India vs Australia | It is always challenging bowling against greats, says Nathan Lyon
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Australian off-spinner Nathan Lyon has stated that it is always a challenge to bowl to the greats of the game like Indian skipper Virat Kohli whose wicket he bagged on the third day. Nathan Lyon has got Virat Kohli out a record six number of times in the Test cricket - the most by any bowler.
Just as the day’s play was coming to an end on the day three of the first Test match between India and Australia, the host's lone regulation spinner Nathan Lyon picked the crucial wicket of Indian skipper Virat Kohli. It was the sixth time Kohli was picked by Lyon - the most by any bowler in world cricket.
Kohli got out on the first ball of the 58th over of the Indian innings and the day’s play was called off after the
"It's always a great challenge coming up against the greats of the game and Virat's definitely that," Lyon said on Fox Cricket.
"It's good to get his wicket today. I actually felt I was going to get him caught bat-pad or even bowled through the gate. I was just trying to hit that big foot hole that big Ishant (Sharma) left here for me."
Earlier in the day, the Indian bowlers did a quick work of the Australian tail. But in doing and due to the wear and tear of the Adelaide Oval pitch some footmarks on the pitch have emerged which the Australian spinner attributed to Indian speedster Ishant Sharma and stated that it was great to use the
"It was just great to get some reward out of that."
Lyon also assessed that it was not a rewarding day for him in the field as the experienced batting lineup did not give away any easy wickets. India batted for 61 overs to score 151 runs but gave away just three wickets today.
"It was one of those days, I felt like I bowled pretty well where you could have walked away with six or seven wickets. But I only have one against a superstar batting line up, it's pretty good," he concluded.
