New Delhi: India’s star fast bowler Mohammed Sirajwho took four wickets in the first innings, is on a roll as he takes down the Australian batsman marnus labuschagne Down on his knees with his blistering pace during the World Test Championship (WTC) final The Oval Friday in London.
after getting rid of the opener david warner (1) Early on, Siraj – who was breathing fire – continued to thrash fast and first hit Labuschagne on his finger, injuring him in the 10th over AustraliaSecond innings of But what happened after the next delivery was unimaginable.
Siraj bowled a quicker ball that bounced late back and edged past the inside edge, hitting Labuschagne high on the body around the thigh area and sending him down the pitch.
after getting rid of the opener david warner (1) Early on, Siraj – who was breathing fire – continued to thrash fast and first hit Labuschagne on his finger, injuring him in the 10th over AustraliaSecond innings of But what happened after the next delivery was unimaginable.
Siraj bowled a quicker ball that bounced late back and edged past the inside edge, hitting Labuschagne high on the body around the thigh area and sending him down the pitch.
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Incidentally, Siraj also ended Labuschagne’s power nap by getting Warner out early in the innings as he was having a sound sleep which came to an abrupt end to come on the field.
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Earlier, Ajinkya Rahane (89) and Shardul Thakur (51) kept India in the game with a 109-run partnership, but Australia still managed to take a massive 173-run lead on the third day. WTC Final,
After posting 260 for six at lunch, India could manage only 36 runs in the afternoon session and were bowled out for 296 in 69.4 overs.