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The first day of the Adelaide Test was in the name of Australia. India won the toss and chose to bat, the team was all out for 180 runs. Mitchell Starc took 6 wickets. Till stumps, Australia scored 86 runs losing 1 wicket.
Many moments were seen on Friday. KL Rahul got 2 lives in one over. The flood lights were switched off during Australia’s innings. The sticker came off from Rahul’s bat while playing the shot. Kohli changed the stump ball. Read the top-10 moments of the first day…
1. KL Rahul caught on no ball
Boland had Rahul caught out in his first over, but this ball became a no ball.
KL Rahul got two lives on the ball of Scott Boland in the 8th over. Rahul was caught out on the first ball. The field umpire declared him out, Rahul started returning, Virat started coming towards the ground to bat. Then the third umpire declared Boland’s ball a no ball and Rahul was saved from being out.
Rahul got a second lease of life in this over. Usman Khawaja dropped his catch at slip.
On the fifth ball of the same over, his catch was missed by Usman Khawaja. Boland bowled a full length ball. The ball hit the outer edge of Rahul’s bat and went into the hands of Usman Khawaja standing in the slip, it seemed that it would be caught, but the ball slipped out of Khawaja’s hands and fell down. At the time of Jeevan Daan, Rahul could not even open his account, he scored 37 runs.
2. Play stopped due to floodlights
After the lights were switched off, the spectators switched on the flashlights of their mobiles.
The floodlights were switched off in the 18th over. At this time all the fans switched on the torch of their mobiles. The flood lights of the grounds were switched off after the fifth ball of Harshit Rana’s over, after which the game had to be stopped for some time.
Indian players talking among themselves after the floodlights were switched off.
3. The sticker of Rahul’s bat was found
KL Rahul played an inning of 37 runs.
Mitchell Starc came to bowl in the 9th over. He bowled the third ball of this over outside the off stump. Here Rahul played a square cut and the ball went for a four. While playing the shot, a sticker came off from Rahul’s bat, which fell in front of the pitch. After this Rahul threw him out of the pitch.
4. Virat changed the bails of the stumps After the end of the 29th over of Australia’s batting, Virat Kohli changed the wickets of the stumps. Here there was a good partnership between Marnus Labuschagne and Nathan McSweeney. After which Virat changed the bails. However, it was of no use and both returned not out.
Virat while shuffling the balls.
5. Nitish’s six on reverse scoop
Nitish Reddy scored the highest score of 42 runs for India.
India scored 21 runs in the 42nd over of batting. While playing a reverse scoop shot on the second ball of this over from Scott Boland, Nitish hit a six over third man. He then hit a four on the very next ball towards the covers. On the third ball of this over, he also hit a six over deep midwicket. Earlier, in the 41st over, Nitish had also hit Starc for a six over the covers.
6. Pant got a bug in his eye
Rishabh Pant got an insect in his eye in the third over of the Indian innings. Here, the fourth ball of the over was left left by Khawaja, which Pant tried to catch with his gloves, but at the same time he got an insect in his eye and he could not catch the ball.
7. McSweeney’s catch dropped from Pant-Rohit
Opener Nathan McSweeney was caught by Rohit on 1 run.
Australian opener Nathan McSweeney got a lease of life on the first ball of the 7th over. The third ball of Jasprit Bumrah’s over took the outer edge of McSweeney’s bat and went between the wicketkeeper and slip. Both Pant and Rohit tried to catch it, but missed the catch.
8. Jaiswal out on the first ball of the match
Perth Test centurion Jaiswal was out for zero in this match.
Yashasvi Jaiswal was out on the very first ball of the Adelaide Test. He went to flick the ball coming in with the swing of Mitchell Starc, but the ball hit his pads. The Australian team appealed for LBW and the field umpire gave it out. Yashasvi did not take the review and returned to the pavilion.
9. McSweeney dropped Pant’s catch
Nathan McSweeney gave life to Rishabh Pant on 5 runs.
Nathan McSweeney dropped the catch of Rishabh Pant on the first ball of the 26th over. Here Boland bowled a full length ball. On which Pant drove. The ball went to McSweeney standing in alley position. He dived, but could not catch the catch. At this time Pant was playing on 5 runs. Captain Rohit Sharma was out LBW on the fifth ball of this over. He scored 3 runs.
10. Cummins took wicket on a bouncer
Rishabh Pant was out after scoring 21 runs.
India’s sixth wicket fell in the 33rd over. Wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant was out on the 5th ball of Pat Cummins’s over. He could not handle the extra bounce of the ball and was caught by Marnus Labuschagne at gully. Pant scored 21 runs.
