NEW DELHI: Quick bowlers thrive on swing. They grow to be extra harmful when the ball swings prodigiously to go away the batsmen flummoxed.
However what if the ball swings a lot that leaves even the fielders shocked?
That is precisely what occurred on the third day of the Boxing Day Check between India and Australia on the MCG for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
The 127-run stand between Nitish Kumar Reddy and Washington Sundar was nonetheless within the preliminary stage and the follow-on menace nonetheless loomed massive for India.
With India 7 wickets down, the Aussies have been going for the kill and Pat Cummins had taken the second new ball as quickly it grew to become accessible and introduced Mitchell Starc again within the assault.
This was the primary time in eight Exams that India had made the opposition take second new ball of their first innings. The final occasion got here towards Bangladesh in Chennai in September.
On strike towards Starc was Sundar and the third supply of the over was full and sliding down leg. Sundar appeared to flick and the underside hand got here off the bat deal with.
The ball hit the again facet of the bat and flew low to second slip, the place Steve Smith dived throughout to his proper with one hand however couldn’t dangle on.
Standing at second slip, Smith was clearly shocked that it got here to him from outdoors leg stump and so have been the remainder of the Australian gamers.
Even the commentators have been shocked by the supply and one in all them mentioned, “It is a one-handed leg look to second slip. I’ve by no means seen that.”
India have been 358/9 in response to Australia’s 474 when play was referred to as off early attributable to rain.
