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[Watch] Joe Root Gets Out Reverse-Lapping Jasprit Bumrah As Yashasvi Jaiswal Takes A Beauty

image-lspmc2blRoot was out lapping Bumrah [AP Photos]

Joe Root tried to break the shackles early on Day 3 of the Rajkot Test with his adventurous reverse lap but was thwarted by ace Indian speedster Jasprit Bumrah into being caught in the slip cordon. 

After an unconvincing and painstaking stint in the middle for his 18 off 30 deliveries, the great batter tried to shift the pressure back on India by taking the risky option against the world's finest and most skilled pacer and paying the ultimate prize for it.

Gauging the batter's intentions a fraction of a second early, Bumrah managed to beat Root's stroke with a change of pace, and rather than hitting the upper splice of the willow and sailing over the cordon, the ball went straight to second-slip Yashasvi Jaiswal.


Bumrah Gets Root On Reverse Lap In Rajkot Test 


The reverse lap has been Root's go-to shot during England's ultra aggressive 'Bazball' parade and is used by the great right-hander as a means to disrupt the pacer's lengths.


But despite him executing the stroke to perfection against other seamers previously, Root would've recognised how difficult it is to do this to Bumrah, who brings his great white-ball skillset into play even in Test cricket. 

Bumrah had two options up his sleeves to thwart the reverse lap: the searing yorker hitting the base of the stump and the slow off-cutter. Either of those would've taken the sting of Root's attempted boundary hit. 

The pacer went with the change of pace to force a mistime lap straight into the hands of one of India's more capable slip fielders Jaiswal, who took a safe catch after an initial hiccup since the ball came in his direction quite quickly with Root changing hands on his willow. 

It was Root's fifth consecutive failure of the Test series and one that would've reignited the debates on whether the 'Bazball' approach really suits the historically solid and technically correct right-hander.