Team India head coach Gautam Gambhir's reaction surfaced as Mohammed Siraj botched a golden chance to get rid of the aggressive Harry Brook on Day 4 of the fifth Test against England at the Kia Oval. Gambhir, who was sitting in the dressing room, watched the incident and hid his face in agony.
The moment occurred in the 34th over of the innings as Brook played a pull shot, seemingly to send the ball over mid-wicket. But mistiming it meant that the ball merely took the top edge and carried to Siraj, who had just come onto the field after going into the dressing room following an eight-over spell. Although the Hyderabad-born cricketer took the catch cleanly, he lost his balance and stepped onto the rope, conceding a six.
Watch Gambhir's reaction as below:
Prasidh Krishna nipped out Ben Duckett to give Team India their first breakthrough of Day 4
The 29-year-old Krishna, who took four wickets in the first innings, added Ben Duckett's scalp to his tally on Day 4 at The Oval as the left-hander edged a full delivery to the slip cordon as KL Rahul took a sharp catch.
A few overs later, Siraj took his second wicket of the innings, trapping skipper Ollie Pope lbw for 27 just when the Surrey batter was finding his groove. Siraj's first victim proved to be Zak Crawley, who got outsmarted by a yorker. However, Brook's counterattack has pegged the tourists slightly back as England reached 164/3 at lunch, bringing the requirement down to 210 more runs. At the time of writing this, the partnership between Brook and Joe Root had gone over 100.
The home side are currently in pursuit of 374 in pursuit of 3-1 series victory.
