Published 10:49 IST, December 19th 2020
Fans in utter disbelief as Team India suffer a dramatic batting collapse on Day 3
The fans were in utter disbelief as Team India suffered a dramatic batting collapse on Day 3 of the first Test match against Australia at the Adelaide Oval
Team India suffered a dramatic batting collapse on Day 3 of the first Test at the Adelaide Oval as they ended up losing five wickets by adding only 10 runs to their overnight score. The visitors are setting a target for the Australians getting 53-run first innings lead.
India suffer a dramatic batting collapse
India were expected to see off the new ball and build their innings in the afternoon session of Day 3, but that was not to be as Australia's new-ball bowlers had other plans which they executed perfectly. First, it was Pat Cummins who removed the night-watchman Jasprit Bumrah who ended up giving a return catch to his Australian counterpart.
The Indian team's rock-solid middle-order was badly exposed as Cheteshwar Pujara and Test vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane failed to trouble the scorers. Even opener Mayank Agarwal who looked set out in the middle with a 40-ball 9 was caught behind by Tim Paine off Josh Hazlewood. Kohli & Co. lost four wickets without adding any runs as the wickets column was needlessly bloated away from 15/1 to 15/5.
The onus was now on the Indian skipper Virat Kohli to bail his team out of the situation. He made a statement by hitting a boundary but was dismissed on the very next delivery from Pat Cummins as debutant Camron Green took a blinder at the point.
Even the passionate cricket fans were shell-shocked after watching the Indian batting collapse. Here are a few of the reactions.
India have now been reduced to 26/7 with wicket-keeper batsman Wriddhiman Saha and Ravichandran Ashwin being the last recognized pair.
Updated 10:49 IST, December 19th 2020