After getting bundled out for 244 runs in the first innings, the premier Indian fast bowler, Jasprit Bumrah dismissed both Australian openers Matthew Wade and Joe Burns, helping the visitors to reach dinner on Day 2 with increased confidence. While Bumrah deserved garnered a lot of praises for his bowling, his error in judgment near the boundary just moments before the dinner break denied the team a crucial wicket of Marnus Labuschagne.
The incident took place in the penultimate over of the first session when Shami delivered a brilliant short-pitch ball to Labuschagne. The Australian batsman top-edged it straight to Bumrah at the fine-leg boundary. The ball went to Bumrah at a pretty catchable height but the fast bowler unaware of where the ropes were made a complete mess and it rolled over the fence giving Australia an easy boundary.
Here’s the video of the incident:
Dropped! Labuschagne gets a life on 12! #AUSvIND live: https://t.co/LGCJ7zSdrY pic.twitter.com/ooHxon8aCE
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) December 18, 2020
Earlier, resuming their innings on the overnight score of 233 for six, India lost the last four wickets for just 11 runs, with Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc both taking a couple of wickets each to their already impressive tally on Day 2. Starc ended with four wickets for 53 runs while Cummins finished with three wickets.
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India started their bowling with Umesh Yadav instead of Mohammed Shami and that became a huge talking point on social media. While Umesh bowled back-to-back maiden overs upfront, he couldn’t force the batsmen to play the balls as most of his deliveries were wide of off stump.
Shami, coming in as a first-change bowler, started causing Australian openers some trouble. He bowled in great tandem with Bumrah and the latter trapped Wade and Burns’ leg before within a couple of overs.
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Australia was down to 35/2 at the end of the first session on Day 2. However, things could have been worse for the hosts had Bumrah held onto that catch at the fence but he would hope to make up for that with his bowling in the remaining sessions.
