The Indian bowlers clicked in unison as Australia was eliminated for 195 in their first innings.© Twitter
Virat Kohli took to Twitter on Saturday to praise the Indian bowlers after they defeated Australia 195 on the opening day of the Boxing Day event at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The Indian bowling led by Jasprit Bumrah, who collected four plots, managed to collect plots at regular intervals on day 1 of the second test. Bumrah had the support of Ravichandran Ashwin, who returned with figures of 35/3. Kohli also highlighted the strong end of the day by the hitters. India lost the Mayank Agarwal wicket in the first over of their innings, but Shubman Gill, in the test debut, weathered the storm and remained undefeated at 28 to lead the visitors to 36 by losing a wicket late in the game. game’s Day.
Best day 1 for us. Great display of bowlers and a solid finish too.
– Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) December 26, 2020
“Best Day 1 for us. Great display from the bowlers and a solid finish too,” Virat Kohli tweeted.
Australia captain Tim Paine won the toss and opted to hit for MCG, but his decision fell through when Jasprit Bumrah sent starting hitter Joe Burns back to the pavilion for a duck.
Matthew Wade was playing his shots from the other end, but Ravichandran Ashwin got past him when he holed out Ravindra Jadeja, who completed a good catch despite a minor collision with Shubman Gill.
Ashwin hit it again before the lunch break and got Steve Smith’s big wicket for duck.
Rookie Mohammed Siraj pulled out a well-placed Marnus Labuschagne to collect his maiden Test wicket.
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For the visitors, Bumrah was the bowlers’ choice, returning with figures of 56/4.
Cheteshwar Pujara and Gill will resume India’s innings on Sunday, the visitors following Australia for 159 races with nine wickets in hand.
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