Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood once again dismantled India’s top order early leaving the visitors to struggle during the first innings of the third test at Brisbane.
With Rain delayed innings, the Men in Blues were reduced to 22 for 3, with Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, and Virat Kohli dismissed for single-digit scores.
Starc’s dismissal of the youngster was not planned as the full ball was flicked straight to the fielder in front of square. Mitchell Marsh pulled off a superb catch at Gully as Gill looke to drive Starc without quite getting his balance while moving forward.
Meanwhile Virat Kohli’s dismissal pattern has become relevant as Hazlewood exploited his Outside off-stump weakness in the ongoing Border Gavaskar Trophy, which raises concerns on star batter’s recurring struggles in the same slot.
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Dismissed for three runs, Kohli‘s wicket has left India reeling for losing three wickets before an early lunch was taken after a rain interruption.
It is said that Hazlewood has revealed Kohli’s familiar weakness of outside off stump where he continously lost wicket in the ongoing Australia-India tests.
The rain intervention has offered Indian dressing room an opportunity to regroup and discuss strategies to Stabilise the innings. KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant and Rohit Sharma will be likely to fight back during the second session.
Earlier on day 03, Australia added a total of 445 making an mammoth total to daunt the visitors. India’s top order failure has put pressure in the lineup.
Australia ended the day 02 with a total of 405 for 7 wickets. Resuming the match on Monday, Alex Carey completed a 53-ball half century while Starc hit a six and four before being dismissed by Bumrah.
The next 10 overs, brought only 22 runs when India spread their field out for Carey. Siraj bowled a full delivery and breached Nathan Lyon’s defence before Akash Deep had Carey caught at deep mid-wicket for 70.
