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India all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy got the big wicket of Zak Crawley during the fourth day of the Lord's Test. This wicket saw the hosts get restricted to 50/3 as India took control of the match. Earlier, Crawley had had a heated argument with Shubman Gill during the final few moments of Day 3. This came after the Indian skipper had accused him of time-wasting and things only got messier when a delivery from Jasprit Bumrah in the same over hit Crawley on the glove and he called the physios onto the field.
Following this, multiple players from the Indian team started taunting the England batter before Gill had a verbal exchange with Crawley's opening partner, Ben Duckett. On Day 4, the batter didn't look comfortable on the crease at all and ended up losing his wicket to Reddy after scoring just 22 runs.
Reddy gave a send-off to Crawley after dismissing him
Yashasvi Jaiswal took a fine catch in the slip cordon as Crawley was shown his way back to the pavilion. However, the drama didn't end there as Reddy even gave a fiery send-off to the England opener after taking his wicket. The video of the same is now making rounds on social media.
This was the all-rounder's third wicket of the match and it couldn't have come at a better time. Following the departure of Crawley, England also lost the massive wicket of Harry Brook, who got dismissed after playing a cameo of 23 runs from 19 deliveries. It was Akash Deep who got rid of the batter and restricted the hosts to 87/4 in the first session of Day 4.
With the experienced duo of Joe Root and Ben Stokes on the crease, England will be hoping to post a big total by the end of the fourth day so that they can give a decent target to India on the final day. On the other hand, the Men in Blue will be looking to take more wickets as they return to the field for the second session.
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