Pat Cummins eliminates Mayank Agarwal from delivery with a peach.
Key sentence:
- Team India continued to thwart the early threat posed by the pair of Mitchell Starc as well as Josh Hazlewood.
- It seemed as though Agarwal was letting loose as he hit a lofted shot off Starc mostly on the offside once the original burst was over.
- Agarwal has got his eye in via the time but was still beaten due to the movement off the pitch; it was seam bowling at its very best.
- Considering the fact that India is playing its first-ever pink ball test match in Australia.
Team India continued to thwart the early threat posed by the pair of Mitchell Starc as well as Josh Hazlewood, despite losing the wicket of Prithvi Shaw in the very first over of the match.
A perfect start by openers:
Opener Mayank Agarwal, as well as number 3 Cheteshwar Pujara from India, kept a cool head and delved deep in their reserves to face the challenge raised by the controlled new ball pair from Australia.
The short delivery and the probing line outside the off stump disturbed both batsmen, but they showed great defensive skills to hold the Aussie pacers at bay and did not enable them to make more inroads early on.
Agarwal is an Attacking batsman:
It seemed as though Agarwal was letting loose as he hit a lofted shot off Starc mostly on the offside once the original burst was over. Agarwal is a batsman who can very easily shift gears and also get runs with his variety of attacking shots.
But when Pat Cummins bowled a peach of a delivery to get rid of him, his innings were nipped in the bud. Agarwal became undone by a ball that moved sharply after pitching and reached the top of the centre and off stump, batting on 17 of 39 balls.
Agarwal and Pujara trying to endure the first session:
As Agarwal has got his eye in via the time but was still beaten due to the movement off the pitch, it was seam bowling at its very best. As Agarwal, as well as Pujara, were trying to survive the first session, Cummins, renowned for his ability to extract movement from the surface, provided the Aussies with a much-needed wicket. Had they accomplished the goal, the visitors would have set a great foundation.
India’s first-ever pink ball test match:
Considering the fact that India is playing its first-ever pink ball test match in Australia, Indian captain Virat Kohli had previously won the toss as well as elected to bat first in what was a very brave and optimistic decision.
