The second Test of the five-match collection between India and England began in Visakhapatnam right now (February 2) and after opting to bat, Yashasvi Jaiswal has dominated the proceedings smashing his second hundred in the format. But the Indian skipper Rohit Sharma missed out on scoring big on pitch in Vizag mustering solely 14 runs off 41 balls throughout his brief keep in the center.

He was dismissed by the debutant Shoaib Bashir received the higher of him. Ollie Pope took catch at leg slip. It was a nothing shot from Rohit Sharma as he needed to stroll again to the pavilion. Former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen was under no circumstances impressed together with his intent and felt that the 36-year-old missed out on taking part in a big knock. “It doesn’t matter who you get out to, you can get out to anybody. I think he’d be kicking himself because there were plenty of runs to be had here. On this wicket, against a very young and inexperienced bowling attack, he will be looking at his dismissal and thinking, ‘How on earth did I get myself out here?” Pietersen mentioned.

Kevin Pietersen additionally known as Rohit Sharma’s dismissal a lazy one and felt that the latter by no means confirmed any urgency to even rotate the strike throughout his innings. “That (the dismissal) was quite lazy. Yes, it is instinctive to knock the ball towards the leg side. But there was no urgency in what led to the dismissal. There was no urgency to try and get off the strike. These guys are expansive from ball one in T20 cricket, they play so beautifully. We have not seen huge spin, massive bounce, or anything that should pose any fear in the batter’s mind,” he added.

Interestingly, Pietersen lauded Shubman Gill who received out on 34 however he felt that India’s quantity three was a minimum of seeking to rating runs. Gill was dismissed by James Anderson for the fifth time in Tests as he edged one to the wicketkeeper Ben Foakes. “Gill played nicely, I thought. There was an intensity in him. There was a lack of intensity in Rohit; it looked like his innings was in slow motion,” the Englishman additional mentioned.