Australia missed 5 chances to dismiss Ajinkya Rahane and Shardul Thakur (pc: AFP)
New Delhi. Ajinkya Rahane and Shardul Thakur became the wall of Team India. At one point in the final of the World Test Championship, India was in danger of a follow-on, but Rahane, along with Shardul Thakur, averted India’s danger. At one time India had lost 4 big wickets in the form of Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli for 71 runs.
Australia’s enthusiasm had increased after seeing the condition of India, but their enthusiasm did not last long. Rahane and Thakur were at the crease in such a way that pressure was created on Australia. In this affair, he made the 5 biggest mistakes.
- When Rahane was batting on 72, he missed the catch off Pat Cummins. The edge of Rahane’s bat hit the ball of Cummins. Alex Carey made a light move, which made Warner feel that he was moving forward for the catch, but on the last occasion, Carey left the ball for Warner and then Warner also missed the catch.
- Even before this, Shardul Thakur’s catch was missed 2 times. When Shardul was on 0, at that time his catch was missed by Usman Khawaja on the third slip off Boland.
- After this, when Thakur was on 8, Green dropped his catch off Pat Cummins. After this, Thakur supported Rahane very well.
- Thakur got his third life on the ball of Cummins in the first session on the third day. He was given out LBW on the fourth ball of the 60th over, but Pat Cummins made a mistake here and bowled a no ball.
- Earlier on the second day, Rahane also survived LBW on no ball. That ball was also of Pat Cummins. At that time he was only on 17 runs.
Source: www.tv9hindi.com
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