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The first day of the Adelaide Test was in the name of Australia. India won the toss and chose to bat, but were all out for 180 runs. Mitchell Starc took 6 wickets. Till stumps, Australia has scored 86 runs after losing 1 wicket.
Many moments were seen on Friday. KL Rahul got 2 lives in one over. The flood lights were switched off during Australia’s innings. The sticker came off from Rahul’s bat while playing the shot. Kohli changed the stump bails. Read the top-10 moments of the first day…
1. KL Rahul out on no ball
Boland had Rahul caught out in his first over, but this ball became a no ball.
KL Rahul got two lives on the ball of Scott Boland in the 8th over. Rahul was caught out on the first ball. The field umpire declared him out, Rahul started returning, while Virat started coming towards the ground to bat. Then the third umpire declared Boland a no ball and Rahul was saved from getting out.
Rahul got a second lease of life in this over. Usman Khawaja dropped his catch at slip.
On the fifth ball of the same over, his catch was missed by Usman Khawaja. Boland bowled a full length ball. The ball hit the outer edge of Rahul’s bat and went into the hands of Usman Khawaja standing at slip, it seemed that it would be caught. But the ball left Khawaja’s hands and fell down.
2. Flood lights switched off during the match
After the lights were switched off, the spectators switched on the torches of their mobiles.
The flood lights went off in the 18th over. At this time all the fans switched on the torch of their mobiles. The flood lights of the grounds were switched off after the fifth ball of Rana’s over, after which the game was stopped for some time.
Indian players talking among themselves after the flood lights were switched off.
3. A sticker came off Rahul’s bat
KL Rahul played an inning of 37 runs.
Starc came to bowl in the 9th over. He bowled the third ball of this over outside the off stump. Here Rahul played a square cut shot. The ball went for a four. While playing the shot, a sticker came off from Rahul’s bat, which fell in front of the pitch. After this Rahul gave it to the umpire.
4. Virat changed the stumps bails After the end of the 29th over, Virat Kohli made changes to the stumps’ bails. Here there was a good partnership between Labuschagne and Nathan McSweeney. After which Virat changed the bails.
Virat while shuffling the bells.
5. Nitish’s reverse six
Nitish Reddy scored the highest score of 42 runs for India.
21 runs came in the 42nd over. While playing a reverse sweep shot on the second ball of this over from Boland, Nitish hit a six over third man. After this, he hit a four over the covers on the very next ball. On the third ball of this over, he hit a six over deep midwicket.
Earlier, in the 41st over, Nitish took Starc to 150 runs by hitting a six over cover.
6. Pant got a bug in his eye
Pant got an insect in his eye in the third over of the Indian innings. Here the fourth ball of the over was left left by Khawaja, which Pant tried to catch with his gloves but at the same time he got a bug in his eye and he could not catch the ball.
7. McSweeney’s catch dropped from Pant-Rohit
Opener Nathan McSweeney was caught by Rohit on 1 run.
Australian opener Nathan McSweeney got a lease of life on the first ball of the 7th over. The third ball of Jasprit Bumrah’s over took the outer edge of McSweeney’s bat and went between the wicketkeeper and slip. Both Pant and Rohit tried unsuccessfully to catch it.
8. Jaiswal out on the first ball of the match
Perth Test centurion Jaiswal was out for zero in this match.
Yashasvi Jaiswal was out on the very first ball in the Adelaide Test. Before he could understand the ball coming in with the swing of Mitchell Starc, the ball hit his pad. The Australian team appealed for LBW and the field umpire gave him out. Yashasvi had to return to the pavilion.
9. McSweeney dropped Pant’s catch
Nathan McSweeney gave life to Rishabh Pant on 5 runs.
Nathan McSweeney dropped the catch of Rishabh Pant on the first ball of the 26th over. Here Boland bowled a full length ball. On which Pant played a drive shot. The ball went to McSweeney standing in the lane area. He dived, but could not catch the catch. At this time Pant was playing on 5 runs.
Captain Rohit Sharma was out LBW on the fifth ball of this over. He scored 3 runs.
10. Cummins took wicket on a bouncer
Rishabh Pant was out after scoring 21 runs.
India’s sixth wicket fell in the 33rd over. Wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant was out on the 5th ball of Pat Cummins’s over. He could not handle the extra bounce of the ball and was caught by Marnus Labuschagne at gully. Pant scored 21 runs.