Published 18:21 IST, January 14th 2020

Alex Carey suffers a heart in the mouth moment while making a difficult catch look easy

Alex Carey seemed to have his heart in the mouth while making a difficult catch look easy to dismiss Mohammed Shami during the first ODI at the Wankhede Stadium

Reported by: Karthik Nair
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Alex Carey took a brilliant catch in follow-through after it seemed that he had almost popped it out of his hands during first ODI against Australia at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday. 

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This had happened in final over of Indian innings which was bowled by Kane Richardson. On very first ball, pacer had bowled had bowled a back of length delivery on straight line as Mohammed Shami looked to hit it into stands. However, he could t time ball well as it went a long way up in air. 

Wicket-keeper Alex Carey had called for it straight away and went after ball. He did man to take catch but ball was between his chest and gloves as youngster still held on to it firmly despiting tumbling.  video was posted by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on ir official Twitter handle.

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Australia rattle India out for 255

Taking on Australia in first ODI of three-match series at Wankhede, India ended ir first innings with 255 runs at loss of 10 wickets. After being put to bat first by Aussies, India lost an early wicket of Rohit Sharma and got off to a slow start with KL Rahul and Shikhar Dhawan stitching an important partnership. However, KL Rahul missed out on his half-century by just three runs and soon after that Pat Cummins bagged wicket of Shikhar Dhawan who was highest scorer for Indian team with 74 runs. 

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Skipper Kohli came out to bat at number four, a position which he has come in at only for second time since 2015. change in batting order did t help hosts as even Kohli departed early without having any impact on game. Pant and Jadeja n stitched a partnership to steady innings for a short while. Once wicket of Jadeja fell while he was at 25, Rishabh Pant had a rar unfortunate dismissal at 28 as he fell to Pat Cummins. 

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18:21 IST, January 14th 2020