Yashasvi Jaiswal came under fire during the first Test against England despite scoring a century in the first innings. His fielding display, dropping four catches across both innings, left many fans upset as it accounted for 165 runs more for England batters.The young batter then faced mocking from England fans at Headingley as they jokingly celebrated each time Jaiswal fielded successfully. In the video that surfaced online after the conclusion of the first of five Tests in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, the left-hander can be seen casually dancing and smiling as England neared the 371-run target.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Ben Duckett, who was one of the players who survived courtesy Jaiswal’s misgivings in the field, led the charge in the chase with 149 runs. Zak Crawley’s 65 runs added to the damage as well. A middle-order stutter gave India hope, but Joe Root (53)* and debutant Jamie Smith (44)* closed out the match with an unbeaten 71-run partnership.“Catches do get dropped. The best fielders have missed catches. None of them did it on purpose,” India coach Gautam Gambhir told reporters in the post-match press conference.Shubman Gill didn’t have a positive start to his reign as India Test captain. He said the dropped catches and batting collapses were not the main reason they lost.“A brilliant Test, we had our chances. Dropped catches, lower order not contributing cost us,” he said in the post-match presentation.“Yesterday, we were thinking of giving them 430, but our last wickets fell for 25,” Gill noted.
“Even today, I thought we had our chances after the brilliant first wicket. Didn’t go to hand.”“We spoke about the first-innings collapse. Happens, we have to rectify that going forward. Chances don’t come easy on wickets like this, but we have a young team. Learning one. Hope to improve that.”
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