AUS vs IND: Ravindra Jadeja Takes Fine Catch Despite Minor Collision With Shubman Gill. Watch | Cricket News

Ravindra Jadeja averted “disaster” as he pulled off a high quality operating catch off Ravichandran Ashwin’s bowling to ship Matthew Wade again to the pavilion within the ongoing second Test match on Saturday. Ashwin, within the 13th over, beat Wade in flight because the Australian opener mistimed a lofted shot. Shubman Gill and Jadeja each went charging for the catch and ran into one another, however happily for India, Jadeja managed to carry on to the catch.

Almost catastrophe! But Jadeja held his floor and held the catch! @hcltech | #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/SUaRT7zQGx

— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) December 26, 2020

Cricket Australia took to Twitter to share the video of the catch and captioned it as “Almost disaster! But Jadeja held his ground and held the catch!”

Earlier on Day 1, Australia skipper Tim Paine gained the toss and opted to bat on the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Indian bowlers discovered their line and size from the phrase go as Jasprit Bumrah struck in his third over to ship Joe Burns packing for a duck.

Wade stored enjoying his pictures however as quickly as Ajinkya Rahane introduced Ashwin into the assault, the left-handed batsman seemed a bit dodgy in his strategy.

Ashwin eliminated Wade after which in his subsequent over obtained the large wicket of Steve Smith, the primary ranked Test batsman, for a duck.

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India completed the primary session on prime, limiting the hosts to 65 for 3 at Lunch.

Australia, who lead the four-match sequence 1-0, have fielded an unchanged XI. On the opposite hand, India have made 4 modifications in complete.