The first day of the Adelaide Test was in the name of Australia. India won the toss and elected to bat, the team was bowled out for 180 runs. Mitchell Starc took 6 wickets. Australia scored 86 runs for the loss of 1 wicket till stumps.
Many such moments were seen on Friday. KL Rahul got 2 wickets in one over. The flood lights were turned off during Australia's innings. The sticker came off from Rahul's bat while playing the shot. Kohli changed the stump bells. Read the top-10 moments of the first day…
1. KL Rahul caught on a no ball
Boland caught Rahul in his first over, but it was a no ball.
In the 8th over, KL Rahul got a lifeline twice off Scott Boland. Rahul was caught out on the first ball. The field umpire declared him out, Rahul started to return, Virat came towards the field to bat. The third umpire then declared Boland's ball a no ball and Rahul escaped being dismissed.
Rahul got his second life in this over. Usman Khawaja drops his catch in the slips
Usman Khawaja missed his catch on the fifth ball of the same over. Boland bowled a full length ball. The ball hit the outside edge of Rahul's bat and went into the hands of Usman Khawaja who was standing in the slips, it looked like it would be caught, but the ball slipped through Khawaja's hands and fell down. Rahul could not even open the account at Jeevandan, he scored 37 runs.
2. Play stopped due to floodlights
After the lights were switched off, the spectators turned on the flashlights of their mobile phones.
The floodlights went off in the 18th over of the Australian innings. At this time, all the fans turned on the flash light of their mobiles. After the fifth ball of Harshit Rana's over, the ground's flood lights were switched off, after which play had to be stopped for a while.
3. The sticker on Rahul's bat came off
KL Rahul played an innings of 37 runs.
Mitchell Starc came to bowl in the 9th over. He bowled the third ball of the over off stump. Here Rahul plays a square cut and the ball goes for a four. A sticker came off Rahul's bat while playing a shot, which landed on the pitch. After this, Rahul threw him off the pitch.
4. Virat changed the bells of the stumps After the 29th over of Australia's batting, Virat Kohli changed the bells of the stumps. There was a good partnership between Marnus Labuschagne and Nathan McSweeney here. After which Virat changed the bell. However, it was to no avail and both returned not out.
Virat while changing the bell. (Photo-X)
5. Nitish's six on the reverse scoop
Nitish Reddy was the highest scorer for India with 42 runs.
India scored 21 runs in the 42nd over while batting. Nitish hit third man for a six while playing a reverse scoop shot off Scott Boland's second ball of the over. He then hit a four towards cover on the very second ball. He also hit a six over deep midwicket on the third ball of this over. Earlier in the 41st over, Nitish also hit Starc for a six over cover.
6. A worm entered Pant's eye
A worm entered Rishabh Pant's eye in the third over of Australia's innings. Here, the fourth ball of the over was taken by Khawaja, which Pant tried to catch with his gloves, but at the same time, he got a worm in his eye and could not catch the ball.
7. Pant-Rohit dropped McSweeney's catch
Opener Nathan McSweeney was caught out by Rohit for 1 run.
Australian opener Nathan McSweeney got a lifeline on the first ball of the 7th over. The third ball of Jasprit Bumrah's over took the outside edge of McSweeney's bat and went between the wicketkeeper and the slips. Both Pant and Rohit tried to catch him, but missed the catch.
8. Jaiswal out on the first ball of the match
Perth Test centurion Jaiswal was dismissed for zero runs in this match.
Yashaswi Jaiswal was dismissed on the very first ball of the Adelaide Test. He went to flick the ball coming in with Mitchell Starc's swing, but the ball hit his pads. The Australian team appealed for LBW and the field umpire gave him out. Yashaswi did not take the review and returned to the pavilion.
9. McSweeney drops Pant's catch
Nathan McSweeney gave life to Rishabh Pant on 5 runs.
Nathan McSweeney dropped Rishabh Pant's catch on the first ball of the 26th over. Here Boland bowled a full length ball. On which Pant drove. The ball went to McSweeney who was in a gully position. He dived, but could not make the catch. At this time Pant was playing on 5 runs. Captain Rohit Sharma was out LBW on the fifth ball of this over. He scored 3 runs.
10. Cummins takes a wicket on a bouncer
Rishabh Pant was dismissed after scoring 21 runs.
India's sixth wicket fell in the 33rd over. Wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant was dismissed in the 5th ball of Pat Cummins' over. He couldn't handle the ball taking extra bounce and was caught by Marnus Labuschagne at gully. Pant scored 21 runs.
Rohit Sharma started trending on Google
Indian captain Rohit Sharma has returned from the Adelaide Test. He came to bat at number 6, but managed to score only 3 runs. While captaining, he could not leave much of an impact in the bowling change as well. After which it was searched a lot on Google. See Google Trends below
Source – Google Trends
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