Watch: Shubman Gill bamboozled Scott Boland in WTC Final
Scott Boland did not let Australia feel the absence of Josh Hazlewood as he struck early in India’s first innings to send the in-form Shubman Gill back.
It was a straightish delivery from Boland which pitched just outside off, but moved inwards. Gill opted to leave but the delivery completely bamboozled him and took out the top of off stump.
India started steady but were left teetering as they lost both Rohit Sharma and Gill right before Tea.
Look at that Shubman Gill Wicket. A crack of a Delivery from Boland#WTCFinal #WTCFinal2023 #WTC23Final pic.twitter.com/VMsjqCVvaf
— Saqib TheBoy (@SaqibFa42325732) June 8, 2023
Virat Kohli is batting on 4 while Cheteshwar Pujara is giving him company on 3. India trail 432 runs after the Aussies were bowled out for 469 in their first innings.
Earlier, the Indian bowling unit made an impressive comeback as it restricted Australia’s first innings score to 469 on the second day of the World Test Championship final on Thursday.
Starting the day at 327 for 3, Australia added 142 more runs while losing the remaining seven wickets as Travis Head (163) and Steve Smith (121) were the two prominent contributors.
The duo added 285 for the fourth wicket while Alex Carey (48) was the other significant scorer.
Mohammed Siraj was the most successful bowler for India with figures of 4/108 in 28.3 overs while Mohammed Shami and Shardul Thakur took two wickets apiece.
