Umesh Yadav played an entertaining knock in the 1st innings of the 3rd Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. However, the fast bowler failed to showcase his batting in the 2nd innings as he was handed a duck by Nathan Lyon.
Prior to the end of the 3rd session, Rohit Sharma was seen having a chat with Ishan Kishan.Speaking to reporters after the end of the day’s play, Umesh revealed whether he received a message from skipper Rohit about attacking the Australian bowlers.
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“Usually humey to koi aisa message nahi mila. Jab mein batting mein gya tha to aisa kuch nahi tha because mera kaam tha run bananey ka. (We didn’t get any message to attack when I went in to bat. My job was to score runs on this tough wicket). It is difficult to get runs here. I feel, rather than defending and getting out eventually, it is better to go for shots on a wicket like this. Even if I would have scored 10-20 runs, that would have pushed the lead to 90. That is more important for me,” Umesh told reporters. India’s batting order failed to set a big total in the 2nd innings. Thanks to Cheteshwar Pujara who lifted India to 163 in the 2nd innings with his gritty knock of 59 off 142 balls.
Australia need only 76 runs to open their account in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy. “In cricket, anything can happen. We will try our best and bowl tight lines. It is not an easy wicket, whether it is our batters or theirs. It is not easy to step out and hit,” Umesh added.