'It was a nothing shot': Ravi Shastri blasts England star after dismissal on Day 4 of Lord's Test

Former India head coach Ravi Shastri slammed Harry Brook for his dismissal during the third Test match against England on Day 4 at the iconic Lord's Stadium in London. He reckons that his dismissal was a nothing shot, adding that the risk element associated with it was huge.

On the third ball of the 22nd over, Brook scooped Akash Deep for two fours and lofted him for a six. Brook went for an aggressive pre-mediated sweep, but his middle stump was knocked back and uprooted, as his counter-attacking knock came to an end on 23 off 19 balls.

"Brook can be destructive - the impact he wanted to make with those two reverse sweeps, he did that. But I think he is too good a player to put his wicket at risk at that stage of the game. It was a nothing shot. He was only going to get one run even if he connected. The risk element was huge," said Shastri on Sky Sports' broadcast during lunch break.

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Coming back to the third Test, Indian bowlers dominated in the first session as they restricted England to 98/4 at the end of the first session on Day 4. India picked up four wickets in the morning session, at Lunch, England are 98/4 with Ben Stokes 2* (13) and Joe Root 17* (40) unbeaten on the crease.

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England started the day 4 on 2/0 with Zak Crawley (2) and Ben Duckett (0*) unbeaten on the crease. Mohammed Siraj gave the host an early blow as he removed Duckett for 12 in the 6th over, and Ollie Pope joined Crawley in the middle.

Just before the drinks in the first session, Siraj picked his second wicket of the innings by picking Ollie Pope's wicket at just four. At drinks, England were 42/2 with Zak Crawley 17 (43) unbeaten on the crease. Root joined Crawley in the middle and England crossed the 50-run mark in the 15th over after Root pushed the ball towards deep point for a single. Nitish Kumar Reddy removed Crawley for 22 runs off 49 balls, including four fours.

Crawley's drought for runs in the series continues. Harry Brook came to the crease after Crawley's wicket.

Brook took on Indian bowlers as he hurried on to 23 off just 17 balls. Akash Deep took his first wicket of the match as he cleaned up Brook for 23, and England skipper Ben Stokes joined Root in the middle.