IND Vs AUS 2nd Test Day 2 : Ace Off-spinner becomes 1st bowler to get Steve Smith out for a Duck Twice! -

February 17, 2023

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IND Vs AUS 2nd Test Day 2 : Ace Off-spinner becomes 1st bowler to get Steve Smith out for a Duck Twice!

Ravi Ashwin also completed 100 Test wickets against the Aussies

At the 2nd test of the Border-Gavaskar trophy 2023, Australia won the toss and elected to bat first in a Delhi pitch which is known for getting spin-friendly in the later stages of the game and the average 1st inning score here is 278. And at the moment, India are currently on full control of the game as the Baggy greens are all out for 263.

The tourists got off to a shaky start and lost 3 early wickets as David Warner, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith and Travis Head departed for scores of 15, 18, 0 & 12. However, Usman Khawaja scored 81 before KL Rahul pulled a stunning one-handed catch after the Leftie tried to reverse sweep Ravindra Jadeja.

Innings Break!

Australia are all out for 263 in the first innings.

4️⃣ wickets for @MdShami11 👌🏻
3️⃣ wickets apiece for @ashwinravi99 & @imjadeja 👍🏻

Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/hQpFkyZGW8 #TeamIndia | #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/RZvGJjsMvo

— BCCI (@BCCI) February 17, 2023

ICYMI – WHAT. A. CATCH 😯😯

WOW. A one-handed stunner from @klrahul to end Usman Khawaja’s enterprising stay!#INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/ODnHQ2BPIK

— BCCI (@BCCI) February 17, 2023

Later on Peter Handscomb and Pat Cummins too the guard and scored 72 and 33. But the Australians were restricted to 263 runs in their first innings and India will now look chase the trail in the final session of Day 1. Meanwhile, during one of the developments in the match Veteran Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin removed Steve Smith for a duck.

Marnus Labuschagne ✅
Steve Smith ✅@ashwinravi99 gets 2⃣ big wickets in one over 💪💥#TeamIndia #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/UwSIxep8q2

— BCCI (@BCCI) February 17, 2023

Ashwin’s wicket was not ordinary. With that Duck, he has now become the only bowler in the world to remove Steve Smith for Zero twice in his career. No other bowler in the history has been able to do that. The first time that Ravi Ashwin got rid of Smith for a duck was back in 2020 at Melbourne.

This is the first time Steve Smith dismissed for a duck against India in Test cricket. pic.twitter.com/ZteVku6Pzd

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) December 26, 2020

The Indian Off-spinner bowled a brilliant over and removed 2 batters in the space of 3 deliveries. First up, Marnus Labuschagne failed to read Ashwin’s low bounce ball and his pad was caught before the wicket. 1 ball later, Steve Smith nicked a ball which was going towards left instead of turning right.

T. I. M. B. E. R!

Wicket No. 3⃣ for @MdShami11! 👌 👌

Australia lose their 9th wicket as Nathan Lyon is dismissed.

Follow the match ▶️ https://t.co/hQpFkyZGW8 #TeamIndia | #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/ytnSx5TFM3

— BCCI (@BCCI) February 17, 2023