Twitter Reactions: India stumble and tumble to 105 in the first innings
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A turning track awaited India and Australia at the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) ground in Pune. It was expected to demoralize the visitors in their very first encounter on the tour but the anti-climax happened. Australian batsmen showed a lot of application and character in the first innings and they posted 260 runs. India, like they have done with such success against the English team, was expected to outscore them and come back like champions in the next inning.
But once Virat Kohli got out for a duck for the first time in 3 years things just started to fall apart. KL Rahul who batted so well, had his eye in, knew what the surface was behaving like, wasn’t troubled by the bowlers any longer played an uncalled-for shot against left-arm spinner Steve O’Keefe and that triggered the worst collapse we have seen in the home season.
At 94/3 they were under pressure but still in the hunt of 260 after Rahul, Ajinkya Rahane got out one ball later to a brilliant slip catch by Peter Handscomb. Wriddhiman Saha who scored a hundred in his last inning picked a second-ball duck. With no recognized batsmen left the onus was on the spin and allround trio of Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, and Jayant Yadav to bail the team out of this trouble.
Ashwin was unlucky to get out as the ball hit his boot and bounced for Handscomb to take another stunner at forward short-leg, Jayant was stumped off O’Keefe. With Umesh Yadav for company now Jadeja had to go for the shots, he slogged the left-arm spinner and was caught at long-on by Mitchell Starc who had initially dealt the hefty blows dismissing Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat in an over.
The last man Umesh was also caught in the slip and O’Keefe the underplayed Australian spinner ended the inning with a magnificent 6-wicket haul.
Here is how Twitter reacted to the Indian collapse:
W 1 W . W . . . . . . . 1 W 1 . . . W 1 . . 1 W
Steve O'Keefe, take a bow! What a spell #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/77O33mOFwI
— cricket.com.au (@CricketAus) February 24, 2017
When @imVkohli underperformed @BCCI be like…???#IndvAus
— Messi Thalal (@BeingMessi13) February 24, 2017
Looks like Virat took some lesson from Smith and now he is only plying spinners ?? #IndvAus
— No Longer 6th? (@bebo_pearly) February 24, 2017
Only a Virat Kohli masterclass can save us now. #IndvAus
— Prantik (@Hazardesque_) February 24, 2017
It's been ages since this @BCCI team has given us the kind of score upon which we are forced to wonder in dumbness.
???#IndvAus— Ratnadeep Mishra (@RatnadeepMishra) February 24, 2017
Live commentators for this #INDvAUS match be like… pic.twitter.com/BO3lKBS5Tk
— ScoopWhoop News (@scoopwhoopnews) February 24, 2017
Don't want fielders saving singles, got to use all the resources either protecting boundaries or in catching positions. #IndvAus
— Nish Navalkar (@YUVI_NISH) February 24, 2017
Reminds me of November. 11 people trying, but very difficult to get even one hundred #INDvAUS
— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur) February 24, 2017
Who would've thought, Australia with a 155 run lead after the first innings. Hard to see India getting back into the game. #IndvAus
— Tom Moody (@TomMoodyCricket) February 24, 2017
This is a match-winning lead. India have to do something seriously dramatic to pull it back.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) February 24, 2017
Your boy might of played a match winning innings.. couple of handy poles as well.. but that's a given for the big fella. https://t.co/IkMnqS6Wzw
— Michael Clarke (@MClarke23) February 24, 2017
105 is India's lowest total to contain an individual fifty (KL Rahul 64).
PRE: 121 v NZ, Wellington, 2002 (Sachin 51)#IndvAus— Deepu Narayana (@deeputalks) February 24, 2017
What a collapse from India!
4-94
5-95
6-95
7-95
8-98
9-101
10-105 #INDvAUs— DJ Ahmer Najeeb (@AhmerNajeeb) February 24, 2017
Wow!! Ridiculous scenes in Pune!! India lose 7 wickets for 11 runs in six overs! Safe to say I didn't see that happening! O'keefe?#INDvAUS
— James Taylor (@jamestaylor20) February 24, 2017
Steven O'Keefe since lunch:
25 balls
5 runs
6 wickets.Stunning.#INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/xYperzrpwY
— ScoopWhoop News (@scoopwhoopnews) February 24, 2017
India's last eight overs:
W1W.W..W…………2…1W1..1.1….W1..11…1.W
7/11 off 48 balls #IndvAus
— Fox Sports Lab (@FoxSportsLab) February 24, 2017
Collapsing 7/11? Couldn't make this up ? #IndvAus
— Anuraag Sureshkumar (@anuraag_ask) February 24, 2017
Lowest total for Ind vs Aus at home:
104 Mumbai, 2004
105 today *
135 Delhi, 1959
136 Kolkata, 1956 (both inngs)
137 Mumbai, 1969#IndvAus— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) February 24, 2017
Very wasteful from India, not batting out full 50 overs. Could prove costly #INDvAUS
— Andrew Ramsey (@ARamseyCricket) February 24, 2017
Last 7 wickets for 11 runs in 7.5 overs .
Just proves again,when you are set,you should make it count.
155 is a huge lead for Aus.#IndvAus— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) February 24, 2017
India lose 7 wkts for 11 runs. Their worst last 7 wkts collapse in Test history. Previous: 7 for 18 runs vs NZ in Christchurch 1990 #IndvAus
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) February 24, 2017
Have to admire India's strategy here, cleverly finding a way to avoid batting on this track on Day 5. #IndvAus
— Pavilion Opinions (@pavilionopinion) February 24, 2017
John bowled on a similar pitch all those years ago. And even he'd be confident he could come on and take wickets on this pitch.#INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/uyEPwwtUVu
— Adam White (@White_Adam) February 24, 2017
It'll get overlooked in the final wash-up, but Matthew Wade's stumping was absolutely sensational. Huge confidence boost for him #INDvAUS
— Martin Smith (@martinsmith9994) February 24, 2017
Me and Indian fans right now #IndvAus pic.twitter.com/G7AQMqboE0
— Piyush Sharma (@chaipilado) February 24, 2017
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