The first day of the Adelaide Test was played in the name of Australia. India won the toss and elected 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 had 2 lives in one. The floodlights were switched off during the Australian innings. The sticker came off Rahul’s bat during the shot. Kohli changed the stump bails. the top 10 moments from the first day…
1. KL Rahul didn’t catch any ball
Boland had Rahul surprised in his first over, but that ball became a no ball.
KL Rahul got two lives in the 8th over against the bowling of Scott Boland. Rahul was caught off the first ball. The on-field umpire declared it out, Rahul started coming back, Virat started coming to the ground to strike. Then the third umpire declared Boland’s ball void and Rahul was saved from elimination.
Rahul got a second life because of this. Usman Khawaja dropped his catch while slipping.
On the fifth ball of the same over, his catch was missed by Usman Khawaja. Boland threw a full-length ball. The ball hit the outside edge of Rahul’s bat and came into the hands of Usman Khawaja standing in the slip, it looked like it was going to be caught, but the ball slipped from Khawaja’s hands and fell. In the Jeevan Daan era, Rahul couldn’t even open his account, he scored 37 runs.
2. The game stopped because of the spotlight
After the lights went out, spectators turned on the flashlights on their mobiles.
The floodlights went out in the 18th over of the Australian round. At that moment all the fans turned on their cell phone torches. The field floodlights were switched off after Harshit Rana’s fifth ball, after which play had to be stopped for some time.
Indian players chat among themselves after the lights go out.
3. Rahul’s bat sticker was found
KL Rahul played an innings of 37 runs.
Mitchell Starc came to play in the 9th. He bowled the third ball outside off stump. Here, Rahul bowled a square and the ball went for a four. During the shot, a sticker came off Rahul’s bat, which fell in front of the pitch. After that, Rahul threw him out of the field.
4. Virat changed the stump attachments. After the end of Australia’s 29th batting, Virat Kohli changed the stump attachments. There was a good partnership here between Marnus Labuschagne and Nathan McSweeney. After which Virat changed the bails. However, it was of no use and the two did not return.
Virat shuffling the bells. (Photo-X)
5. Nitish has six on the reverse scoop
Nitish Reddy scored the highest score of 42 runs for India.
India scored 21 runs in the 42nd over of the bat. While playing a reverse scoop off Scott Boland’s second ball, Nitish hit a six off third man. He then hit a four towards the covers off the next ball. On the third ball of this over, he also hit a deep midwicket six. Earlier, in the 41st over, Nitish had also hit Starc for a six over the covers.
6. Pant has a bug in his eye
Rishabh Pant had a bug in his eye during Australia’s third innings. Here the fourth ball of the over was dropped by Khawaja, which Pant tried to catch with his gloves, but at the same time he got a bug in his eye and couldn’t catch the ball.
7. McSweeney’s catch was dropped by Pant-Rohit
Opener Nathan McSweeney was caught by Rohit for 1 run.
Australian opener Nathan McSweeney came back to life from the first ball of the 7th over. Jasprit Bumrah’s third ball took the outside edge of McSweeney’s bat and passed between the wicketkeeper and slip. 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 from the very first ball of the Adelaide Test. He went to throw the ball with Mitchell Starc’s swing, but the ball hit his pads. The Australian team appealed for LBW and the on-field umpire gave it. Yashasvi did not accept the exam and returned to the lodge.
9. McSweeney dropped Pant’s catch
Nathan McSweeney gave life to Rishabh Pant for 5 runs.
Nathan McSweeney dropped Rishabh Pant’s catch off the first ball of the 26th over. Here Boland bowled a full-length ball. On which Pant bowled. The ball went to McSweeney standing in the lane position. He dove, but couldn’t catch the catch. At that time, Pant was playing on 5 runs. Captain Rohit Sharma was out LBW on the fifth ball. He scored 3 points.
10. Cummins took the wicket off 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’ over. He couldn’t handle the extra bounce of the ball and was caught by Marnus Labuschagne at gully. Pant scored 21 runs.
Rohit Sharma started following trends on Google. Indian captain Rohit Sharma returned from Adelaide Test. He came to bat at number 6, but could only score 3 runs. As captain, he could not leave much impact even when changing bowling. After which it was searched a lot on Google. See Google Trends below
Source – Google Trends
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First day of day-night test takes place in Australia
Australia are in a strong position on the first day of the day-night Test in Adelaide. On Friday, India won the toss and elected to bat, but the team could only score 180 runs. At the end of the day, Australia had scored 86 runs after losing a wicket, trailing the team by 94 runs.