London: The fielding performance in the final of the ICC Test Championship was below average. Even easy catches were dropped by the fielders. Furthermore, the umpire ruled that the two wickets that Pat Cummins should have taken were no balls.
Cummins lost the wickets of top scorer Ajinkya Rahane (89) and half-century scorer Shardul Thakur (51). Australian all-rounder Cameron Greene took a brilliant catch. Rahane, who was on his way to a century, was returned by Green with an incredible catch.
Rahane, who batted the entire first session, was trapped by Pat Cummins at the start of the second session. At 142 kmph, the ball tried to punch Rahane. But the ball with an edge to Green’s hands was fielding in the groove. Green dropped the ball to his right with one hand in the blink of an eye. Watch the video…
Australia have a first innings of 173 runs. India were bowled out for 269 runs against the Aussies’ 469 at Kennington Oval. Apart from Rahane and Shardul, Ravindra Jadeja (48) also helped India with the batting. Pat Cummins took three wickets. Earlier, after losing the toss and bat, the Aussies were led by centuries from Travis Head (163) and Steven Smith (121). Mohammad Siraj took four wickets.
Siraj beat the Aussies
Earlier, the Aussies, who topped with a score of 327/3, were all out for 469 after lunch on the second day. At lunch on the second day, the Aussies were defending on 406 for the loss of seven wickets, but Alex Carey and Pat Cummins scored 450, but the Australian’s fight ended when Carey was dropped by Jadeja, Cummins, Lyon and Siraj. The Aussies lost the wickets of Travis Head who scored a century on the first day, Steve Smith who reached a century on the second day, Cameron Green and Mitchell Starc in the first session on the second day. Siraj took four wickets for India while Shardul and Shami took two wickets each.
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Last Updated June 9, 2023, 8:15 PM IST
