India on Saturday overwhelmed Australia by an innings and 132 runs within the first Check of the four-match collection on the Vidarbha Cricket Affiliation Stadium in Nagpur. Ravichandran Ashwin claimed a five-wicket haul, Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Shami took two apiece as India bundled out Australia for 91 runs within the visitors’ second innings. Earlier, Rohit Sharma‘s 120 and Axar Patel‘s 84 steered the hosts to 400 all out, serving to the facet take a first-innings lead of 223 runs. India had bundled out Australia for 177 after visiting skipper Pat Cummins opted to bat first within the recreation.
Australia have been by no means actually within the recreation as India dominated all through. Some poor fielding efficiency added to the problems of the visitors. Scott Boland dropping Mohammed Shami’s catch at long-on might be one of many telling examples.
On the fourth ball of the 122nd over, Nathan Lyon bowled a supply round good size space to Shami, who determined to go for an enormous one. Given the connection was not good, the ball went excessive into the air with Boland getting beneath it at long-on.
To everybody’s shock, Boland dropped what was a regulation catch.
Defending him in the course of the English commentary, former Australia batter Matthew Hayden identified that the shade of the stand on the facet of the bottom performed a key function in making the catch troublesome for Boland.
“You’ve got that shaded space. Ball goes excessive by means of that and drops into that shaded space. The distinction (places) some issue within the eyelines,” stated Hayden.
Reacting to it, former India cricketer and ex-coach Ravi Shastri stated: “Is that an excuse Haydos? For a catch like that at this degree.”
“No method,” stated Hayden in reply.
The dropped catch proved pricey for Australia as Shami, who was then batting on 6, went on to attain 37 runs off 47 balls, taking part in an important function in serving to India submit an enormous whole of their solely innings within the match.
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