India's cricket team faces a major challenge in the ongoing Test series against Australia following an injury to star bowler Jasprit Bumrah. Beau Webster's impressive Test debut adds to the intrigue as the match hangs in the balance.
India have been thrown their biggest curveball yet this series. But so far, they’ve navigated it under considerable pressure.The injury to Jasprit Bumrah at the beginning of the second session looked likely to throw the visitors into delirium at the SCG, as a half-century from Beau Webster on Test debut loomed large on a surprisingly spicy SCG wicket. And in between a whirlwind Rishabh Pant 61-run cameo in India ’s second innings, the match could not hang any more in the balance if it tried.
“You still don’t know who a clear favourite is. You’d think Australia, but there’s mystery over Jasprit Bumrah, the lead is (currently) 145,” former Australian spinner Kerry O’Keeffe told Fox Cricket at stumps. “If it stretches to 180 plus, they’re a punches chance of bowling Australia out, who may get nervous. 47,000 people turned up wanting theatre, they got theatre.” Amid all the on-field commotion, Steve Smith’s wait to reach an elusive five-figure milestone goes on, while his long-time rival Virat Kohli likely finished his last-ever Test series in Australia on a grim, grim note.‘EARN YOUR STRIPES’: WEBSTER REWARDS SELECTORS’ FAITH Dropping Mitchell Marsh was a tough call, but it has proven the correct one given the excellence of debutant Beau Webster at the SCG. Webster proved his worth as a Test cricketer on Saturday, combining with vice-captain Steve Smith for a 47-run partnership to rescue Australia after a horror start in the first innings before joining Ricky Ponting as the only Tasmanians to score a half-century on debut. The hosts were in strife at 4-39 when Webster walked to the crease, with the Sydney deck a seam-bowling paradise and the coveted Border-Gavaskar Trophy at risk of slipping from Australia’s gras
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