Bumrah to Smith, out Bowled!! The leg-stump trap. That leg-stump trap. And Smith shufle right into it. It’s a well laid out strategy — bowl quick, like real quick, on leg-stump, and Smith will walk across, try to glance and get beaten for pace. Bumrah’s gotten him to do just that. And is deadly accurate to get the ball to kiss […]

Lyon to Jadeja, out Rahane Run Out!! Australia finally get a breakthrough! It had to be a run out to remove Rahane, given how well he had been batting. This is a dismissal that’s probably brought about due to the milestone effect. Jadeja was clearly looking for that single to get to his fifty in the previous deliveries, […]

Cummins to Pujara, out Caught by Paine!! One-handed blinder from Paine! And he loves it, absolutely loves it. Look at him go. This is a massive strike for Australia and they know it. Almost a replica of Pujara’s Adelaide second innings dismissal. Stuck on the crease to this in-angler that just straightens a bit to find the edge. Was […]

Ashwin to Paine, out Caught by Hanuma Vihari!! And the plan works to perfection. Back-to-back wickets for India, the dangerous Paine has been dismissed. Lovely delivery from Ashwin – a classic off-spinner’s dismissal this – slowed down the pace and landed the ball around middle. The dip is so sharp that Paine is left in no […]

Ashwin to Wade, out Caught by Jadeja!! Well, well. That’s some crazy level of bravado here from Wade, who for some reason wants to pump Ashwin out of the attack before drinks on the first morning. Ummm. Nevertheless, he decides to do it by charging down the pitch and hoicking him downtown. But he’s nowhere close to […]

Ashwin to Smith, out Caught by Pujara!! Ashwin has Smith again and look at him run in celebration – turning out to be a fiesty morning session from India. A duck for Smith – it’s rare for him to have a failure against India, he has two now. The off-break once again, pitched around middle and turned towards […]

Ashwin to Starc, out Starc Run Out!! 1 run completed. India look confident they’ve got Starc run out. It’s a bullet throw from the deep, right next to the stumps, and yes Starc is inches short. Some redemption for Prithvi Shaw after his horrible drop earlier. This ball was drifting into the pads of Starc who clipped […]

Ashwin to Green, out Caught by Kohli!! Kohli raises his arms and takes a perfunctory bow. It’s a screamer at midwicket from the Indian captain. Dives full stretch to his right to grab this with both hands. The ball is slightly short from Ashwin, but I don’t think Green strikes his pull well enough. Still, it’s flat […]

Shami to Labuschagne, FOUR, Bumrah, what have you done! Bumrah unnecessarily jumped trying to take a simple catch. I guess the proximity of the fence forced him to do so as it was on the back of his mind. But the ball popped out. Actually he was trying to pop it back thinking he would go […]

Lyon to Rahane, out Kohli Run Out!! Bad call from Rahane, and he has sold Kohli down the river. Oh my. Pushes this delivery to the left of mid-off and starts to run. Kohli sees him and responds immediately. But Rahane then bails out, leaving his captain stranded in the middle of the pitch. No way back […]