Former wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik said Akash Deep’s entertaining knock of 66 during day three’s play in the ongoing fifth Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy Test was a wonderful effort which in turn has taken the visitors’ to a very strong position.
In the morning session, with the pitch flattening out, nightwatchman Akash was dropped on 21, and went on to hit his maiden Test half-century, laced with 12 boundaries, before falling to Jamie Overton for 66. By then, Akash had done way more than asked of his nightwatchman duties while sharing a decisive 107-run partnership with Jaiswal.
“They couldn't have asked anything more from him. All they wanted him to do was probably just get past last night, which he did quite comfortably. But today, he came out there, played wonderfully well, gave a chance early. When you put down chances, that's what happens. That's the last thing you want, as it is, you're a depleted bowling attack.”
