On the first day of the first Test, Virat Kohligrabbed the limelight for ‘mocking’ England skipper Joe Root’s ‘mic-drop’ celebrations. After a direct hit from Kohli dismissed his England counterpart for 80, Kohli celebrated emphatically, launching a few expletives and then mocking Root’s celebration from the third ODI a couple of weeks ago.
England opening batsman Keaton Jennings said that he does not think there was something wrong about Kohli’s method.
“Everybody is entitled to celebrate how they want to. He celebrated, and that’s cool,” the left-hand batsman said.
England were cruising at 216/3 at one stage before Root’s run out triggered a collapse of sorts, causing the hosts to lose 9 wickets for 69 runs in the final session.
“Root played fantastically well. The way he goes about constructing his innings, builds it, communicates with me as a young cricketer, it is absolutely phenomenal. Having batted with him today, he’s taught me a hell of a lot, which is awesome, just to watch a master at his work,” he said.
“He’s a fantastic player, fantastic guy and to watch him go about building a Test innings on a pretty tough surface was pretty good. I suppose it’s pretty disappointing for him personally not to go on and get a really big score,” he added.
Jennings, who was dropped on 10 by Ajinkya Rahane at slips, blamed himself for not making the most of the opportunity and getting dismissed on 42 by Mohammed Shami.
“I suppose the best players in the world make those lucky breaks or have them go in their favour. That’s the way it is. I’ve made an error, misjudged the ball, and it’s ended up in my stumps,” the 26-year old said.
