2nd Test: Pacer Mitchell Starc rues missed chances by fielders
Updated On: 28 December, 2020 09:34 AM IST | Melbourne | PTI
A dogged unbeaten 104 by Rahane put India in the driver`s seat after the second day as they were comfortably poised at 277 for five
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Mitchell Starc on Day Two at the MCG yesterday. Pic/Getty Images
Australian speedster Mitchell Starc rued the chances his team squandered on the second day of the Boxing Day Test but also praised rival skipper Ajinkya Rahane for his pressure-absorbing century. A dogged unbeaten 104 by Rahane put India in the driver`s seat after the second day as they were comfortably poised at 277 for five. The fielders spilled a few chances offered by Rahane as India took a 82-run lead by the day end. "It (the knock by Rahane) was pretty good. He absorbed some pressure there and sort of steadied the ship for them, at (a time) when they were still behind our score," Starc said at the virtual post-day press conference.
"He (Rahane) has batted really well there, he took his chances and we probably could have got him out three or four or maybe five times before he got a hundred, but he`s run his luck there and scored a good hundred. Well done to him,` added the left-arm pacer, who had figures of 2/61. Starc admitted Australia endured a tough day. "Pretty much that (frustrating day for the bowlers). The last ball pretty much summed up the day, so again not our best day, not our worst, we created a fair few chances and unfortunately could not hang onto to those half ones or those changes we created," he said. "So Jinxy (Rahane) batted pretty well throughout the day, (there were a) couple of really good partnerships. I thought there was really good stuff from us as well, we couldn`t capitalise on some of the chances we created, to finish in a better position. So, just got to back up tomorrow and take five wickets as quick as we can," added Starc, summing up the day`s play. Starc also took his 250th Test wicket during the day, but said his focus on the third day would be to take more wickets.
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