The rescheduled 5th Test match between Indian cricket team and England cricket is currently on at the Edgbaston cricket stadium in Birmingham, where a particular incident involving Shreyas Iyer has been a topic of debate on social media.
Team India currently leading the 5 match Test series against England by 2-1 margin which was played in 2021. However, the last and the fifth match of the series had to be rescheduled after several of Indian team members tested COVID positive.
The match was rescheduled to be included with the limited overs series between the sides in July 2022. The match kicked-off today with England captain Ben Stokes opting to bowl first after winning the toss.
Though the opening duo of Shubman Gill and Cheteshwar Pujara was looking good, they couldn’t encounter a very experienced James Anderson.
Team India lost 5 wickets going into the Tea break. However, the particular wicket of Shreyas Iyer was a topic of debate among the fans.
Iyer was dismissed for 15 runs by James Anderson, who bowled a perfect bouncer to Iyer to dismiss him. However, after that, a footage caught Joe Root showing thumbs up to England head coach Brendon McCullum. After that, there has been much debate on social media.
For those who don’t know or didn’t understand the whole scenario, McCullum worked as the Head Coach of the IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the IPL 2022 and Shreyas Iyer was the captain of the team. Thus, it is no doubt that McCullum knows what is Iyer’s weakness, and that’s what was targeted while he was at the crease.
After the whole incident, there was huge debate on social media involving that.
McCullum mast plan banaya hoga Iyer ke liye.
— 𝕄𝕣 𝔸 🏏 (@cricdrugs) July 1, 2022
Root was waving towards the coach after dismissal.
Iyer’s wicket and Root pointing to McCullum, it was all planned.
— Kaustubh Mokal (@KaustubhMokal3) July 1, 2022
Maybe Baz has spotted this weakness in KKR camp.#ENGvIND
#ENGvIND Iyer had McCullum as his coach in kkr and the team pointed to him when they got Iyer out 🗿
— AR (@AR17HD) July 1, 2022
This was some KKR insider information for Iyer’s dismissal. — “Root pointed at the dressing room after the dismissal suggesting it was McCullum’s idea.”
— Ek Hindustani (@ADITYAB28956168) July 1, 2022
Not sure but did Joe Root point at Brendon McCullum after Shreyas Iyer’s dismissal? It looked like a plan. #INDvsENG
— Aakash Sivasubramaniam (@aakashs26) July 1, 2022
Lol
— Nish Navalkar (@YUVI_NISH) July 1, 2022
McCullum & Root think they’ve achieved something incredible by bouncing out Shreyas Iyer?#ENGvIND
