India in England: Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara disappoint on day 1 of warm-up game
Senior India cricketer Rohit Sharma is captaining the Indian side as captain Virat Kohli and his Test deputy Ajinkya Rahane rested. Rohit won the toss and opted to bat first with an aim to bat for a longer period of time.
However, the Indians had a disastrous start as their top-three failed to impress with the bat. Rohit Sharma opened India’s innings with Mayank Agarwal and the duo looked in fine touch as they started well. Both the openers disappointed as they were both dismissed in the first session of the day’s play. Both the Indian openers were removed by James Lyndon.
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Rohit Sharma was the first Indian wicket to perish as he was caught by Jack Carson off Lyndon James’ delivery. Rohit could only score 9 off 33 deliveries. Later, Lyndon James, the right-arm Nottinghamshire pacer, gave the tourists their second jolt when he clean bowled Mayank Agarwal for 28. Agarwal was looking in fine touch before his dismissal as he smashed six boundaries in his 35-ball knock.
India’s scorecard reach 33 when Rohit was dismissed and 11 runs later his opening partner Agarwal too joined in the dressing room. India, thus, lost both the openers under 14 overs.
Later, Cheteshwar Pujara and Hanuma Vihari took their time to settle down but Pujara too didn’t last long at the crease as he departed for 21 off 47 deliveries, and Indians lost their third wicket in 25th over. It was Pujara’s dismissal that hurt because the Rajkot batsman was stumped by wicketkeeper James Rew against spinner Jack Carson.
