India’s young batting sensation Yashasvi Jaiswal continued his amazing form with the bat in Test cricket. The 22-year-old his first century in Australia with a upper cut six against Josh Hazlewood the incident in the 62nd over. Jaiswal was batting on 95 when he got a short ball from Hazlewood and the Indian batter just played the perfect ramp shot.
The ball hit the boundary cushion on the full to signal the century for India’s most consistent batter in the Test format. It is to be noted that Jaiswal was out for a duck in the first innings of the game. Team India were bowled out for 150 and proceeded to fold the Aussies for just 104 runs thanks to fifer by Jasprit Bumrah.
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The visitors ended the day at 172/0 from 57 overs with an overall lead of 218. The pitch on day three is expected to star aiding the bowlers as the cracks are starting to open up. KL Rahul had stayed not out with Jaiswal to see out the perfect end to the day.
Australian coach makes huge statement on the pitch
After 17 wickets fell on the first day, just three wickets fell on the second day. speaking at the end of the day, Australian coach Andrew McDonald said that the pitch had changed and become better for batting.
Andrew McDonald said “I think the wicket has changed considerably. If you look at the seam and swing, it was down compared to yesterday (when) it was difficult work, "I thought KL and Jaiswal played extremely well also. You needed to ride your luck a little bit also, our guys got the balls in the right areas and there were some plays and misses as well. Anything can happen if you get some edges on that, it could be a totally different day”
Australian coach also said “The surface looked considerably drier today, and it dried out fairly quickly. We thought there may have been a little bit more there, so if you want to say it we were a little bit surprised there wasn't as much seam movement or swing. And I think the bowlers were presenting the seam in a similar fashion to what they were yesterday so I think the conditions may have had some say in that”