Team India is 145 runs ahead of Australia in the 5th Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. On Saturday, the team scored 141 runs for the loss of 6 wickets till the end of the second day of the Sydney Test. Before the tea break, Australia was all out for 181 runs in the first innings. Here India got a lead of 4 runs in the first innings. The Indian team had scored 185 runs in the first innings. In this match, Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant entertained the Indian fans a lot with his batting. He opened his account in the second innings with a six, took the team’s score past 100 runs with a six and completed his fifty with a six. At the same time, India’s regular captain Rohit Sharma is not playing in this match. Rohit came to give water to the fielding Indian team during the drinks break in the first session. 1. Pant opened the account with a six, also completed his half-century Rishabh Pant came to bat after Virat Kohli was out. On the second ball of the 14th over of India’s second innings, he faced the first ball of Scott Boland and opened his account with a six. He hit a six on the first ball of the 20th over bowled by Beau Webster and took the team’s score past 100 runs. Not only this, he also completed his fifty with a six. He completed his consecutive fifty with a six on the second ball of the 22nd over bowled by Mitchell Starc. He also hit a six on the third ball of the over. 2. Rohit became the 12th player Indian team’s regular captain Rohit Sharma has dropped himself from the Sydney Test. After this, Rohit came as the 12th player during the drinks break during the Australian innings in the first session on the second day to give water to the teammates. Rohit arrived with Sarfaraz Khan in the drinks break. During this, he was also seen talking to Jasprit Bumrah, who was captaining the match, and wicketkeeper-batsman Pant. 3. Kohli again got out on an off side ball Indian star batsman Virat Kohli was seen struggling in this entire series. He scored 190 runs in 5 matches. During this, he was out on a ball going outside the off side in 8 out of 9 innings. He was also out on the same ball in the second innings of the Sydney Test. In the 14th over, Scott Boland got him caught by Steve Smith. He was out at second slip on the ball of off stump. Here Kohli was out after scoring 6 runs. After this, he looked very disappointed while returning to the pavilion. 4. Yashasvi caught a flying catch Yashasvi Jaiswal took a brilliant catch in Australia’s first innings. The Kangaroo team lost the 9th wicket in the 48th over. Prasidh Krishna bowled a bouncer on the off side. Beau Webster did not expect the ball to bounce so much, so he played it softly. The ball hit the outer edge of the bat and went to the gully to the right of Jaiswal. He jumped in the air and caught the catch with both hands. 5. Jadeja got a lifeline, Smith-Khwaja missed the catch In the 31st over, Indian batsman Ravindra Jadeja got a lifeline. Smith-Khwaja dropped the catch on the third ball of Beau Webster’s over. Actually, the ball was going to Usman Khawaja standing at first slip, but Steve Smith dived from the second slip. The ball deflected after hitting his hand and the catch was dropped. 6. Jaiswal hit 4 fours in Starc’s first over Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal gave the Indian team a quick start in the second innings. He hit four fours on the ball of Australian pacer Mitchell Starc, who was bowling the first over. ——————————————— Also read this sports news… India ahead by 145 runs in Sydney Test: Pant scored a fifty at a strike rate of 184 India is 145 runs ahead of Australia in the 5th Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. On Saturday, the team scored 141 runs after losing 6 wickets by the end of the second day’s play. Ravindra Jadeja returned unbeaten on 8 and Washington Sundar on 6 runs. Read the full news…
