The veteran Indian opener, Rohit Sharma, who was standing at the second slip, pulled off a stunning low catch as he dived full stretch to send back his Australian counterpart, David Warner in the first over of the ongoing fourth Test At Gabba in Brisbane. Mohammed Siraj bowled a length delivery that seemed a bit off the wicket and took the edge of Warner’s bat, as he was looking to defend the ball.
Rohit, who had dropped a dolly in the previous Test off Jasprit Bumrah, made no mistake this time as he managed to catch the match to give India an early breakthrough. Here is the video of the catch:
https://twitter.com/KirketVideos/status/1349870824120078336?s=20
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) took to Twitter to term the effort by Rohit as “stunning”.
Siraj strikes!#TeamIndia waste no time as @ImRo45 takes a stunning low catch in the slips. Siraj gets the wicket in just his first over! Warner is back in the hut for 1. #AUSvIND
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— BCCI (@BCCI) January 15, 2021
Tweeting the picture of Rohit Sharma taking the phenomenal diving catch, BCCI wrote: “Siraj strikes! #TeamIndia waste no time as @ImRo45 takes a stunning low catch in the slips. Siraj gets the wicket in just his first over! Warner is back in the hut for 1. #AUSvIND”.
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Earlier, the Australian skipper, Tim Paine won the toss and opted to bat in the final Test of the 4-match series at the Gabba. The visiting team had to make as many as four forced changes due to injuries to their stars from the Sydney Test. T Natarajan and Washington Sundar were handed debuts.
Sundar, Mayank Agarwal, Shardul Thakur, and Natarajan came into the playing XI to replace the likes of Ravindra Jadeja, Hanuma Vihari, Ravichandran Ashwin, and Jasprit Bumrah.
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The four-match series is currently leveled at 1-1 after India pulled off a hard-fought draw at the Sydney Cricket Ground as the visitors batted 131 overs to save the game.
