Former Indian fast bowler Rudra Pratap Singh questioned Yashasvi Jaiswal’s conservative approach in the fourth Test match against England. After Jaiswal returned with scores of 13 and 0 in the third Test at Lord’s, the Indian opener adopted a sedate approach in the first innings of the fourth Test.

Singh noted that Jaiswal could have driven a lot of deliveries, which he decided to leave alone. The left-hander scored 58 runs off 107 balls before he was dismissed by Liam Dawson. The southpaw was caught at first slip after the left-arm orthodox spinner produced the outside edge.

“He left a lot of deliveries he could have driven. However, he pushed his bat a few times once he was set. The cut shot and short-pitched balls outside the off-stump is his favorite area. If you see the wagon wheel, a lot of runs are in the backward point and third man area. I felt they came with better bowling plans against him,” RP Singh said on Sony Sports.

“The good thing about Jaiswal was that he wasn’t chasing the ball, and that’s why he got beaten, or else it might have hit the bat. There was a slight change in his batting. You can’t say whether it’s right or wrong. Don’t know what the support staff told him, but I don’t endorse it that much. When he bats with a slight attacking approach, runs flow,” he added.

On the other hand, former Indian wicket-keeper Saba Karim said Jaiswal realised that he had to stay at a tricky wicket to score his runs.

“I felt Yashasvi brought a massive change in his game, the way he batted in testing conditions. He realized that he had to stay at this wicket to score runs, the way he left deliveries outside the off-stump. He got beaten as well, but in these conditions, it doesn’t matter even if the batter gets beaten,” he replied.

Karim concurred with RP Singh and praised Jaiswal for not chasing the ball.

India ended the opening day’s play at 264-4.