Abhinav Mukund Spares A Thought For Aiden Markram After His Duck
Updated - 12 Oct 2019, 07:27 PM
After working for two tough days on the field, the South Africa opener, Aiden Markram was dismissed for a 2-ball duck. The flamboyant batsman fielded for 600 runs on the board but unfortunately, dismissed on the second ball of his innings, only to sit in the pavilion biting his nails. Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu opener Abhinav Mukund felt for the youngster.
Reply to the first innings, South Africa has got poor start to their innings. The comeback bowler Umesh Yadav sent Aiden Markram right in the second over while Dean Elgar has got rough luck when he dragged Umesh Yadav on to his stumps. Things looked even worse when Mohammed Shami got nick off Temba Bavuma.
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Aiden Markram, I Feel You – Abhinav Mukund
Tweeting of the same, Abhinav Mukund quoted that he can feel Aiden Markram, who fielded the ball for 600 runs on the board for a couple of days and walked back to the pavilion just after facing two balls.
Digging into the tweet of Abhinav Mukund, it read ”Field for 600+runs over 2 days in hot conditions and comeback to get out second ball. Markram i feel you.”
Field for 600+runs over 2 days in hot conditions and comeback to get out second ball. Markram i feel you.? #openersdream
— Abhinav mukund (@mukundabhinav) October 11, 2019
Coming to match report, after starting the day 2 with three wickets, the skipper Virat Kohli and the vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane continued their dominance in the middle. The duo latched on to the chances whenever they are on offer to run the scorecard at a decent rate. During the course, Virat Kohli brought his 26th Test century thus breaking many records on his way.
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Later, Virat Kohli went on to score 254 to his name while Ravindra Jadeja and Rahane scored half-centuries to boost total over 600. In reply, South Africa lost 3 wickets at the end of the day and then lost 4 wickets at the time of drinks in the second session on Day 3.
