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With the second Test of the five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy series underway at the Adelaide Oval in Adelaide, the hosts, Australia got off to a flying start with Mitchell Starc removing opener Yashasvi Jaiswal on a golden duck. The left-armer trapped India’s highest ranked Test batter in front of the wicket on the very first ball of the pink-ball Test in Adelaide.
For the unversed, Team India skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bat first. As confirmed by him on the eve of the second Test that KL Rahul will continue to open the innings alongside Yashasvi Jaiswal, demoting himself to number six position, India were handed an early jolt in Jaiswal’s wicket.
Starc pins India’s opener in front of stumps; video goes viral
The Indian youngster, who is on a tour of Australia for the first time, got off to a horrendous start, registering his second duck in the ongoing series. Starc, who bowled the first over with the new ball, bowled a full delivery, which struck Jaiswal in front of his leg stump, forcing on-field umpire Chris Gaffaney to raise his finger. While it was Jaiswal’s first golden duck in his Test career, he joined an unwanted list to register a golden duck in Test, including the likes of Sunil Gavaskar, Sudhir Naik, WV Raman, Shiv Sunder Das, Wasim Jaffer and KL Rahul.
Watch Mitchell Starc pin Jaiswal in pink-ball Test:
On the other hand, Starc, who equalled former West Indies pacer Pedro Collins for most wickets on the first ball of a Test match with the wicket of Jaiswal, gave a befitting reply to the Indian youngster after the latter sledged the veteran Aussie pacer in the opening Test in Perth. Yashasvi Jaiswal, who scored a century (161) in the second innings of the first Test, had called out Starc for bowling “too slow” in a playful exchange.
“You are coming too slow at me,” Jaiswal was heard saying on the stump mic. However, the left-arm pacer did not choose to engage in a verbal battle, but just ahead of the pink-ball Test said, “I didn’t actually hear him say I bowled too slow. I don’t say too much to people these days. I may have been back in the day, but now I just sort of get on with it.” But with a wicket early in the innings, this proved to be a befitting reply to his stance.
