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Australia has reached a strong position on the second day of the Adelaide Test. The team scored 337 runs in the first innings. On the basis of which they got a lead of 157 runs. Travis Head scored 140 runs. Till stumps, India has lost 5 wickets for 128 runs in the second innings. The team is still 29 runs behind.
Many moments were seen on Saturday. Indian captain Rohit Sharma was out on no ball. Mitchell Marsh returned to the pavilion without being out. Head celebrated baby by scoring a century. India lost the review on the controversial decision of the third umpire.
Read the top 9 moments of the second day
1. Rohit out LBW on no ball
When Rohit was appealed for LBW out, he was batting on 2 runs.
Starc bowled 2 no balls in the 17th over. He also bowled Gill in this over. Starc bowled the third ball of the over at full length. The ball touched Rohit’s bat and hit the pad. The Australian team appealed and the umpire declared it out. Rohit took the review immediately. However, even before this the umpire had given this ball a no ball.
The umpire gave no ball to Starc’s ball.
2. Marsh returned to the pavilion without getting out
Replay video showed that the ball did not hit the bat.
India got the 5th wicket in the 64th over. Ravichandran Ashwin’s ball went into the gloves of wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant from close to the bat. Pant appealed strongly, but Ashwin did not show much interest. The field umpire also did not give out, but Mitchell Marsh himself returned to the pavilion. He felt that the ball had taken the outside edge of the bat. Later, replay video showed that the ball did not hit the bat.
3. Head’s baby celebration after century
Head did a baby celebration after scoring a century.
Travis Head scored 140 runs in the first innings. He scored the 8th century of his career. He dedicated this century to recently born baby Harrison. Head did a baby celebration after scoring a century. He hit 17 fours and 4 sixes in his innings.
4. Siraj missed the catch of Travis Head
Siraj jumped in the air but could not catch it.
Mohammad Siraj missed the catch of Travid Head on the fourth ball of the 68th over. Head played forward on Ashwin’s good length ball, but Siraj standing at mid-on could not catch it. Head had hit a six on the previous ball on the side screen.
5. Pant’s four on reverse
Rishabh Pant playing reverse shot.
Rishabh Pant started with fours in both the first and second innings. He hit a four on the reverse sweep on the third ball of the 17th over. Here Boland bowled a short length ball, which Pant sent over the slip for a four.
6. India lost the controversial review
In this photo it is clearly visible that the ball hit the pad before the bat.
Mitchell Marsh avoided being out in the 58th over. Marsh played the third ball of Ravichandran Ashwin’s over, which hit his pad, but the field umpire rejected the appeal. In such a situation, Indian captain Rohit Sharma took review. The third umpire upheld the field umpire’s decision due to lack of sufficient evidence. Controversy arose over this DRS.
7. Head hit a six, Siraj bowled the next ball.
After getting out, Siraj pointed his head towards the pavilion.
Australia lost the 7th wicket in the 82nd over. Here Travis Head was out after scoring 140 runs. He hit a six on the third ball of Siraj’s over, then Siraj bowled him on the very next ball. There was an altercation between Siraj and Head in this over.
Head bowled on Siraj’s yorker ball.
8. Pant did not try to catch
Rishabh Pant did not attempt to catch.
Head played a cover shot in the 69th over of Australia’s innings. On the fourth ball of the over, the ball took the outer edge of Head’s bat and passed between the wicketkeeper and slip. Here Rishabh Pant did not try to catch. If Pant had dived, it could have been a catch. Head was currently batting on 78 runs.
9. Bumrah got injured
Physio, examining Bumrah.
Bumrah got injured in the 20th over of his spell. Bumrah got a strain in his legs after bowling the third ball of the over. After this he sat on the ground, the physio came and examined Bumrah. However Bumrah completed his over.
