(LEFT) Varun Chakravarthy and India captain Suryakumar Yadav celebrate the wicket of England's Harry Brook; (RIGHT) Harry Brook reacts after being bowled out by Chakravarthy during the second T20I at M A Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. (AP Photo)England star Harry Brook was trolled by cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar and Ravi Shastri from the commentary box after he was bowled in the second consecutive game by Varun Chakaravarthy.
After getting bowled for 17 runs by a wrong un from Varun Chakaravarthy in the first T20I in Eden Gardens, Harry Brook had blamed the smog in Kolkata for England’s troubles reading spin.
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But in the second T20I in Chennai, Brook met a similar fate at the hands of Varun Chakaravarthy again, who sent the England vice captain back to the hut for 13 runs.
This time when he was dismissed, India stalwarts Sunil Gavaskar and Ravi Shastri were in the commentary booth and did not pass a chance to bring up Brook’s comments.
“You don’t need the smog!” Ravi Shastri said when Brook was bowled. “The ball just snuck through and hit the stumps.”
After a short pause, Sunil Gavaskar joined in: “Well you said it! The light is clearer here in Chennai. At Kolkata there was some smog. No smog here. No idea where the ball was going. It hit the top of the stump. Harry Brook gone for 13. Look, is there any smog there?”
Even former England cricketer Michael Vaughan tweeted: “Much Smog in Chennai? Just asking.”
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“With the smog the other night, it was a lot harder to pick. Hopefully the air is a bit clearer here and we can see the ball a bit easier,” Harry Brook had said at a press conference on Friday in Chennai.
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