Nathan Lyon celebrates with teammates after taking a wicket on Day 2 of the 2nd Test between India and Australia in New Delhi on February 18, 2023
| Photo Credit: V.V. Krishnan
Okay.L. Rahul’s unhealthy patch continued whereas Cheteshwar Pujara had a forgettable first innings outing in his one hundredth Test as premier Australian spinner Nathan Lyon lowered India to 88 for 4 at lunch on day two of (*4*)the second Test right here on Saturday.
Only skipper Rohit Sharma (32) appeared in good contact as a classic Lyon (11-1-25-4) was in his aspect, troubling the top-order repeatedly.
The Kotla monitor had a bit extra tempo off the monitor in comparison with Jamtha and therefore Lyon’s deliveries at occasions hurried the batters. Also giving a bit extra air created doubts within the minds of the batters.
Rahul fails to impress
Rahul (17), who survived two DRS appeals by Australia, was trapped leg-before as Lyon tossed one from around the wicket and acquired it to deviate sufficient and discover his pads.
Rahul’s saga of failures continued and now a query could be requested whether or not the Indian workforce administration is being unfair by forcing Shubman Gill to chill his heels within the dugout.
Rohit appeared to hold from the place he had left within the first Test and was additionally taking part in the sweep shot to good impact. However he performed throughout the road to a straighter one from Lyon and was castled within the course of.
Pujara goes for a duck
Rarely has Pujara walked into bat amid such fanfare and 20,000-plus Kotla crowd chanting his title however his milestone match turned out to be some type of an anti-climax as he did not hassle the scorers.
In case of Pujara, it was one other flighted one and it turned again sufficient with the orthodox Rajkot man attempting to play a half ahead defensive stroke. The flip was sufficient for the umpire to boost his dreaded finger.
Coming again from harm, Shreyas Iyer (4) appeared assured in his transient keep at the crease however a stroke of unhealthy luck caused his downfall.
He performed one among his legs in direction of the leg-side and Peter Handscomb latched on to a reflex catch which wouldn’t get caught 9 out of 10 occasions. Handscomb really fumbled however the ball merely caught between his legs to see Iyer’s again.
At the break, Ravindra Jadeja (14 batting), one among India’s finest Test batters lately, was at the crease together with Virat Kohli (15 batting).
Scoreboard
Australia 1st Innings: 263 all out
India 1st Innings: (Overnight 21/0) Rohit Sharma b Lyon 32 KL Rahul lbw b Lyon 17 Cheteshwar Pujara lbw b Lyon 0 Virat Kohli batting 14 Shreyas Iyer c Handscomb b Lyon 4 Ravindra Jadeja batting 15 Extras: (B-4,LB-2) 6
Total: (For 4 wickets in 35 overs) 88
Fall of wickets: 1-46, 2-53, 3-54, 4-66.
Bowling: Pat Cummins 7-1-17-0, Matthew Kuhnemann 13-3-35-0, Nathan Lyon 11-1-25-4, Todd Murphy 4-1-5-0
