Although after taking a sizeable lead, England looked to be in a position of control, the Indians have brought things back to the balance. The men in blue have erased the lead without losing a lot of wickets. Hence, with every run that India is scoring, pressure is mounting on the Englishmen. Amidst this, Rory Burns dropped another catch on Day 3. Twitter reacted as England opener Rory Burns drops yet another catch in the slip-cordon.
England let Rohit Sharma off the hook
Day 3 of the ongoing 4th Test started on a bright note for India. The Indian openers were able to tackle the tricky English bowlers in the first hour. Although KL Rahul lost his wicket to a peach of a delivery, Rohit Sharma has continued his form, thereby taking India to a safe spot.
Slip-catching has been a problem for England in this series. In the first innings, the likes of Joe Root and Craig Overton dropped their catches. Opener Rory Burns has been a familiar culprit in this regard. He has further taken his reputation down of being a good slip-catcher by dropping Rohit Sharma twice in the second innings. While the first occurrence was yesterday, Burns dropped a catch on Day 3, too. This has allowed Rohit Sharma to get into the groove and construct a big score.
Burns drops yet another catch
Rory Burns dropping yet another catch became fodder for the Twitteratti, which did not have a lot to discuss until then. Even experts like Michael Vaughan also managed to troll Burns on the platform. While Twitter is taking to the lighter side of things, the English management must ensure that slip-catching will improve in the coming months. Especially with the Ashes coming up, this aspect has to be rectified for England to pose a challenge.
Rory Burns hiding from his team mates – after they start reminding him of Rohit’s ‘slip’#ENGvIND | #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/W3PBec3xct
— Sridhar_FlashCric (@SridharBhamidi) September 4, 2021
Rory Burns is my favourite England players at the moment.
— R A T N I S H (@LoyalSachinFan) September 4, 2021
Rohit should gift Rory Burns an IPL contract with Mumbai Indians.
— Usama Zafar (@Usama7) September 4, 2021
Rory Burns will receive an invite this evening to my fielding academy .. #ENGvIND
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) September 4, 2021
Dear Rory Burns, stop copying our legendary Saeed Ajmal 😆🤣.#ENGvIND #ENGvsIND #INDvsEND pic.twitter.com/VNMpFsZg1N
— SAMRAAT MAHARJAN (@MaharjanSamraat) September 4, 2021
Joe Root to Rory Burns after dropping Rohit twice#INDvENG
— Tweeting Quarantino (@rohitadhikari92) September 4, 2021
pic.twitter.com/jbPp5BonLV
Rory Burns right now
— Dhina Dev (@DhinaDev) September 4, 2021
Well deserved century hitman #RohitSharma #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/bidjKnymfx
