Former cricketer and commentator Sunil Gavaskar has criticized India for fielding errors in the first innings of the first Test against Australia in Adelaide. India made a number of fielding errors in the Adelaide Test, including easy catches. A week ago, Sunil Gavaskar scoffed that India was giving Christmas presents to the Australian team. The Indian fielders have dropped Australia’s Marnus Labushein only three times.
‘The Indian players already seem to be in a Christmas mood. A week ago, they were giving Christmas presents to the Australian players’ – Gavaskar scoffed after Prithviraj Shah dropped Marnus Labushein’s catch.
Marnus Labushein is the only Indian batsman to miss out on Australia three times. Labushen gave India three ‘lives’ while scoring 22 runs. Wicket-keepers Wriddhiman Saha, Jaspreet Bumra and Prithviraj Shah were among those who helped Labushein leave! While Saha missed a tough opportunity before opening the Labushen account, Bumrah missed the individual score at 12 and Prithviraj Shah at 21 for easy chances. Labushein was Australia’s second highest scorer with 47 off 119 balls with seven fours.
India also dropped the catch of Tim Payne, who later became Australia’s top scorer. Mayank Agarwal gave up an easy chance in the deep square when Payne’s individual score was just 26 runs. The ball crossed the boundary. The Indians could not get rid of Tim Payne, who had become the man of the match in the Australian innings.
Australia were bowled out for 191, but Tim Payne was unbeaten on 73 off 99 balls with 10 fours. Australia lost seven wickets for 111 runs, but Payne added 80 runs for the last three wickets. Payne added 28 for the eighth wicket with Mitchell Starc, 28 for the ninth wicket with Nathan Lyon and 24 for the 10th wicket with Josh Heiselwood.
English Summary: Sunil Gavaskar mocks India’s poor fielding- Indians are in a Christmas mood
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