Watch: Rohit Sharma left dazzled after Nathan Lyon bowled him out in Delhi Test
Rohit Sharma (left) and Nathan Lyon (right) (Source – Twitter)
Indian skipper Rohit Sharma was left dazzled after he was bowled out by Australia’s Nathan Lyon in the second Test of the ongoing four-match series. In the 20th over of the Indian innings, Rohit tried to go on the back foot but failed to judge the length of the ball. He got caught with the bat coming across the line and the ball hit the stumps. Rohit got out after scoring 32 runs off 69 balls.
The 35-year-old off-spinner was the main anchor of the Australian bowling on the first session of day 2 as he took 4 wickets so far conceding 25 runs. First, he took the wickets of KL Rahul got out by LBW after scoring 17 runs. Then he dismissed Cheteshwar Pujara, who was playing his 100th Test match, for a duck.
Watch the video of Rohit’s dismissal here:
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Lyon then tricked Shreyas Iyer who gave the catch to Peter Handscomb standing in short-leg. Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja are currently on the crease as India lost 4 wickets for 88 runs before lunch.
Australia were bowled out for 263 runs on Day 1
The hosts started the second day with 21 for no loss after bowling out Australia for 263 runs on day 1. Mohammed was the leading wicket-taker for India as he dismissed 4 Australian batters conceding 60 runs. Along with Shami, the spin duo Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja shared 3-3 wickets each.
For the visitors, Usman Khawaja was the top scorer with 81 runs off 125 balls including 12 fours and a six. Peter Handscomb remained unbeaten scoring 72 runs off 142 balls with nine boundaries.
India are currently leading in the four-match Test series by 1-0 after defeating the Aussies in the Nagpur Test by an inning and 132 runs. The home side will be looking to win the ongoing Test and retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after leading by 2-0
