Former England cricketer David Lloyd has opened up about India’s batting in the first Test at Trent Bridge. He felt that Indian tailenders had fun while being in the middle for batting and added that it was an old-school batting by the trio of Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj in Nottingham.

1. David Lloyd Praises Team India’s Batting
Former England cricketer David Lloyd has opened up about India’s batting in the first Test at Trent Bridge. He felt that Indian tailenders had
fun while being in the middle for batting and added that it was an old-school batting by the trio of Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah and
Mohammed Siraj in Nottingham.
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However, KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma gave India a steady start by stitching a 97-run stand for the opening wicket. Later on, Ravindra Jadeja
played a crucial fifty to match Rahul’s effort and gave India a respectable lead as well.
However, it was Bumrah, Shami and Siraj who stayed in the middle to frustrate the England bowlers. All of them added important runs and
took India’s lead to 95 runs, what Virat Kohli called important as well.
Describing the batting efforts of Indian tailenders, David Lloyd named it as old-school approach. “That was old-school tail-end batting from
India. Most players can at least bat a bit these days but here we had three guys in Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj
having a bit of fun and not really having a clue what they were doing. There was more swinging than a 60s suburban party! Unbelievably
frustrating for England as the lead grew,” Lloyd wrote in the Daily Mail.
“The performance of India’s openers on the first evening and Wednesday morning was calmness personified. Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul stood
there properly, picked the bat up properly and addressed the ball properly. What a contrast to England’s. They were abysmal. Again,” Lloyd
further added.

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However, despite doing well in the first Test, the rain didn’t allow India to take 1-0 lead in the five-match Test series. England set a target of
209 runs for India to win and the visitors scored 52 out of those by the stumps of day four as well. The needed 157 runs on the final day but
the persistent rain washed out the whole day and the game ended in a draw as well.
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