Published 12:33 IST, January 7th 2021
Wasim Jaffer tells India how to dismiss Will Pucovski, Navdeep Saini follows exact advice
Navdeep Saini seemed to have followed Wasim Jaffer's advice who identified and tweeted about Will Pucovski's weakness a couple of hours before his dismissal.
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Australian debutant Will Pucovski scored a resolute fifty on his international debut in India vs Australia 3rd Test at Syndey Cricket Ground. young batsman looked in great nick as he climbed his way to a fine half-century. Pucovski was also assisted by Indian wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant's sloppiness who gave away a couple of lifelines to right-hander by dropping him twice within a span of three overs.
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Navdeep Saini follows Wasim Jaffer's advice and brings down curtain on Will Pucovski's innings
However, Pucovski's luck rode out as he was dismissed by Indian debutant Navdeep Saini who trapped him in front of wicket for a well made 62 off 110 balls. Saini bowled a quick full delivery on Pucovski's pads who planted his front foot across but failed to bring his bat down in time. ball hit pads and Australian knew that he was gone for all money as soon as he missed ball. Pucovski didn't even wait to consult his partner as he started walking off.
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tably, just a couple of hours before Pucovski was dismissed, former Indian opener Wasim Jaffer had identified Australian opener's weakness of shuffling to offside and exposing his left pad. Jaffer advised Indian bowlers to target his stumps saying that one of balls can nip back in and trap him in front of wicket. Indian bowlers seemed to have followed advice of former Indian opener as Pucovski was dismissed exactly how Jaffer had predicted.
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Meanwhile, Australia mand to recover well after losing David Warner early on in innings. Debutant Will Pucovski and Marnus Labuschagne steadied ship and stitched a 100-run stand before former was dismissed. At time of publishing this article, Australia's scoreboard read 148/2 after 43 overs with Labuschagne batting on 56 and Smith unbeaten on 24. hosts will want duo to carry on and lay a solid foundation for batters to come and score big. On or hand, India will want to break ir partnership and restrict Australia to a low total because if both of m get going, visitors will completely be put on backfoot.
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SOURCE: WASIM JAFFER INSTAGRAM
12:33 IST, January 7th 2021