During the first Test between India and Australia in Nagpur, Australian middle-order batsman Marnu Labuschagne cracked a friendly joke which involved former skipper Virat Kohli. VCA Stadium, During the sixth, Labuschagne missed a delivery from Jadeja which left Kohli smiling. From the slip position, Kohli suggested the tip to the Australian batsman after Labuschagne played Jadeja’s first ball during the match. Later, he hit a boundary while playing an easy cover drive, for which he received appreciation from Kohli.
The Australian batsman said that he was flattered by Kohli’s praise and revealed that he has actually learned a few shots from the star Indian batsman. (Read: WATCH: Jadeja takes something from Siraj’s hand and rubs it on finger; Michael Vaughan, Tim Paine add to the mystery)
“Yeah, it’s always nice when Virat feels you played a good shot out there. There are a few shots I definitely learned from him,” Labushen said in an interview on Sen Cricket.
When asked about Australia’s disappointing performance on the first day of the first match, he said, “We are here to win the series, so we are going to make sure that we work as hard as possible and try to come back in the match.” struggle up.” With a special performance with the bat.”
After Ravindra Jadeja took five wickets as India bundled out Australia for 177, skipper Rohit Sharma’s unbeaten 56 helped the visitors to a close at the end of the first day of the first Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at the Vidarbha Cricket Association. put in prime position. Stadium here on Thursday. India’s score was 77/1 at stumps on the first day, with Rohit Sharma (56) and Ravichandran Ashwin (0) unbeaten at the crease. The hosts are still 100 runs behind. (With ANI inputs)