Mitchell Starc on Yashasvi Jaiswal: In the second Test match being played between India and Australia (IND vs AUS Pink Ball Test), Team India won the toss and decided to bat first. If you remember, in the second innings of the first Test against Australia, Yashasvi Jaiswal had told Mitchell Starc that you are coming too slow (the ball is coming very slow).
Mitchell Starc answered this in Adelaide. In Adelaide, Mitchell Starc sent Yashasvi Jaiswal to the pavilion with the very first ball of the innings. Mitchell Starc’s celebration after dismissing Yashasvi on the very first ball of the innings was worth seeing. After the end of the first day’s play, when Starc was asked about the strategy to dismiss Jaiswal, let us know what he said.
In the second test, Mitchell Starc spoiled the condition of Team India’s cricketers. He took 6 wickets for 48 runs and played an important role in restricting India’s first innings to 180 runs. Starc dismissed Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Ravichandran Ashwin, Harshit Rana and Nitish Kumar Reddy.
Starc sprinkled salt on Jaiswal’s wounds
After the end of the game, when Starc was asked about the strategy behind dismissing Jaiswal, the answer he gave must have rubbed salt into Yashasvi’s wounds. Stark said,
‘He had not prepared any special plan to get Yashasvi out. I targeted the stumps and the ball hit the pads straight. Just look at today’s. I know how important early wickets are in this batting lineup. In such a situation, it is always right to start like this.
Mitchell Starc said after the end of the first day’s play, ‘I think the first day was good for us in bowling. We did well after the first hour of the day. This is a good way to start a test match. We also ended the day on a good note. Overall it was a very good day for us.
Situation of first day in pink ball test
Let us tell you that Yashasvi Jaiswal had played a brilliant inning of 161 runs in the second innings of the first Test against Australia. In such a situation, in the Pink Ball Test, Mitchell Starc gave a big blow to Team India by taking the wicket of Jaiswal on the very first ball. Team India was limited to 180 runs in the first innings. By the end of the first day’s play, Australia had scored 86 runs at the loss of 1 wicket. Team India currently has a lead of 94 runs.
