Border-Gavaskar Trophy: In gloomy Brisbane, it rains (Indian) wickets
On a day that saw eight rain breaks, hosts Australia leave visitors teetering at 51 for 4, trailing by 394 runs in the first innings
Imagine being Jasprit Bumrah when the Indian top-order combusted spontaneously on arrival at the crease. Bumrah must have barely changed and sat in the dressing room when he must have seen his batsmen implode.
He had bowled his heart out, racked his brains and tired out his body to get six hard-earned wickets. In eight balls, three Indians fell to soft dismissals. Two of them, Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill, chasing well-outside off deliveries, and the other, Yashasvi Jaiswal, flicking a ball on the legs to waiting palms. The Australian bowlers didn’t have to tire their bodies or minds, just hurled outside off and ran on from their follow-through to celebrate with their mates. Chasing 445, India were 22 for 3 at one stage before rain and later bad light terminated play at 51 for 4.
2024-12-17 By
Ravindra Kumar Tiwari