Matthew Renshaw falls prey to nature’s call; when AB de Villiers, Dean Jones defied their stomach bugs to emerge centurions

Renshaw had walked out, or rather, ran back to the pavilion for 36 during the first Test between India and Australia at Pune.

Matt Renshaw scored 36 before getting retired hurt © AFP

The sight of a batsman running back to the pavilion being forced to answer the nature’s call can look hilarious and be a butt of several jokes. However, we have all been in situations where the external (or should we say internal?) force got the better of us. Poor Matthew Renshaw, playing his first Test in India, had defied the troika of Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Jayant Yadav before eventually giving in to the nature’s call. Renshaw had walked out, or rather, ran back to the pavilion for 36 during the first Test between India and Australia at Pune. Here are two individuals — AB de Villiers and Dean Jones, the men who walked back, defied this force and emerged centurions. Can Renshaw do the same?

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