IND vs ENG 2nd Test: Rohit Sharma behind Shreyas Iyer Runs out Ben Stokes with One Handed Throw

India vs England, 2nd Test: Indian pacer Shreyas Iyer did not have a good match in the Visakhapatnam Test with bat but made up with his effort in the field in the second innings. Iyer took a brilliant catch to dismiss Ben Duckett on Day 3 and the next day, he pulled off another brilliant fielding display to run out England captain Ben Stokes.

In this over by Ashwin, Foakes tapped the ball to the leg side and called for a run. Stokes did not show enough emergency and took Shreyas Iyer’s fielding at mid-wicket lightly. The Indian fielder quickly ran up to the ball, collected it with one hand and threw it at the stumps. The ball hit the sticks and Third Empire found the English batter struggling, clearly short of the crease.

Iyer one of India’s top fielders in this series, pulled off a brilliant run out from nowhere in the final session on Monday to put the final nail in England’s coffin.

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In the 4th ball of the 53rd over of England’s second innings, Ben Foakes got an inside edge from an R Ashwin delivery. There was a slight hesitation between Stokes and Foakes but even then it looked like an easy single.

However, Iyer had other ideas. He charged towards the ball, picked it up with one hand and gunned the stumps down. Stokes was guilty of jogging for the first half of the run, thinking the throw wouldn’t come at his end. That proved to be costly as he was found short of his crease.

It was a big moment in the game. Stokes was getting his eyes in. With an able partner like Foakes at the other end and Tom Hartley yet to come, the England skipper could have caused a huge headache for captain Rohit Sharma even though his side was the favourite to win the match.

The celebration in the Visakhapatnam stadium after watching ‘OUT’ load on the giant screen was enough to narrate the importance of the wicket. While all Indian fielders were running around screaming, cameras caught Shreyas Iyer with a different celebration.

He had his index finger pointing upwards, signalling out, It was a clear reply to Stokes, who had the same thing on 3rd Day after taking a brilliant catch running backwards to end Iyer’s short but impressive innings.

However, hitting back at Ben Stokes was not the Iyer’s decision. It was only when captain Rohit Sharma reminded him of the finger-pointing gesture that Iyer returned the favour to Stokes.

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England’s captain Ben Stokes was asked about his run out in the post-match press conference, he responded that it was not the first time he was out doing something “stupid”.

“I knew I had to go faster but for some reason, I just couldn’t, it was a really bizarre couple of seconds. You’d think by now at 32 I’d learn not to do that, it’s not the first time I’ve been run out doing something stupid. I always seem to do something that’s a talking point, good or bad, don’t I.”

Despite putting up a good fight in their second innings, England fell short of the mammoth 398-run target by 106 runs. Jasprit Bumrah (3/46) and Ravichandran Ashwin (3/72) were the top wicket-takers with the ball for India while Zak Crawley top-scored for England with 73. The five-match Test series is locked 1-1. The third Test begins on February 15 in Rajkot.