Twitter unhappy with Mohammed Shami's wayward batting

India resumed from their overnight score on Day 4. Both Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane struck half-centuries to extend the lead to 200. Rohit Sharma has another failure as he fell prey to Nathan Lyon. Known for his reckless batting, Rishabh Pant went after the off-spinner who otherwise had a good day.

In the very first over after lunch, Pant went bonkers as he struck three consecutive boundaries to Lyon followed by a six. However, Lyon came back in the next over and setup Pant. India raced to 303-6 with Ravichandran Ashwin and Rahane in the middle. With four wickets in hand, India were looking good for 400. That’s where the collapse got triggered.

Mohammed Shami has often been known to be an aggressor at the lower order. The batsman is capable of hitting it out of the boundary. However, of late, his careless attitude has often ended up in his quick dismissals and the Indian tail to fall. It was quite visible in the England tour as well as in the first innings when Pujara was farming the strike.

Just after Rahane’s dismissal, Shami tried to swing the bat on his very first ball. The result was an over-ambitious Shami racing down the track and finding Marcus Harris at deep mid-wicket. It was a senseless shot even by the standards of a tailender. India went from 303-6 to 303-9 in no time as the fans were quite disappointed by the sudden collapse.

No doubt they took the brunt on Shami. Twitter was filled with criticism for Shami’s lazy batting attitude. While there was adulation and respect for his bowling talent, his batting and fielding was equally frustrating. From asking him to bat at No.11 to jokes of him swinging the bat more than ball started doing the rounds.

Here we have some of the Twitter reactions after Shami’s poor batting