India holds a commanding lead against Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, but star bowler Jasprit Bumrah's injury concerns cast a shadow over their progress.
India resumes at 6-141 holding a lead of 145 runs with an injury cloud hovering over star bowler Jasprit Bumrah as Australia hunts a series win and the Border-Gavaskar Trophy .Bumrah's go is swinging for the fences. That's not always easy to do with a crook back, so let's see what he can do now. Oh, he doesn't look healthy. He clears some room and shapes to slog, but can't really launch, just bunting it back to the bowler. Whoosh! He swings like a madman at a short one and misses out.
I think I could hear his lumbar vertebrae crying out.By Jon Healy Siraj edges to gully and they sneak through for a single on the ricochet off Beau Webster. Good running from Washington. Another ball rears up at Washington and finds the shoulder of the bat. It would have been snaffled by a silly point, but no-one is under the helmet because the length balls are doing the damage. And the Aussies are trying to keep the run-scoring to a minimum. Another one angles in and seams away. Everything outside the left-hander's off stump is impossible to play now. Just about every delivery is a play and miss from Washington right now. This bowl is doing too much actually. The batters can barely lay anything on it.Another dot, and that's a maiden as Washington picks out Sam Konstas in front of square leg. So Mohammed Siraj will have to face at least one ball to start the next over.Another edge falls safely! They've just moved Beau Webster from third slip to gully, and that ball's sailed right between those two spots. Cummins angles in and a ball dies off the pitch on the way through to the pitch while seaming in off a crack.More variable bounce outside off and Washington wafts at a late cut to a ball that seams in and stays low. Washington defends and they take off for a single. Siraj dives in to make his ground and his in some pain. Looks like he's hurt himself too. That is not what India needs. But he hasn't called for the trainer. He must be O
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