Shami Jumps On Pujara After Dismissing The In-Form Batter On A Duck; Watch Video Here
Cheteshwar Pujara was in good form in England as he scored 720 runs in 5 matches in the recently concluded LV Insurance County Championship.
Team India are gearing up to take on England in the 5th test at Edgbaston, starting on July 1st. As a part of the preparations, India are facing off against Leicestershire in a 4-day warm-up game at Grace Road, Leicester. After Bharat's batting performance took India to 246/8, Rohit declared the Indian innings at the start of Day 2 and Mohammad Shami struck for team India with two quick wickets.
After captain Samuel Evans added just 14 runs for the opening wicket with opener Louis Kimber, Shami dismissed Evans as Kohli completed an easy catch in the slips. The Leicestershire skipper was dismissed after scoring just 1 run.
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Cheteshwar Pujara, who's playing for Leicestershire in this practice, came out to bat next. Pujara was in an impeccable form during the recently concluded LV Insurance County Championship, scoring 720 runs in 8 innings with an average of 120.00, including 4 hundreds. The Indian batter finished as the sixth-highest run-getter in the County Championship despite playing two matches less than the others.
In the warm-up game between India and Leicestershire, Pujara was against Mohammad Shami. The Indian bowler bowled a good length delivery on off, and Pujara tried to slap it on the off side. However, the batter only managed a thick bottom edge and the ball went on to dislodge the stumps.
Pujara was dismissed for a duck while Shami spread his arms around in celebration, and ran towards Pujara, jumping over the batter with his hands on Pujara's shoulder, celebrating his regular teammate's wicket with happiness.
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A second wicket for Shami. He dismisses his @BCCI teammate, as Pujara drags on.
Evison joins Kimber (28*).
LEI 34/2
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While talking about the match, Leicestershire are at 38/2 in 11.5 overs with Louis Kimber (31*) and Joey Evison (1*) on strike in 1st session on Day 2. Mohammad Shami has picked up both the wickets for team India. Earlier, India declared on 246/8, courtesy of KS Bharat's superb's unbeaten knock of 70 runs off 111 balls. This match is being played at Grace Road, Leicester.
