

Goosebumps

Beauty

Fearless

Not ready

Yup

Madman

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