Published - | Updated - January 4, 2025 12:05 pm
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Indian wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant told that it is difficult to keep wickets when star fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah is on the field. Both these players have joined hands and taken many wickets since becoming regular players in India’s Test playing XI. On January 4, Jasprit Bumrah and Rishabh Pant worked together and got the edge over Marnus Labuschagne.
But before the day’s play, Rishabh Pant was asked how it feels to keep wickets in front of Jasprit Bumrah’s bowling, to which wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant replied. Oh man it is quite difficult because the kind of angles he makes sometimes you have to move a little faster on one side and when the edge comes to the other side you just have to manage. It is quite difficult but I would say it is part of the job.
Talking about the match, India’s acting captain Jasprit Bumrah won the toss and decided to bat first. The visitors managed to score 185 runs before the Australian bowlers wrapped up their innings. Rishabh Pant was the highest run scorer for India with 40 runs.
The Australian innings started on the first day of the Test where they played three overs and lost the wicket of Usman Khawaja. Then on the second day, the wickets of Sam Constas, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith and Travis Head fell in the first session. By lunch time, Australia scored 101 runs for the loss of 5 wickets. KL Rahul was the best fielder in the first session as he took three catches while taking four wickets.
India’s wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant said:
Wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant said that wicketkeeping is very difficult when fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah is bowling and the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy was no different in which both of them took part in all the matches.
On January 4, Jasprit Bumrah and Rishabh Pant combined to dismiss Marnus Labuschagne for just two runs. But before the day’s play, Pant was asked what it feels like to keep wicket to Bumrah’s bowling and he had a brilliant response.
Handling Jasprit Bumrah’s pace is a big challenge and Pant also revealed one thing about his bowling that makes wicketkeeping difficult.
Meanwhile, India pacer Mohammed Siraj was dangerous during his first spell, picking up two wickets with an outswinger before Prasidh Krishna sent back the in-form Steve Smith as India reduced Australia to 101/5 by lunch on the second day of the fifth Test in Sydney.
Smith shared a small 57-run stand for the fifth wicket with Beau Webster before Siraj took two wickets in four balls to reduce the hosts to 39/4.
Prasidh Krishna was proving to be the weak link, he bowled many release balls in his first spell as he was not getting the right length.
