Indian cricket crew at Melbourne Cricket Floor throughout Boxing Day Check vs Australia.© AFP
After the conclusion of play on Day 2 of the Melbourne Check between Australia and India, all-rounder Washington Sundar expressed confidence within the crew’s capacity to stage a comeback on the third day of the continued Boxing Day Check match. The ultimate hour of Day 2 was filled with dramatic twists and turns. Catastrophe struck the guests in fast succession late within the day. Jaiswal was run out for 82 after a mix-up with Kohli, who appeared caught ball-watching as each batters ended up on the identical finish.
The setback appeared to unsettle Kohli’s focus. After a disciplined show of leaving deliveries exterior the off stump, he fell to his previous nemesis, edging a ball whereas fishing exterior off and departing cheaply.
From a promising 153/2, India slumped to 164/5 by stumps, dropping nightwatchman Akash Deep for a duck as nicely. Rohit Sharma’s aspect trailed Australia by 310 runs, with 111 extra required to keep away from the follow-on.
“We’ll nonetheless come again and proceed to combat tomorrow morning. The vitality is superb within the dressing room. We’re all constructive. There’s a very long time left within the game–three days and plenty of overs to play. Will probably be nearly us attempting to combat actually arduous and get issues carried out for the crew. We seemed like we had been in a great place to get large runs, particularly when Virat Kohli and Yashasvi Jaiswal had been batting,” Sundar stated within the post-day press convention, as quoted by the ICC.
With three days remaining, all three outcomes are nonetheless potential. Nevertheless, India face an uphill battle to retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and maintain their hopes of reaching the World Check Championship Closing alive.
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