New Delhi: In the 2nd Test against Australia, India were bowled out for 262 runs in the first innings.
The Australian team was bowled out for 263 runs in the first innings in this match which is being played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Usman Khawaja scored 81 runs and Peter Handscomb scored 72 runs. Mohammad Shami took 4 wickets on behalf of the Indian team. The Indian team continued to play and scored 21 runs in 9 overs at the end of the first day’s play.
Captain Rohit Sharma remained unbeaten with 13 and KL Rahul with 4 runs. The Indian team continued to play the 2nd day yesterday and saw the game in the form of spinner Nathan Lion. KL Rahul 17, Rohit Sharma 32, Cheteshwar Pujara 0, Shreyas Iyer 4 runs led Nathan Lion with the ball.
Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja struggled as they lost 4 wickets for 66 runs. Todd Murphy separated the pair as they added 59 runs for the 5th wicket. Jadeja scored 26 runs off 74 balls with 4 boundaries before Murphy was lbw. Virat Kohli was controversially dismissed lbw by debutant Mathew Kunemann shortly afterwards.
Virat Kohli scored 44 runs off 84 balls with 4 fours. He was followed by wicketkeeper batsman Garbarath who lost his wicket in 6 runs. Nathan Panthil lost 7 wickets for 139 runs while the Indian team was in trouble. Akshar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin batted brilliantly and built the innings.
Axar Patel crossed his half century in 94 balls. Due to the responsible performance of this pair, the Indian team crossed 200 runs. After this, Axar Patel accelerated the runquip. India scored 252 runs in 80 overs. In the next over, Ashwin and Axar Patel’s partnership broke up when they took the new ball.
Ashwin was on 37 off 71 balls with 5 boundaries when Pat Cummins hit the ball towards square leg and was caught by Matt Renshaw. Ashwin added 114 runs along with Axar Patel for the 8th wicket. Axar Patel, who has been playing well, scored 74 runs in 115 balls with 3 sixes and 9 fours and Todd Murphy hit the ball. But the ball didn’t hit the bat properly and bounced towards mid off.
This was caught by Pat Cummins in the blink of an eye. The Indian team lost all wickets for 262 runs in 83.3 overs when Mathew Kunemann was bowled by the last player, Mohamadushami for 2 runs. On behalf of the Australian team, Nathan Lion 5, Matthew Kuneman and Todd Murphy took 2 wickets each.
Australia started the 2nd innings with a one-run lead and finished with 61 runs for the loss of one wicket at the end of the 2nd day. Usman Khawaja was dismissed by Jadeja for 6 runs. Travis Head was unbeaten on 39 and Marnesh Labuschenne on 16. Australia continues to play the 3rd day today with 9 wickets in hand.
‘He is the answer to this’
On the first day of the Delhi Test match, Australia’s opener David Warner was batted by Mohammad Siraj’s ball, which hit the helmet hard. Warner was dismissed for 15 runs and underwent a medical. Warner withdrew from the tournament after it was revealed that he suffered a brain injury. Matt Renshaw has replaced Warner as per ICC rules. Renshaw will bat in Australia’s 2nd innings. But he is not allowed to bowl.
Ashwin’s achievements as an all-rounder: India’s all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin, who took 3 wickets in the first innings with the bowling in the Delhi Test match, also contributed well with the bat in the 2nd day of the match yesterday. He added 114 runs for the 8th wicket along with Axar Patel to help the team recover from the slump. Ashwin was bowled out for 37 runs after playing well.
Ashwin crossed 5000 runs in first-class cricket during this innings. With this, he became the 5th Indian player to score 5000 runs and 700 wickets in first-class cricket. This feat has already been achieved by Vino Mankat, S. Venkataragavan, Kapil Dev, Anil Kumble.
Controversial Goalie Out: On Day 2 of the Delhi Test, Virat Kohli, India’s star batsman, was on 44 when Kunemann made a defensive tackle. Then the ball hit the bat and the legcap almost simultaneously. As a result, the field umpire Nithin Menon gave out for the Australian team to appeal. Kohli appealed against this.
TV In the replay, it was confusing to see whether the ball hit the bat first or the leg cap. However, T.V. Referee Illingworth upheld the field umpire’s decision. Virat Kohli was very displeased with this. On television in the dressing room, he expressed his displeasure to his teammates at the way he was dismissed. Former player Wasim Jaffer tweeted, “The umpire’s decision to dismiss Kohli was wrong. There are a lot of doubts about it,” he said.
