Peter Handscomb pulled off a surprising catch to dismiss Shreyas Iyer cheaply on Day 2 of the second Check encounter between India and Australia in New Delhi on Saturday. Nathan Lyon was the star for Australia because the spinner claimed 4 wickets within the first session and one of many wickets was that of Iyer. Iyer was cramped for room and the supply from Nathan Lyon went flying from the within edge. Handscomb, who was positioned at quick leg, couldn’t gather the ball cleanly at first however he saved his calm and made certain to finish the catch in his second try and deal a heavy blow to the hosts.

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KL Rahul‘s dangerous patch continued whereas Cheteshwar Pujara had a forgettable first innings outing in his one centesimal Check as premier Australian spinner Nathan Lyon decreased India to 88 for 4 at lunch.

Solely skipper Rohit Sharma (32) appeared in good contact as a classic Lyon (11-1-25-4) was in his ingredient, troubling the top-order repeatedly.

The Kotla observe had a bit extra tempo off the observe in comparison with Jamtha and therefore Lyon’s deliveries at instances hurried the batters. Additionally giving a bit extra air created doubts within the minds of the batters.

Rahul (17), who survived two DRS appeals by Australia, was trapped leg-before as Lyon tossed one from around the wicket and bought it to deviate sufficient and discover his pads.

Rahul’s saga of failures continued and now a query could be requested whether or not the Indian staff administration is being unfair by forcing Shubman Gill to chill his heels within the dugout.

Rohit appeared to hold from the place he had left within the first Check and was additionally enjoying the sweep shot to good impact. Nonetheless he performed throughout the road to a straighter one from Lyon and was castled within the course of.

Hardly ever has Pujara walked into bat amid such fanfare and 20,000 plus Kotla crowd chanting his title however his milestone match turned out to be some kind of an anti-climax as he did not hassle the scorers.

In case of Pujara, it was one other flighted one and it turned again sufficient with the orthodox Rajkot man making an attempt to play a half ahead defensive stroke. The flip was sufficient for the umpire to lift his dreaded finger.

Getting back from damage, Shreyas Iyer (4) appeared assured in his temporary keep on the crease however a stroke of dangerous luck caused his downfall.

He performed certainly one of his legs in direction of the leg-side and Peter Handscomb latched on to a reflex catch which would not get caught 9 out of 10 instances. Handscomb truly fumbled however the ball merely caught between his legs to see Iyer’s again.

On the break, Ravindra Jadeja (14 batting), certainly one of India’s finest Check batters in recent times, was on the crease together with Virat Kohli (15 batting).

(With PTI inputs)

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