Ravindra Jadeja with teammates after the wicket of Australian batter Matthew Kuhnemann in the course of the third day of the 2nd check cricket match between India and Australia, at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, in New Delhi on February 19, 2023.
| Photo Credit: PTI
Australian batters paid the worth for some atrocious shot choice as Ravindra Jadeja’s career-best figures of seven for 42 put India on verge of one other massive victory on day three of the second Test right here on Sunday.
Starting the day at 61 for 1, Jadeja’s arm balls grew to become a deadly weapon as Australia had been bowled out for 113 inside the primary session, leaving India with a paltry victory goal of 115-run goal to go 2-0 up within the collection and in addition retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Any workforce that wins the earlier Border-Gavaskar collection wants to draw the following collection to retain the trophy. Australia misplaced 9 wickets for less than 52 runs and it was not the pitch however the tousled minds that led to their downfall for the second time within the collection.
At lunch, India had been 14 for 1 with out-of-form KL Rahul (1) as soon as once more being dismissed cheaply.
As many as 5 Australian batters went for the ugly slog sweep and a few tried non-existent reverse sweep off deliveries bowled on both off-middle or leg-middle line. They had been both bowled or leg earlier than within the course of because the deliveries began retaining low.
Ravichandran Ashwin (3/59) additionally performed the supporting act to perfection as eight Australian batters failed to attain double figures save in a single day pair of Travis Head (45) and Marnus Labschagne (35), who had briefly counter-attacked final night with some extent of success.
But all of it modified within the morning session as soon as Head acquired an off-break from Ashwin and the sting was picked up by Kona Bharat behind the stumps.
It is a cardinal mistake to play a sweep or reverse sweep off straighter ones or sliders if there isn’t sufficient bounce. The ball that trapped Steve Smith plumb in-front was on leg center and it was a good name.
Labuschagne, who seemed assured till then, went on backfoot to a supply that was supposed to be met on the front-foot with an enormous stride. The end result was the ball saved low and the batter was castled.
Matt Renshaw doesn’t have the approach or wherewithal to guts it out on these Indian dustbowls and he has been a ‘walking wicket’ for the house workforce.
Having changed a concussed David Warner, Renshaw went for a sweep off Ashwin when the ball saved actually low and the shot was not on.
The solely supply that was basic left-arm orthodox one was bowled to (*101*) Handscomb (0), the perfect batter within the first innings. Jadeja, for a change, tossed it up and drew him ahead earlier than it turned away sufficient to get an outdoor edge into Virat Kohli’s palms.
Pat Cummins’s ugly slog sweep shot was more out of anger and frustration quite than function and Matt Kuhnemann, whereas giving Jadeja his seventh wicket, seemed as clueless as attainable.
Scoreboard
Australia 2nd Innings: Usman Khawaja c Iyer b Jadeja 6 Travis Head c Bharat b Ashwin 43 Marnus Labuschagne b Jadeja 35 Steven Smith lbw b Ashwin 9 Matt Renshaw lbw b Ashwin 2 (*101*) Handscomb c Kohli b Jadeja 0 Alex Carey b Jadeja 7 Pat Cummins b Jadeja 0 Nathan Lyon b Jadeja 8 Todd Murphy not out 3 Matthew Kuhnemann b Jadeja 0 Extras: 0Â
Total: (All out in 31.1 overs) 113
Fall of wickets: 1/23 2/65 3/85 4/95 5/95 6/95 7/95 8/110 9/113 10/113
Bowling: Ravichandran Ashwin 16-3-59-3, Mohammed Shami 2-0-10-0, Ravindra Jadeja 12.1-1-42-7, Axar Patel 1-0-2-0.
India 2nd Innings (Target: 115 runs) Rohit Sharma batting 12 KL Rahul c Carey b Lyon 1 Cheteshwar Pujara batting 1 Extras: 0
Total: (For 1 wicket in 4 overs) 14
Fall of wickets: 1/6Â
Bowling: Matthew Kuhnemann 2-0-12-0, Nathan Lyon 2-1-2-1.
