BGT 2023 | Twitter awes as Shami strikes timber to send world no.1 Labuschagne back to pavilion
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There are few better sights in cricket than seeing all three stumps dismantled and spilt on different sides of the pitch to indicate the catastrophe that just struck the batter. Marnus Labuschagne found himself in a similar position on Thursday after being emphatically bowled by Mohammed Shami.
Australia started the fourth Border Gavaskar Trophy Test in Ahmedabad on Thursday on the front foot as openers Travis Head and Usman Khawaja put up a flamboyant 61-run stand for the first wicket. The former was particularly impressive for his aggressive 32 featuring seven boundaries but was eventually scalped by Ravichandran Ashwin. bringing the top-ranked batter in the world Marnus Labuschagne to the crease. Boasting a career average of 57.37 ahead of the innings, the 28-year-old has time and again proven to be the most painful sight for any bowling team courtesy of his ability to wear attacks down and pile on the runs like it were backyard cricket.
However, under the sun in Motera, he was faced with the challenge of negating Mohammed Shami, a titan himself with over 200 Test wickets to his name. On a track that kept a bit low at times, Marnus had already looked comfortable against India's spin twin of Ravindra Jadeja and Ashwin, facing 18 balls for 3 runs before Shami came into the attack. The pacer bowled the first ball of the 23rd over full and slightly outside off, eliciting a standard-looking block. The next delivery was pitched on a similar length butĀ significantly wider. Sensing an opportunity to score, MarnusĀ attempted to execute a drive through the covers on the half-volley. Yet, in a strange sequence of events, Labuschagne failed to move his feet as they stayed stuck to the crease while still lashing his bat at the SG.
Consequently, the batter never got his head over the ball and hisĀ hands were way too far from his body. To make matters worse, the ball just stayed a tad bit low and nipped back in, taking the inside edge of Marnus' bat. As he squatted down in an awkward position, the ball crashed through between his bat and pads and into the stumps to send the stumps cartwheeling and Shami reeling in joy. The sight of the stumps was one to behold for the fast bowler as Marnus instantly dropped his head in dismay before reluctantlybeginning a slow trot back to the pavilion. The wicket mean the pressure was back on the visitors as they just managed three more runs in the next six oversĀ to go to lunch with the scorecard reading 75/2.
Timber!!!!
ā MAHARAJ JI (@MAHARAJ96620593)Ā March 9, 2023
Bowled him!
š.š.š.š.š.š š„@MdShami11Ā sends back Labuschagne to scalp the second wicket forĀ #TeamIndiaĀ š
ā BCCI (@BCCI)Ā March 9, 2023
Follow the match ā¶ļøĀ https://t.co/8DPghkx0DE#INDvAUSĀ |Ā @mastercardindiaĀ pic.twitter.com/LT3ao2kFBk
Power
Shami Power š®š³ā”ļøĀ pic.twitter.com/Yf8GdK5QMl
ā Sushant Mehta (@SushantNMehta)Ā March 9, 2023
Shami strikes
Shami rattles Labuschagneās stumps to mitigate Aus advantage in the first session. Shami far more impressive in second spell than first, but Labuschagne had himself to blame for-the flawed cover drive that resulted in an inner edge
ā Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah)Ā March 9, 2023
Biggie
Shami with the big wicket of Marnus Labuschagne š„pic.twitter.com/ua33C92ZZi
ā Utsav š (@utsav045)Ā March 9, 2023
Super
what a change from captain Rohit brought shami and he cleaned up marnus stumps .
ā šššššµ š®š³ (@RofiedAyush)Ā March 9, 2023
The best
Shami at it very best š#BGT2023pic.twitter.com/Riece2nyuL
ā Flick of Wrist (@flickk_of_Wrist)Ā March 9, 2023
Clean bowled
Mohammed Shami clean bowled world's No. 1 Test batter Marnus Labuschagne
ā Sunil Singh (@SunilSingh_0007)Ā March 9, 2023
India and Australia BGT Series 4th test.#RohitSharmašµĀ #KS_BharatĀ #Travis_HeadĀ #ShockingĀ #NarendraModiStadiumĀ #INDvAUSĀ #AhmedabadĀ pic.twitter.com/Oc9nRWmuqR
Superb
Shami š what a bowling šŖĀ pic.twitter.com/Qe80bJ7o9T
ā Sartaj ļ£æ š®š³ (@i_amSartaj)Ā March 9, 2023
Wicket!
Marnus Labuschagne āļø
ā Naaz Ahmad (@NaazAhm6229)Ā March 9, 2023
Mohammed Shami provides a big wicket for India, another failure for Marnus.Ā #mdshamiĀ #AUSvINDĀ pic.twitter.com/d3IjRStZVA
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