Adelaide [Australia], December 6 (ANI): Australia’s tempo spearhead Mitchell Starc reinstated his reign of dominance after he registered his best-ever Check figures within the historical past of the longest format of the sport on Day 1 of the second Check of the five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy sequence in opposition to India on the Adelaide Oval on Friday.
Starc bowled exceptionally properly, persevering with his dominance with the pink-ball. The speedster bagged six wickets in his spell of 14.1 overs the place he conceded 48 runs and bowled two maiden overs as properly in his spell. This was his fifteenth Check cricket five-wicket haul as Australian pacers ran by way of the Indian batting on Day 1 of the second Check in Adelaide.
The quick bowler snapped three wickets every within the first two periods of the pink-ball Check at Adelaide Oval, which included the wicket of Yashasvi Jaiswal on the primary ball of the day. Then the fiery left-arm fast went on to say the wickets of KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Ravichandran Ashwin, Harshit Rana, and high scorer-Nitish Kumar Reddy.
This was Starc’s maiden five-wicket haul in opposition to India in Exams, and his fourth with the pink-ball. Irt is pertinent to notice that no different bowler even has greater than two five-wicker hauls with pink-ball.
Starc additionally equalled the file of West Indies seamer Pedro Collins of taking wickets for essentially the most occasions on the primary ball of the Check match (thrice). Richard Hadlee, Geoff Arnold, Kapil Dev and Suranga Lakmal have achieved the identical landmark throughout their Check profession.
Recapping the Day 1 of the Adelaide Check, India skipper Rohit Sharma received the toss and elected to bat in opposition to The Dishevelled Greens.
In entrance of Mitchell Starc’s blitz, India’s batters regarded out of their depth. After the promising-looking 69-run partnership between Shubman Gill and KL Rahul ended, India misplaced wickets in a cluster.
From 69/1, India have been diminished to 87/5 in a span of eight overs. Nitish tried to mild up Adeladie along with his 42-run blitzkrieg, however it may solely propel India to 180.
In reply, Australia discovered consolation within the unbeaten 62-run stand between Nathan McSweeney and Marnus Labuschagne. On the finish of the day, Australia stood in a commanding place with 86/1 on the board, trailing by 94 runs. (ANI)
