IND vs AUS: Watch - Ravindra Jadeja Gets Rid Of Steve Smith To Provide India With A Much-needed Breakthrough On Day 1

Australian Cricket Team won the toss & elected to bat first. The Aussies made no changes to their playing 11 after a near-perfect 3rd Test match. The Aussies were in a spot of bother as they were reduced to 72-2. Usman Khawaja & Steve Smith slowly started rebuilding the innings. Steve Smith was solid in his defence where the right-handed batter was seen rotating the strike.

Australia didn’t lose a single wicket in the afternoon session as Australia’s score was 149-2. Skipper Rohit Sharma applied attacking tactics and made sure that the team doesn’t give any easy runs to the opposition team. This time, Axar Patel was given a long spell but the left-arm spinner couldn’t pick any scalp.

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Ravindra Jadeja Thrashes Steve Smith’s Stumps

At the end of 63 overs, Australia’s score was 150-2. Ravindra Jadeja was bowling the 51st over and the second one after the afternoon session. On the 4th ball of the over, Jadeja went around the wicket where the spinner bowled a flatter delivery and it kept a bit low where Smith was trying to play the ball towards off-side but there was an inside edge and Smith’ was bowled. At that time Australia’s score was 151-3. Smith was dismissed for 38 runs in 135 balls where he struck 3 fours. The skipper would be utterly disappointed because once again he couldn’t capitalize on a start.

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Watch- Ravindra Jadeja Foxes Steve Smith

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Crucial Phase for Australia

We have witnessed in the BGT 2023 that one wicket can change the complexion of the match. Usman Khawaja & Peter Handscomb need to play out the first hour of the evening session carefully as skipper Rohit Sharma’s field placings have been spot on where he wants the batters to play shots.

India on the other hand would sense that they can create some panic as the Aussies’ lower middle order hasn’t made a significant contribution in BGT 2023. It won’t be a surprise if Ashwin & Jadeja bowl in tandem as there is an uneven bounce in the surface where they can fox the batters.

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