Tags: Australia tour of India 2023,
India vs Australia, 2nd Test at Delhi, Feb 17-21, 2023,
India,
Australia,
Mohammed Shami Ahmed
Printed on: Feb 18, 2023
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Staff India pacer Mohammed Shami was the choose of the bowlers for his figures of 4/60 on Day 1 of the second Take a look at towards Australia on the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Friday, February 17. India had been requested to bowl first after Pat Cummins gained the toss once more. For the second Take a look at in a row, the hosts cleaned up the guests on the opening day.
If Ravindra Jadeja’s five-fer stole the present in Nagpur, Shami shone bright on Day 1 in Delhi. In fact, the spinners additionally performed their half with each Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin claiming three wickets every. Axar Patel but once more went wicketless. For Australia, Usman Khawaja top-scored with 81, whereas Peter Handscomb remained unbeaten on 72. Australia, nevertheless, suffered as their massive three David Warner (15), Marnus Labuschagne (18) and Steve Smith (0) fell cheaply.
Shami obtained the scalps of Warner and Travis Head (12), earlier than claiming the final two wickets to fall. Talking to the media on the finish of the day’s play, Shami refused to agree with the idea that Indian pitches are primarily for spinners.
“It’s incorrect to say Indian wickets are for spinners solely. There’s something on provide for quick bowlers, too. If nothing, you’ll undoubtedly get reverse swing,” he stated, countering the idea.
On what a quick bowler must do to reach Indian situations, the 32-year-old elaborated, “There aren’t too many variations amongst pitches in India. We simply need the brand new ball to assist us, or the previous ball to reverse. As a quick bowler in India, you might want to bowl in the correct areas, you might want to preserve an excellent tempo. The runs had been coming however you will need to discover the correct areas to bowl in.”
After India bowled out Australia for 263, the hosts went to stumps at 21/0, surviving 9 overs. Requested for his ideas on the entire, Shami replied, “We restricted them to a good complete. We’ve to watch out of the flip and bounce, however in any other case it’s not an enormous rating. It’ll be good for us if we take a good lead.”
In the course of the press convention, Shami additionally opened on the significance of bowling in pairs. Requested why it’s so vital, the seasoned pacer defined, “It’s by no means good to check individuals. But it surely’s vital to kind a pair. We’ve seen the results of bowling in pairs within the final six-seven years within the Indian group. We’ve succeeded a lot partly as a result of we now have loved one another’s success rather a lot.”
–By A Cricket Correspondent
