IND vs WI | Twitter in splits as Tevin Imlach channels inner footballer to extend stay at crease

‌India had another dominant day with the bat against the West Indies in the second Test at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Saturday. Shubman Gill joined Yashasvi Jaiswal with an unbeaten century as India declared their innings at a majestic 518/5 before tea.

The West Indies openers John Campbell and Tagenarine Chanderpaul started well to block out the new ball duo of Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj. But an unlucky Campbell was dismissed by a freakish catch by Sai Sudharsan on the stroke of tea.

Chanderpaul and Alick Athanaze added 66 runs for the second wicket before a collapse saw them slide from 87/1 to 107/4. Tevin Imlach joined Shai Hope in the middle and had a nervous start against the spin duo of Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja.

After five dot balls, Imlach went deep in his crease to defend a short of a length delivery from Jadeja that pitched on off stump and turned away. He played the red cherry with soft hands, and as a result, the ball moved towards him and the stumps after it was played.

The wicketkeeper-batter was alert and showed terrific reflexes to volley the ball away, with his foot, from the timber. It was a case of so near yet so far as the ball went to the backward point region.

The Indian close-in fielders KL Rahul and Shubman Gill had their hands on their heads as Jadeja wagged his tongue at the batter with a wide grin. Twitter was impressed with Imlach’s footballing skills, which came to the fore and extended his stay in the middle.

Lol!

— Sanjuvsamson (@Sanjuvsams50351) 

Brilliant!

A Sharp Catch by KL Rahul. 👌



- Ravindra Jadeja is Unstoppable in Test Cricket. 

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) 

GAOT!

RAVINDRA JADEJA, THE GOAT ALL ROUNDER 🔥



- Third wicket for the main man, What a Cricketer. 

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) 

3 Wicket!

3 WICKETS FOR SIR JADEJA. 💯 

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) 

WI in trouble!

Three wickets for Ravindra Jadeja. What a player. Westindies is in big trouble now 117 for 4.🐐  

— Tamanna e Dil (@ishqsufiyana00) 

GOAT Jaddu!

RAVINDRA JADEJA — THE GOAT ALL-ROUNDER! 🐐🔥



Picks up his third wicket of the match! 🎯

Pure dominance from Sir Jadeja — spin, skill & swagger on full display. 🇮🇳💪     

— Gaurav (@k_gauravs) 

Jadeja🐐

RAVINDRA JADEJA, THE GOAT ALL ROUNDER 🔥



- Third wicket for the main man, What a Cricketer. 

— Praveen kumar (@Naninaidu98) 

Hero jaddu!

West Indies collapsed after a good start. 107/4. Jadeja hero with the ball. 3 wickets for him so far. 

— VIKASH KUMAR (@vkc1000) 

3 wickets!

Ravindra jadeja 3 Wicket Down in 2nd Test Match West Indies Against 

— Sahil Singhadiya (@SahilSinghadiya) 

On fire!

Ravindra Jadeja is built different 💪



When Jadeja’s on fire, you just feel the momentum shift.



GOAT status well deserved. 🐐🇮🇳 

— Er Nasir Alam (@NasirA98042)