BGT 2023 | Twitter reacts as India in control in Delhi Test after bundling out Australia for 263
India reached 21/0 at stumps on Day 1 of the second Test after knocking over Australia for 263 in the first innings at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Mohammed Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja did most of the damage, sharing 6 wickets between them while Usman Khawaja top-scored with 81.
An eventful day of Test cricket came to an end on Friday between India and Australia in Delhiās Arun Jaitley Stadium. Opting to bat, the visitors posted 263 on the board, with Usman Khawaja (81) and Peter Handscomb (72*) making the bulk of runs. Pat Cummins chipped in as well, scoring a handy 33 after coming at No. 8. For India, Mohammed Shami returned figures of 4/60 while Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja took 3/57 and 3/68 respectively.
Coming to bat, Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul plied their trade cautiously during the last nine overs of play to ensure India donāt lose any wickets. While Rohit remained not out on 13, Rahul stayed in the middle on 4. Cummins, debutant Matthew Kuhnemann, and Nathan Lyon bowled for Australia but did not get any success.
Interestingly, Rohit was given out by on-field umpireĀ Michael Gough during the last over of the day. However, the Indian skipper had no hesitation to challenge the decision, doing so immediately with aggression. The replay showed he was right, and Gough had to change the decision.
Just invaded
A Fan invaded the ground in Delhi but good work done by Security staff.#INDvsAUSĀ #DelhiĀ pic.twitter.com/TtXO2cQEBD
ā Nishant Poonia | š®š³ (@nishanttweets18)Ā February 17, 2023
Slapped him!
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ā Saddam Ali (@SaddamAli7786)Ā February 17, 2023
Those overs
Those 9 overs were nerve wrackingš°Ā #INDvsAUSĀ #BCCI
ā Not Cricket (@sreerag95)Ā February 17, 2023
Concerns are real
lots of decision reversed. Umpiring is concern now a day.Ā @ICCĀ should look after this.#BorderGavaskarTrophy2023Ā #INDvsAUSĀ #BCCIĀ #WTC
ā Upendra Pradhan (@upendrapradhan4)Ā February 17, 2023
Lucky day!
It was K Luck Day Today!!Ā #KLRahulĀ #INDvsAUSĀ pic.twitter.com/VQedsdIGWL
ā Satyam Raj (@Satyam_Raj1)Ā February 17, 2023
Avoiding Rahul!
We can clearly see that Rohit was avoiding to give strike to KL Rahul š#KLRahulĀ #INDvsAUSĀ #AUSvsIND
ā Mukesh (@hindu_rashtra21)Ā February 17, 2023
Every one laughing
Even commentators were laughing how KL Rahul avoiding to take strike. šĀ #INDvsAUS
ā Gorav Sharma (@RohitTheGoat)Ā February 17, 2023
Real proof
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ā vineet jacob (@JacobVineet)Ā February 17, 2023
Strong line up
Indian batting line up is so strong that they are playing KL Rahul as a fielder.. š¤£Ā #INDvsAUS
ā Sandeep Ghanekar (@sandeepghanekar)Ā February 17, 2023
One day only?Ā
Can't even play one day....test team no 1 š¤”Ā #INDvsAUS
ā Karthik Chowdary š (@AKA_Bunty)Ā February 17, 2023