Published 13:41 IST, February 9th 2023
Ravindra Jadeja bamboozles Steve Smith, leaves Australia batsman shellshocked; WATCH
Ravindra Jadeja dismissed Steve Smith with a peach of a delivery during the 1st innings of the 1st test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Nagpur.
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Ravindra Jadeja, who made his comeback after injury in 1st Test match of Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia, left former Aussie skipper Steve Smith shell shocked with his peach of a delivery. ball kept low and held its line and went to hit on off stump.
Watch Ravindra jadeja's dream delivery
Coming to match, Australian skipper Pat Cummins won toss and opted to bat first but decision seemed to have backfired as Aussies lost important wickets of ir openers David Warner and Usman khawaja inside first three overs. Mohammad Siraj dismissed Usman Khawaja in his first delivery and Mohammaed Shami dismissed David Warner with an absolute beauty in 1st delivery of his second over.
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Steve smith and Marnus Labushagne played defensively after losing Australia's opening batters and Australia survived furr dam and ended 1st session on 76/2. It was a wicket riot in from start of 2nd innings as Ravindra Jadeja dismissed Marnus Labushagne and Matt Renshaw in two consecutive deliveries and Steve Smith soon followed m as he also gave away his wicket to Ravindra Jadeja. Steve Smith mand to score 37 runs before falling to hands of star Indian all-rounder.
Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Full squads
India's squad (first two Tests): Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul (vc), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KS Bharat, Ishan Kishan, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Suryakumar Yadav.
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Australia's squad: Pat Cummins (c), Ashton Agar, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Peter Handscomb, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Lance Morris, Todd Murphy, Matw Renshaw, Steve Smith (vc), Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, David Warner.
13:14 IST, February 9th 2023