The brilliance of Indian captain Virat Kohli’s acrobatic run out that sent back his English counterpart Joe Root, triggering a collapse in the England batting line-up, was somewhat overshadowed by the celebrations that followed it.
Kohli's celebration of Root's dismissal with a 'mic-drop' gesture, mocking the bat drop by the Englishman to celebrate a hundred during the ODI series, added a bit of spice to the proceedings.
The Indian skipper ran out Root (80) with a direct hit when the home player was attempting to pull off a risky second single in the 63rd over.
The run out changed the complexion of the England innings with Ashwin getting on a role. England lost six wickets in the final session and would have been bowled out had Dinesh Karthik held onto Sam Curran’s catch in the last over of the day.
However, more than the run out, the mic-drop celebration became a talking point afterwards. It went viral on social media, with some even questioning the need for it.
The English camp, however, did not read too much into Kohli’s celebrations. "It's fine. Everybody is entitled to celebrate how they want to. He celebrated, and that's cool," Jennings said at the end of day's play, playing down the incident.
Interestingly, Root had apologized after his bat drop celebration, saying it was something he would not repeat on the cricket field again.