Matthew Kuhnemann took his maiden five-wicket haul as India folded for just 109 runs in the 1st innings of the 3rd Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Kuhnemann later revealed that he followed Ravindra Jadeja in how to approach bowling on Indore-type wickets. Jadeja himself went on to take four wickets later in the day.
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“I said, have you got any tips for me after the last Test? He said ‘yes, at the end of the series’,” Kuhnemann joked. “The way he uses his crease and probably the biggest thing I picked up in Delhi is that he brings his length back a little bit when the ball gets older. That’s probably the main thing I took out of the second Test and brought into this Test, probably my length. Don’t want to get full, especially on a wicket that stays low, being consistent on that 5-6 metre length,” he said on Wednesday. “I’m a massive fan of Jadeja and Ashwin so watched how they have bowled in the last few years,” he said.
Ravindra Jadeja ended the second Test with a total tally of 17 wickets in two games, India took a 2-0 lead in the Border Gavaskar Trophy by defeating the Aussies by six wickets in Delhi, having earned a win by innings and 132 runs in Nagpur.
IND vs AUS 3rd Test; Day 2
Team India is now trailing Australia’s lead by 9 runs with Cheteshwar Pujara and Shreyas Iyer on the crease.
IND: 114/4
Cheteshwar Pujara: 45*(81)
KS Bharat: 1*(2)
Nathan Lyon: 3/27*
All responsibility will now be on Cheteshwar Pujara and Shreyas Iyer who will be aiming to take India’s total to somewhere around 250 runs.