Ravindra Jadeja held on to a good catch despite colliding with Shubman Gill.© Twitter
Ravindra Jadeja avoided “disaster” when he made a good catch at Ravichandran Ashwin’s bowling alley to send Matthew Wade back to the pavilion in the second test match underway on Saturday. Ashwin, at 13, beat Wade in flight when the first Australian hit a high shot. Shubman Gill and Jadeja charged for the catch and collided with each other, but luckily for India, Jadeja managed to hold on to the catch.
Almost disaster! But Jadeja stood firm and kept the catch! @hcltech | #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/SUaRT7zQGx
– cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) December 26, 2020
Cricket Australia took to Twitter to share the video of the catch and captioned it as “Almost a disaster! But Jadeja stood his ground and kept the catch!”
Earlier on Day 1, Australia skipper Tim Paine won the toss and opted to hit at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Indian bowlers found their line and length early on when Jasprit Bumrah hit his third over to send Joe Burns looking for a duck.
Wade kept playing his shots, but as soon as Ajinkya Rahane led Ashwin on the attack, the left-handed hitter seemed a bit doubtful in his approach.
Ashwin knocked out Wade and then on his next over got the big wicket from Steve Smith, the number one ranked test hitter, by a duck.
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India finished the first session on top, restricting the hosts to 65 for three at lunch.
Australia, which leads the four-game series 1-0, have lined up an XI unchanged. On the other hand, India has made four changes in total.
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