Mohammed Siraj Hits Marnus Labuchagne With Vicious Bouncer, Gets Crowd Buzzing. Watch

Australia are answerable for the proceedings in opposition to India within the ongoing World Test Championship (WTC) Final at The Oval. At stumps on Day 2, Australia had been 123/4 and main India by 296 runs. After posting a complete of 469 within the first innings, the Pat Cummis-led facet restricted India to a below-par whole of 296. While the Indian workforce did put up a fightback on Day 3, the ball stays in Australia’s court docket with two full days of cricket to be performed. Despite their workforce being on the backfoot for almost all of the match, the followers of the Team India have are available large numbers to help them.

The noise contained in the Oval has been raucous within the first three days of the WTC Final.

After dismissing David Warner for reasonable, Mohammed Siraj attacked Marnus Labuschagne from the get go.

The Indian pacer targetted the World no.1 Test batter with a sequence of short-pitched deliveries, considered one of which struck him on the wrists. The crowd current at The Oval actually loved Siraj’s aggressive bowling to Labuschagne.

In the second innings, Ravindra Jadeja eliminated first-innings century-makers Steve Smith and Travis Head however a 3rd day of dropped catches, wickets off no-balls and rash photographs nonetheless ended with Australia 296 runs forward at 123-4 at stumps.

Labuschagne survived a number of painful blows on a pitch of variable bounce to be 41 not out at stumps.

“We have quite a formidable score already but you just never know,” Labuschagne advised BBC Radio.

The 28-year-old added: “My hands are just about hanging on. I’ve got good bone density. It is lively out there, and that does make it challenging when they bounce like that off a length, but that happens as a batter and you’ve just got to find a way through it.”

(With AFP Inputs)

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