🏏India vs Australia - 1st Test: VCAS, Nagpur: 09 - 13 Feb 2023 🏏 - Page 3

Not playing Gill is unfair, SKY isnt test player but Gill has proven that he can play test matches well

Siraj to Khawaja, OUT

Seam-up outswinger, which swings in for the left-hand batter, hits the pad, not given out lbw, India review. It is a great first ball because batters do expect a good length and a wobble-seam inswinger from Siraj. Siraj, though, starts off with the full outswinger, which pitches just about in line, does just enough to go past the left-hand batter's inside edge and still be hitting the leg stump. You can see why Umpire Nitin Menon gave it not-out: it seemed heading down leg live time, but India have successfully overturned it

Usman Khawaja lbw b Mohammed Siraj 1 (3b 0x4 0x6 ) SR: 33.33

Khawaja lbw b Siraj 1(3)

Australia (2.1 ov) 2/2

India

Day 1 - Session 1: Australia chose to bat.

Current RR: 0.92

• Min. Ov. Rem: 88.5

2nd wkt down Shami strikes. 2/2 after 2.1

Warner out

Shami to Warner, OUT

The rough patches haven't yet come into play, and Australia have lost two of their left-hand batters. That off stump has gone on a cartwheel. This is nigh unplayable. On a length, just outside off, seams in just a little, goes past the inside edge, hits him on the pad, and then ricochets onto the top of off. He was lbw if he hadn't been bowled. That's how comprehensive this is

David Warner b Mohammed Shami 1 (5b 0x4 0x6 ) SR: 20

Warner bowled by shami

2/2

"Regarding pitch doctoring, I'd like to hear less about who is or isn't hypocritical, and more about just whether someone thinks these practices or good or bad. If all one has in counter-argument is "well you do it too", that suggests they can't defend their actions on the merits. " BenP, it is easy for you and me to discuss it on the merits because we have no skin in the game. Not so much for the actual players who suffer or benefit from it. It is a competitive sport after all, and not an academic exercise

Shami to Smith, 4 byes

Tries to go behind him first ball. Knows Smith shuffles so tries to bowl an inswinger at the wicket, but it also seams away after pitching and goes four byes. No chance for the diving Bharat

Marnus holds the key for Australia