IND vs AUS: It’s Khawaja, Green on day won!
Updated On: 10 March, 2023 09:13 AM IST | Ahmedabad | R Kaushik
Opener Usman (104*) and middle-order bat Cameron (49*) flourish on friendly opening day pitch as Australia post 255-4; India pacer Shami takes two while spinners Jadeja, Ashwin bag one each
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Australia’s Cameron Green (left) and Usman Khawaja during their unbeaten fifth-wicket stand of 85 at Motera yesterday. Pics/PTI
Much of the hustle and bustle on a hot Thursday at the Narendra Modi Stadium was restricted to before Steve Smith called right at the coin toss. It wasn’t until Cameron Green exploded in a flurry of boundaries against the second new ball that Australia emphatically, if not yet decisively, wrested the initiative on the opening day of the final Test.
In sharp contrast to the Indore surface, where batting was a proposition fraught with danger, this track held few demons. The ball didn’t fizz or bite; there was little pace off the pitch and the bounce was pronouncedly low, which meant once the ball lost hardness and shine, runs had to be accrued with care and diligence. No one did that better than Usman Khawaja, the tourists’ form batsman, who raised his first hundred against India in a classic display of Test-match batsmanship.
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