The bowling of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja proved unplayable for the visiting Baggy Greens in the first Test
ears of planning. Years of forethought, deliberation, anticipation. All unravelled in under 33 overs of a slightly extended session, Australia bowled out for 91 and losing the first Test at Nagpur before tea on the third day.
That gave only two points of reference, but a coincidence is easily misread as a sequence. Graph a line between them and it did show improvement. From then there were ‘A’ tours, spin camps, roughed-up practice wickets. Progress in Pakistan, then in Sri Lanka. But in a trice, the illusory sequence came to an end. Really that happened on the first day, when Australia’s first innings crashed to 177 all out. Smith and Labuschagne had a partnership, Handscomb and Carey had a partnership, neither lasted for long enough, and nobody else did anything. It was a patent example of insufficiency.Photograph: Robert Cianflone/Getty Images
Each plan about how to prosper in India over the last 10 years has lasted as long as it took to meet Ashwin and Jadeja. In the 2013 series, Jadeja took 26 wickets, Ashwin 27. In 2017, Jadeja 25, Ashwin 21. In the first match this time, Jadeja finished with seven and Ashwin eight. Across their combined Test careers they have dismissed 167 Australians, a partnership astounding in consistency and volume.
Philippines Latest News, Philippines Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Project drawing from Australia's largest water licence will 'almost certainly' damage cultural valuesOpponents say the public deserves as much input possible into a nationally significant proposal drawing from Singleton Station's record-breaking 40,000 megalitre water licence, after a report found cultural and ceremonial sites will be diminished by its impact on groundwater.
Read more »
Money Matters: Can Aussie businesses force customers to tip?Tipping practices in Australia can bring on strong emotions - and for good reason. 9News
Read more »
Bangladesh calls for Australia to increase intake of Rohingya refugeesBangladeshi Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen says many countries had substantially increased the number of Rohingya refugees they had taken, and he would like to see Australia take more people in.
Read more »
This farmer lives in a town of 300 people but his videos reach millionsFrom a humble cottage on the Murray River in South Australia, farmer Mintu Brar shares stories about life in rural Australia with the Punjabi community around the world.
Read more »
Australia, Indonesia promise to strike new defence agreement despite AUKUS tensionsIn a joint statement, the Australian and Indonesian defence ministers say they have instructed officials to begin negotiations to 'elevate' the existing defence cooperation pact between the two countries to 'an agreement that is binding under international law'.
Read more »