Carey attempts a reverse sweep but misses, resulting in an under-edge that hits the stumps. This gives Ashwin his first wicket and improves his morale. The delivery was a flighted one that would have missed leg stump, but Carey’s shot drags it onto the stump.
Despite this, Carey’s performance in the game was excellent, as he played numerous shots and scored important runs. Excellent bowling by the modern day legend Ravi Ashwin to break a huge partnership of Australian Cricket Team.
Alex Carey was scoring runs at a quick pace against India in the first Test match. He made 36 runs with the help of 7 fours, facing only 33 balls. However, Ravichandran Ashwin dismissed him with his sharp bowling. This was Ashwin’s 450th Test wicket.
Ashwin Sri Lanka’s great player Muralidharan and India’s brilliant spinner Anil Kumble are third in the list of bowlers with the most 450 wickets. Alex Carey made a quick 53 run partnership with Peter Handscomb for the 7th wicket. Before that, Australian captain Pat Cummins won the toss and decided to bat first.
Indian bowlers had made a jolt to Australia’s first 2 wickets by scoring only 2 runs. However, after that, the Australian batsmen didn’t let any wicket fall till lunch but after lunch, Ravindra Jadeja made a fantastic show by taking 3 wickets and put Australia on the backfoot. In the end, Ashwin got Alex Carey out and gave the sixth jolt to the Australian team.
