Perth Test shows India's batting weaker than Australia's, says Ricky Ponting
Cricket | December 18, 2018 17:23 ISTPonting advised Australia to carry forward the winning momentum to the third Test at Melbourne.
Ponting advised Australia to carry forward the winning momentum to the third Test at Melbourne.
Even though it's still not clear why the fight started, the incident shows that some level of discord exists between the visitors.
Virat Kohli and Tim Paine didn't read too much into their on-field confrontations and said it is fine as long as the 'line' is not crossed.
The video show that at least on Kohli's part there is still some animosity left towards his counterpart.
Nathan Lyon took eight wickets in the match including a five-wicket haul in the first innings at the Perth Stadium.
Ponting stated that whatever happened on the field was "lighthearted" and "quite funny at times."
It was an outstanding bowling effort by Lyon who claimed a match-bag of 8-106.
Team India captain Virat Kohli said that Australia played relentless cricket and deserved to win in Perth on Tuesday.
Australia took just an hour and 15 overs on day five to bowl India out for 140 in the second innings and win the match by 146 runs in Perth and level the four-match series 1-1.
Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Starc starred for Australia on day five of the second Test to help the hosts beat India by 146 runs and level the four-match series 1-1 at the Perth Stadium in Perth.
The selectors have added all-rounder Pandya and Mayank Agarwal to India’s squad for the third and fourth Test to be played in Melbourne and Sydney respectively
It helps a lot to have a good bowler at the other end, who has the same mentality as you and is keeping things tight.
While standing up to the stumps, Paine said to Vijay: "I know he's your captain but you can't seriously like him as a bloke".
The wicket of Rahul is not a prized scalp anymore, rather it is more of a walking wicket.
It was an outstanding effort by Shami in his 38th Test after going wicketless in Australia's 326 all out in the first innings.
Pandya could soon join the Indian team in Australia before the 3rd Test of the ongoing series.
Speaking exclusively to IndiaTV, Ganguly felt that an opener has a huge responsibility and should be on the defensive foot when facing the new ball.
The former Australian skipper was all praise for the duo after they led India's fightback when the visitor's top order collapsed early on Day 2.
Kohli's unbeaten 82 coupled with Ajinkya Rahane's counterattacking 51 helped India overcome the cheap dismissals of the openers.
Kohli stitched a 90-run unbroken partnership with Rahane by stumps on the second day, the stand coming after he added 74 with Adelaide hero Pujara (24) for the third wicket.
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