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AUS vs IND: Mitchell Starc reveals his plan for his Day 1 outstanding bowling performance

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Ray Sportz Web Desk: After day 1 in the second test of the border gavaskar trophy, Australia is in very good condition. With help of Nathan McSweeney and Marnus Labushagne, Australia at 86 for losing just 1 wicket at the end of day 1. Australia star performer Mitchell Starc delivered an absolute class delivery with the very first ball of the match to dismiss Yashasvi Jaiswal. After day 1, Mitchell Starc revealed his plan behind the dismissal.

At the day 1 game, Mitchell Starc got 6 wickets for just 48 runs. It is his best figures in Tests. For this spell, India were bundled out for just 180 runs. Mitchell Starc revealed his plan that he ensure to hit the pads of Jaiswal. Starc also gave his plan while bowling the first over. He said, “We know how important it is to make early blows for India. So it’s my role for a while to attack the stumps and try to make early inroads”.

Starc also praise Nathan McSweeney and Marnus Labuschagne for their tough 3rd session with the pink ball and appreciate them to ensuring Australia to lost only one wicket on day 1. Starc says, “A good day all out. It’s a good way to finish the day. But the hardest time to bat is that third session with the new pink ball. On the other hand Marnus and McSweeney to fight through sustained to finish the day one down. We have a chance to go on tomorrow, it was fantastic from them. Obviously, a fair bit of outside noise. Very pleased for them”.

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AUS vs IND: Gambhir Flies Back Home Over ‘Family Emergency’

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Sourav Roy, Perth: India head coach Gautam Gambhir has flown back home with his family due to a “personal emergency” and is unlikely to rejoin the squad before the second Test against Australia beginning December 6 in Adelaide.

The Delhi-based Gambhir will skip India’s two-day pink ball warm-up game against Prime Minister’s in Canberra starting November 30.

“He left with his family on early Tuesday morning for India. It is an unavoidable personal emergency. He will be back in Adelaide before the start of the second Test match,” a BCCI official told PTI on conditions of anonymity.

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AUS vs IND: Skipper Rohit Sharma hit nets in perth

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Sourav Roy, Perth: India is playing the first test of the Border-Gavaskar trophy in Perth. They are looking to seal the victory in the first test on the fourth day. Rohit Sharma, who was on paternity leave and became father to a baby boy recently, joined the Indian team on the fourth day of the Perth Test. He arrived Australia on Sunday.

He was seen batting in the nets for almost 40 minutes during the lunch session on Monday. Rohit faced reserve pacers Navdeep Saini, Akash Deep, Yash Dayal and Mukesh Kumar with pink ball at the nets in Perth. He played almost 250 balls to get accustomed with Australian weather. When he was batting at the net he got out for two times. Rohit Sharma is keen to get back his form in red ball cricket very quickly. The second test match of the Border-Gavaskar trophy is going to start from December 6.

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AUS vs IND: Gilchrist slams Australia for tactics against India

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Sourav Roy, Perth: Legendary wicketkeeper-batter Adam Gilchrist on Sunday slammed the Australian team for using tactics “deemed negative, illegal” against India on the third day of the first Test here.

The Australians were sent on a leather hunt by the Indians who declared their second innings at 487 for 6 after centuries from Yashasvi Jaiswal and Virat Kohli, setting an improbable 534-run target for the home side to win the Test.

Nitish Kumar Reddy and Kohli went after the Australian bowling attack towards the end of the India second innings. Reddy was the chief destroyer as he smashed 38 runs from only 27 deliveries.

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