Cricket: India ruled out for lowest score ever as Australian bowlers produce magic in first round

The relentless pace of Australians Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins dismissed India for their lowest score in history of 36 on an extraordinary third day of the first test at Adelaide Oval on Saturday.

Hazlewood completed 200 wickets in test matches taking 5-8 and Cummins took 4-21 as India lost eight wickets for just 27 runs before 11th batter Muhammad Shami injured his right forearm while facing Cummins and retired injured. .

India’s previous lowest total in a test inning was 42 against England at Lord’s in 1974.

In response, Australia were 15 years without losing at the dinner break, needing just 75 runs for victory.

“Everything went according to plan,” Hazlewood said. When asked if he had ever had a more perfect bowling day, he replied, “I don’t think so.”

India took a 53-run lead in the first inning after defeating Australia 191 in the first inning.

Shane Warne was stunned at the comment box.

“I can’t believe they were eliminated by 36,” he said. “I’m still a bit shocked. I hit the ground and during preparation ‘if India hits by 65-70 overs, a tough little battle for Australia later today’, but India was out in such a short time.”

It was the lowest test entry in 65 years, when New Zealand was eliminated for the lowest score of all time when they were eliminated by 26 against England in Auckland, and the fifth lowest of all time.

The rest of the top five happened before World War II.

Mike Hussey said “I feel like I’m in a dream.”

“I don’t believe what I just witnessed,” he said. “All Virat Kohli could say to his team is ‘they have eliminated us 36, we have 90 to play. It happened to us, why can’t it happen to Australia?’ But I can’t believe what I just saw, an amazing test cricket. “

The extra rebound on the wicket, drawn by Hazlewood and Cummins on Saturday, unraveled India as neither of their batters could reach double figures.

Cummins started the Indian slide when he had hitter Jasprit Bumrah, overnight, catch his own bowling alley in the first over of the day and followed suit when Cheteshwar Pujara got a thick edge behind the wicket.

Hazlewood made it 15-5 with her double wicket maiden first when she found edges from Mayank Agarwal and Ajinkya Rahane bats as India lost four wickets without a run.

Virat Kohli tried to break the shackles with a limit off Cummins on offside, before Cameron Green caught him on the second down with the next ball. Kohli will leave after the first test to be with his wife, Anushka Sharma, who is expecting their first child.

Hazlewood threw another double wicket maiden and was on a hat-trick when she eliminated Wriddhiman Saha and Ravichandran Ashwin in successive deliveries before Umesh Yadav avoided the hat-trick ball.

Hanuma Vehari led India past the ignominy of New Zealand’s lowest score with a cap off Cummins before Hazlewood completed his five-wicket run by catching the batter behind.

– With AP and news.com