Whenever Virat Kohli is batting, we feel confident, says Ishant Sharma
Cricket | December 15, 2018 18:13 ISTKohli's unbeaten 82 coupled with Ajinkya Rahane's counterattacking 51 helped India overcome the cheap dismissals of the openers.
Kohli's unbeaten 82 coupled with Ajinkya Rahane's counterattacking 51 helped India overcome the cheap dismissals of the openers.
Vihari said that the Indian batting line-up will have to be disciplined and patient in similarly difficult conditions on day two.
A 112-run opening stand between Marcus Harris (70) and Aaron Finch (50) vindicated their decision to bat on green top before Indian bowlers made a decent recovery.
Hanuma Vihari and Ishant Sharma were the picks of the bowlers for India by taking two wickets each on the first Day of Perth Test.
Indian bowlers have made a great start with 20 wickets on a slower deck in Adelaide to give India a 1-0 lead in the four-match series.
India pacer Ishant Sharma said that this is India's biggest opportunity to beat Australia in Australia but added that the visitors are not taking the hosts lightly.
However, Delhi will miss Gambhir more as they were always aware that Ishant was available for only one match as per BCCI's specific workload management programme.
India's most senior pacer Ishant Sharma said that he wants to put his best foot forward against Australia in the Test series as this could be his last tour of Down Under.
When asked about Rahul's string of low scores, the coach dropped a hint that he is being seen as a long-term investment.
One of the main reasons is believed to be Dhawan's selection in the Test team while Ishant (ankle) and Ashwin (groin) are racing against time to get fit.
Ishant (3/28) picked up three wickets, while Jasprit Bumrah (2/41) and Ravindra Jadeja (2/57) struck twice each to trigger England's collapse.
Jasprit Bumrah continued the strong start to his Test career, moving to a career-best 487 points while retaining 37th position after his fifth Test.
On Sunday, the 45-year-old legend wished Indian fast bowler Ishant Sharma with a witty tweet on his 30th birthday.
Sharma bagged seven wickets in the lung-opener against England at Birmingham, including a five-for in the second innings.
After the day 3 play, Sharma admitted to the offence and accepted the sanction proposed by Jeff Crowe of the Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees.
Ishant picked up five wickets for just 51 runs and is considered as his best bowling spell till date. The 29-year old fast bowler guided Indian team to bowl out England in just 180 runs on Day 3.
Ishant played four matches for Sussex in the County Championship Division Two earlier this year, scalping an impressive 15 wickets and even scoring a half-century.
India lost five batsmen before skipper Virat Kohli (43) and Dinesh Karthik (18) combined for a crucial unbeaten sixth-wicket partnership.
While Ishant took five wickets, off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin scalped three as England added 171 runs to their overnight score of nine for one.
Kohli admitted that he would have loved to take even a slender lead over England before his team fell short of matching their score by 13 runs.
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