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Irfan Pathan has praised Axar Patel for his performance on Indian pitches with red ball saying that he will be a big threat to Australian ace batter Steven Smith. Pathan further added that the left-arm spinner can trouble Smith if he plays regularly throughout the series with his trajectory.

Usman Khawaja has stated that the ability of the opposition bowlers to use the old ball effectively will be crucial amongst all the talk about how spin can trouble the visitors. He further stated that the plans from the batting unit should be adaptable to tackle spin as well as fast bowling.

An overthrow from the fielding team is usually a chance to get extra runs for the batters and they rarely get out on such occasions. However, an opportunity became a moment of fall for Sam Heazlett as he got dismissed even after an overthrow, and Sean Abbott responded with a pumped up reaction.

Umpiring is always a tough job as the officials have to be watchful all the time and they do make a mess of the task assigned to them sometimes. The third umpire pulled off such an act in a BBL fixture between Sydney and Brisbane declaring the batter to be not out before overturning the decision.