ENG vs IND | Twitter on the edge as Nitish Reddy floored by nasty bouncer from Ben Stokes

‌After starting day three at 145/3, the pair of KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant put on 141 runs for the fourth wicket to take India to a position of strength against England in the third Test at Lord’s. However, both the set batters departed on either side of lunch as the visitors slipped to 254/5, giving England an opening in the game.

Pant was run out after making a 112-ball 74 on the stroke of lunch while Rahul completed his second century at the hallowed venue before departing in the next over. However, the experienced Ravindra Jadeja and Nitish Kumar Reddy ensured that there was no further damage as they dug deep to frustrate the home side.

The pair slowly grew in strength after countering Jofra Archer’s steaming spell before the second new ball, including the 73rd over where the pacer clocked more than 90 miles an hour. With Archer, Brydon Carse, and Chris Woakes proving to be ineffective with the second new ball, England captain Ben Stokes brought himself on in just the eighth over.

The England all-rounder shook the young batter with a bouncer in the second ball of his second over. The short ball, sent at 141 kmph, jagged back into Nitish after pitching outside off-stump. The Sunrisers Hyderabad all-rounder was taken by surprise, unable to take evasive action.

As a result, the ball rammed into the helmet, and the batter fell with Stokes running towards him with an apology. The physios rushed in to do a thorough concussion test as Nitish gave a thumbs-up to the bowler. And after a short delay, play resumed with India walking in for tea after the pair added an unbroken 62 runs for the sixth wicket.

Twitter was relieved as Nitish passed through the concussion procedures to continue his innings.

Nasty

— BavumaTheKing Temba (@bavumathek83578) 

Raw pace

RAW PACE. NO MERCY.

Ben Stokes digs it in – Nitish Kumar Reddy hit straight on the head! Lord's erupts as the physio rushes in. ⚡️ 

— Rana Ahmed (@RanaAhm01973563) 

Struggle

Nitish Kumar Reddy struggled early on, got hit but the important thing is that he is still in the middle & added fifty runs with Jadeja, justifying team management’s call. 👏

— Bhawana (@cricbhawana) 

Prime Test

Nitish Kumar Reddy hit on the head!! Prime test cricket at Lords 

— The Reverse Sweep (@trspodcastt) 

They forget

What people seem to forget is that Ravindra Jadeja actually has 3 first class triple hundreds to his name and Nitish Kumar Reddy hit an under 16's 441



This is a dangerous partnership 

— Matt (@boandjo201) 

Unbroken

🏏 unbroken 64 run stitching between nitish n jaddu for 6 th wicket has seen off d new ball threat n now both batters hv their eyes in n trying to consolidate albeit Eng r giving nothing away n making ind fight for every run . In between nitish was hit by a nasty bouncer on head

— dr g r bansal (@gulshan_ba74733) 

Struggle

Nitish Kumar Reddy struggled early on, got hit but the important thing is that he is still in the middle & added fifty runs with Jadeja, justifying team management’s call. 👏

— Bhawana (@cricbhawana) 

Chirping

Archer mfer chirping at Nitish after he got hit. Feel there are enough opportunities for you chirp, this is definitely avoidable. No?

— tanmay (@StanCric) 

Hit on the head

Nitish Kumar Reddy hit on the head!! Prime test cricket at Lords 

— The Reverse Sweep (@trspodcastt) 

Ohh

Ooh, man, Nitish Hit on the Helmet.

— Ҝㄩ尺ㄖ丂卂Ҝ丨 ムㄖ山ㄒ卄卂爪 #ThankYouKubochi (@TheWarden04)