Captain’s surprising blunders hurt Australia big time

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Captain’s surprising blunders hurt Australia big time
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Tim Paine is usually flawless with the gloves but the Australian captain endured a nightmare first session behind the stumps in Sydney.

Cheteshwar Pujara and Rishabh Pant blunted the Aussie attack on Monday morning as they tried to stave off defeat following the early loss of captain Ajinkya Rahane.

Paine will have been ruing his own missed opportunities to break the partnership as he dropped two tough chances off the bowling of Nathan Lyon. The Australian off-spinner loves bowling to left-landers and twice he managed to rip the ball away from Pant and catch the outside edge, only for the ball to hit Paine’s gloves and bounce away.

It was the same story after Pant had climbed into Lyon, hitting him for successive sixes as he neared his half century. Shortly after raising his bat another vicious off-break caught the edge — although the deflection wasn’t as great this time — only for the opportunity to once again slip through Paine’s hands.

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