Twitterati irked with Keaton Jennings' continuous failures

The fourth Test match England and India is in progress currently and the visitors have rocked the opposition early with two wickets. Joe Root was quite happy after winning the toss to bat first but he wouldn’t have hoped to be two down so early. Despite so much criticism, the selectors decided to give another chance to Keaton Jennings. But the left-hander was dismissed early once again only to irk the fans who demanded to leave him out after the last game.

Alastair Cook and Jennings were offered with the best batting conditions and the pitch in the series so far. England were also lucky to win the toss and the struggling openers were expected to give the team a good start final. But India’s new ball bowlers used the early help from the pitch beautifully and kept them on the tenterhooks. Moreover, Jennings didn’t look confident again and his footwork was nowhere.

Bumrah hurries Jennings

Jasprit Bumrah has pace and he was hurrying Jennings during his short stay in the middle. The angle across the left-hander was making him leave the balls. But the bowler changed his mind in the fifth over of the innings and brought one back in. The left-handed batter left the ball in assurance thinking that it will go away. However, it was not to be and it came back a bit and hit him on the back.

Jennings was surprised by the movement and took his front leg away only to for the ball to hit his back leg. He was caught plumb in front of the stumps and his position looked so ugly. The dismissal proved that he is not up for quality international cricket and needs a serious look at his technique.

Twitterati was literally annoyed with the way he got out and lashed out at him. They felt that it was only a matter of a few overs upfront after which it would’ve been much easier to bat. Instead, he bagged a four-ball duck and is now left with only the second innings of this game to revive his career.

Here’s how Twitter reacted:

As Keaton Jennings gets out cheaply once again, Mark Stoneman has just hit a 100 at the Oval. Back in form at the right time? #bbccricket @bbctms

— Will Martin (@willmartin19) August 30, 2018

@englandcricket Keaton Jennings is not good enough I’m afraid let’s have him out please.

— callum horne 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (@callum_horne11) August 30, 2018

Keaton Jennings is aweful, how is he still in this test side? #bbccricket

— Jamie Ford (@JamieFord__) August 30, 2018

Keaton Jennings needs to be dropped for Rory Burns.

— Peter Goodwin (@petergoodwin92) August 30, 2018

I genuinely believe that Geoff Boycott at his age would make more runs than Keaton Jennings

— Tony kelly (@notokirkby) August 30, 2018

Keaton Jennings out, Rory Burns in for the last test. Come on ECB selectors, you know I'm right. 😎👍🏏 #EngvInd

— Craig Park (@cpark49) August 30, 2018

Keaton Jennings just isn’t good enough for international cricket 🏏 His footwork is terrible, he loses sight of 1 in every 5 balls. Sure he’s a nice chap 👍 he’s just not an England opener. #BBCCricket #ENGvsIND

— David Wyatt (@DavidWyatt_) August 30, 2018

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Currently, Keaton Jennings is not ready to play Bumrah & Co. attack. @ECB_cricket

— akki (@akkiviet) August 30, 2018

@ECB_cricket Keaton Jennings? You having a bubble? pic.twitter.com/upQreyHttL

— Nihilist Tamil (@Nihilist_Tamil) August 30, 2018

@SophiaIsabella If you've not seen the latest Keaton Jennings dismissal and you need a laugh, get on the BBC live coverage and watch. Not seen anything so funny in ages! Think Chris Cairns to Chris Read…🤣

— Real Ale Fan (@groupstageexit) August 30, 2018

Something quite pythonesque about Keaton Jennings dismissal 🤔#bbccricket pic.twitter.com/Rh1amfaAmH

— svenc (@svencjohn_steve) August 30, 2018

I actually feel sorry for Keaton Jennings now…don’t know what the England selectors are doing, how many more times before get the message he isn’t good enough at test match level

— chris (@chrispd77) August 30, 2018

Keaton Jennings reminds me of Shan Masood. Score plenty in domestic but go missing at intl level

— Ahson (@Ahson8) August 30, 2018

The difference between Keaton Jennings in county cricket and international cricket is staggering, although that’s a quality idea from Bumrah

— Thomas Kayll 🇪🇬 (@ThomasKayll97) August 30, 2018

Keaton Jennings reminded me of that scene from The movie RajaBabu when Karishma kapoor throws the wedding card on Kader khan’s face .. ekdum vaisa jhatka #ENGvIND

— Retweets ki dukaan (@SagarTalreja20) August 30, 2018

seriously mate no joking please just don't play again test cricket not suited to u pal your crap no hard feelings just not worked out @KeatonJennings

— Commendatouré (@_socoamaretto) August 30, 2018

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