India on cusp of winning 2nd Test against Australia at MCG
29 December, 2020
India needs just 70 runs to gain the second cricket Check at the Melbourne Cricket Ground after bowling Australia out for 200 found in its second innings at lunch on Tuesday’s fourth moment of play.
Debutant pace bowler Mohammed Siraj took 3-37, including claiming two of the several wickets to fall on Tuesday’s opening session.
Australia’s tail wagged after resuming on Tuesday in a good desperate position of 133-6, a standard lead of two works. However, with the initial six wickets dropping for 99 runs, it had been always going to come to be an uphill job for Australia to create a competitive target.
India’s decision to have the second new ball after 80 overs was an effective move, with a good breakthrough coming in the 83rd over. Pat Cummins fended a bouncer from Jasprit Bumrah to second slip and was trapped for 22 at 156-7, ending a 57-work stand with Cameron Green.
Second-gamer Green, 21, scored a stylish 45 before he pulled a short ball from Siraj to mid-wicket at 177-8.
Facing some bouncers, Nathan Lyon was captured lurking behind off the bowling of Siraj with yet another eight runs put into the tally.
Josh Hazlewood played very little shot and was bowled by Ashwin (2-71) for eight, with Mitchell Starc remaining stranded on 14. It had been the 1st time in the series Australia possessed were able to reach 200 works within an innings as its batsmen continue to flounder.
Australia’s batting collapse about Mon came despite Umesh Yadav limping away with a calf-muscle damage midway through his fourth more than.
Matthew Wade scored a gritty 40 before spinner Ravindra Jadeja (2-28) made a vital breakthrough by trapping the opener leg before wicket.
Australia then slumped to 99-6 after suffering a middle-purchase collapse, losing 3 wickets for just one run like the dismissal of Tim Paine, who was simply caught behind off the bowling of Jadeja, carrying out a video review.
Source: www.daily-sun.com