Steve Smith took a brilliant catch in Visakhapatnam
Sean Abbott’s delivery took an outside edge off Hardik Pandya’s bat and flew towards the slips where Steve Smith dived full length to take the catch.
Australian skipper Steve Smith took a brilliant catch to get rid of the dangerous Hardik Pandya and reduce India to 49/5 in the second ODI of the series in Visakhapatnam on Sunday.
Seam-up delivery from Sean Abbott pitched just short of a good length and then straightened up. Pandya pokes the delivery without any conviction. The ball took the outside edge of Pandya’s bat and flew towards the slips where Smith dived full length to take the catch. The video of the catch is going viral on social media. Watch the catch here:
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India, trying to take a 2-0 lead in the series, didn’t get the start they wanted, with Mitchell Starc wreaking havoc. The Australian pacer dismissed Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav and KL Rahul in quick succession to reduce the hosts to 48/4. Abbott made Pandya his victim in the next over.
Earlier, Australian captain Smith won the toss and put India in. Only a partnership in the middle would have helped us. Playing on these surfaces is a good learning for us.
For India, regular skipper Rohit Sharma returned in place of Ishan Kishan, who had opened in the previous match in Mumbai. India had won the series by one each at the Wankhede Stadium on the back of brilliant performances by Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj with the ball and KL Rahul. All-rounder Akshar Patel, who was batting brilliantly in the recently concluded Test series against Australia, has been included in the squad in place of fast bowler Shardul Thakur.
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“The pitch has been under the covers for a long time, we have to bat well and see where we are. Every game you play for India is a pressure game, so you have to stay calm and make the right decisions. In the last few ODI series, we have tried to stay calm,” Rohit said.
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The last match of the series is being played in Chennai on March 22 and the three ODIs against Australia are expected to provide a good warm-up for Rohit’s team ahead of the prestigious ICC World Cup at home in October. November this year.
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