From the first day of the Sydney Test against India, Australia has taken hold. In the fifth match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, India were bowled out for 185 in the first innings, although Australia had lost one wicket and scored 9 runs at stumps.
A At the same time, Rishabh Pant (40 runs) was the highest scorer in the first innings for India. He was hit twice by Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc during the match. Meanwhile, the match had to be stopped for some time. Pant hit a six in his innings, which landed on the side screen. A ladder had to be used to take it down. Read the top moments of the first day…
1. Fierce brawl between Constas and Bumrah
In the last over of the first day of the Sydney Test, Indian captain Bumrah and Australian opener Sam Constance had a heated brawl. As Bumrah was running up to bowl the fifth ball of the over, Usman Khawaja was on strike, unprepared and asked Bumrah to stop. This led to Bumrah being visibly angry, after which Konstas, who was on a non-strike, started arguing with him. After this the umpire comes and intervenes. On the next ball, the last ball of the over, Bumrah gets Khawaja caught out by KL Rahul in the slip.
2. Pant hits a six, the ball goes to the side screen Rishabh Pant hit the first six of the Indian innings. He hit the third ball of Beau Webster over the bowler in the 46th over. The ball went to the side screen, a ladder had to be used to get the ball down.
3. Pante hits Starc's ball twice
- In the 35th over, Rishabh Pant was hit by Mitchell Starc's ball on his left arm. Starc bowled the third ball of the over a good length on the stumps, which hit Pant's left arm. After this, the medical team came to the field and examined Pant's injury. However, Pant started batting again after some time.
Pant and medical staff after the injury.
Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc is now asking after the ball.
4. Gill lost his wicket on the last ball of the first session
Shubman Gill scored 20 runs off 64 balls. He was caught out by Steve Smith to Nathan Lyon.
India lost the third wicket on the last ball of the first session. Here Shubman Gill got out after scoring 20 runs. He came forward to play the last ball of Nathan Lyon's over, but the ball went to Steve Smith who was fielding at slip adjacent to the outside edge of the bat.
5. Kohli survives being dismissed on the first ball
Steve Smith (left) and Australia players celebrate Kohli's wicket. However, the third umpire declared him not out.
Virat Kohli got a lifeline on the very first ball of his innings. Boland bowled the 5th ball of the 8th over to a good length near the off stump. Kohli went to defend on this, but it hit the outside edge of the bat. At second slip, Smith dived to his right and took a one-handed catch, but the third umpire said the ball touched the ground while Smith was taking the catch.
6. Yashaswi opened Team India's account with four
Yashaswi Jaiswal opened the Indian team's account with a four in the match. In the first over, he hit a four off the third ball of Mitchell Starc's over, who was bowling with the new ball. Yashaswi scored 10 runs in 26 balls in his innings.
7. Shastri-Mark Taylor presented the trophy
Former Indian player-head coach Ravi Shastri and former Australian captain Mark Taylor with the trophy.
Before the toss, former Indian player-head coach Ravi Shastri and former Australian captain Mark Taylor came onto the field with the trophy (Border-Gavaskar Trophy). Ravi Shastri has posted the photo of this moment on social media. He captioned the photo, “It's a privilege and an honor to lift the Border-Gavaskar trophy with a brilliant player and one of Australia's best captains, Mark Anthony Taylor.
8. Mark Waugh gives Webster a baggy green cap All-rounder Webster made his debut for Australia in the fifth Test against India. He was given a baggy green cap (Test cap) by former Australian captain Mark Waugh. He became the 469th cricketer to play a Test for Australia. Webster got a chance to replace Mitchell Marsh.
Image Credit: Images/graphics belong to (Divya-Bhaskar).