The Indian cricket team has managed to surpass the first innings total of the Australian team in the ongoing first test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2023 which is being played at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, thanks to the superb century by the skipper Rohit Sharma who is leading his team from the front.
Earlier, Australia won the toss and decided to bat first but it had a disastrous start as both the openers David Warner and Usman Khawaja got out on the score of 1-1 each and Australia was 2/2 by the third over of its innings.
While David Warner was clean bowled by Mohammed Shami, it was Mohammed Siraj who dismissed Usman Khawaja but a famous Australian sports channel tried to make Usman’s dismissal controversial by alleging that DRS was wrong.
The Australian batter Usman Khawaja got completely beaten by a delivery of Mohammed Siraj, the ball pitched pretty close to outside leg stump before it hit the pads of the batter and the on-field umpire gave his decision in the favor of the batter. Rohit Sharma decided to take DRS and the decision of the umpire was overturned as it was clear that the ball would have hit the stumps.
Here is the tweet made by the media house which believed that DRS was doctored and Usman Khawaja should have stayed on the crease. The photo was captioned as,
“‘Ball tracker broken? 🤔’
Aussies left stunned just minutes into first Test by ‘interesting’ DRS moment >> https://bit.ly/3XiEyqs”
Here is the tweet:
"Ball tracker broken? 🤔"
Aussies left stunned just minutes into first Test by "interesting" DRS moment >> https://t.co/7H7qXMDhBX pic.twitter.com/x3tR443KZf
— Fox Cricket (@FoxCricket) February 9, 2023
Not just Indian cricket fans but even some Australian cricket lovers also said that it is a clear dismissal and DRS hasn’t been doctored.
Check out some reactions from the Indian Twitterati:
This is what Aussies believe the trajectory should look like 🤣🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/mCY1uYIo3W
— SJI (@prm01913) February 9, 2023
Ball missed the off stump, but the stump deliberately uprooted itself and dismissed Warner. pic.twitter.com/7hc3WFyTGB
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) February 9, 2023
Heading to Fox Cricket Headquarters pic.twitter.com/eCt0XXP9Vz
— SR Cricket Fantasy (@CricketFantasyS) February 9, 2023
https://twitter.com/Nagaraj81028421/status/1623544769086656514
https://twitter.com/loosebuschange1/status/1623543849569386496
Australia need one Steve bucknor with the combination of @RickyPonting to win this series#AUSvIND
— मशहूर गुलाटी (@_ShantanuPatel_) February 9, 2023
Don't cook controversies now. Just admit that Siraj bowled a good ball, and move on with focusing on the match.
— Franco Joe | Tabi 🟧 (@frankiemwon) February 9, 2023
Aussies won the toss and opted to cryyy😭
— Bishal Sarkar 🇮🇳 (@_Bishal_Sarkar) February 9, 2023
This wasn't even close to being controversial
— `rR (@ryandesa_7) February 9, 2023
Forgot to practise against pace??
— KA (@aloha_k6) February 9, 2023
Why are they crying Liam 😭@Clarkeyy23
— VIKAS BISHNOI 🇮🇳 (@BishnoiVikas36) February 9, 2023
As far as the match is concerned, Australia posted a total of 177 runs in its first innings and the highest scorer for the visitors was Marnus Labuschagne who missed his fifty by one run. By the time this article was written, India had scored 251/7 and has taken a lead of 74 runs.
The skipper Rohit Sharma has played a brilliant innings of 120 runs before getting out to Australian skipper Pat Cummins. As of now, Ravindra Jadeja who bowled beautifully and took 5 wickets in the Australian innings is batting at the score of 46 runs along with Axar Patel who has scored 2 runs so far.
How much do you think India should score in its first innings?