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 moments were seen on Friday. KL Rahul got 2 wickets in one over. The flood lights went 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. Caught by Rahul on the no ball
Boland had Rahul caught out in his first over, but it was a no ball.
KL Rahul got two wickets off Scott Boland in the 8th over. 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 dropped his catch in the slips.
Usman Khawaja could not catch him 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. Game over due to floodlights
After the lights were switched off, the spectators turned on the flashlights of their mobile phones.
The floodlights were switched off in the 18th over. At this time, all the fans turned on their mobile torches. 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 of Rahul's bat came out
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 out of Rahul's bat while playing the shot, which fell 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 stumps. There was a good partnership between Marnus Labuschagne and Nathan McSweeney here. After which, Virat changed the gills. However, it was to no avail and both returned not out.
Virat changing Gillios.
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. Pant got a moth in his eye Rishabh Pant had a moth in his eye in the third over of the Indian innings. Here, the fourth ball of the over was left by Khawaja, which Pant tried to catch with his gloves, but at the same time, a mite hit his eye and could not catch the ball.
7. Pant-Rohit dropped McSweeney's catch
Opener Nathan McSweene caught 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 edged past the outside edge of McSweeney's bat and went between the wicketkeeper and the slips. Both Pant and Rohit tried to catch it, but could not catch it.
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 standing in 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 extra bounce ball and was caught out by Marnus Labuschagne at gully. Pant scored 21 runs.
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