After the second day of the Perth Test match, the Indian team scored 172 runs for no loss in their second innings and their lead increased to 218 runs. Team India did not give the host Australian team a chance to make a comeback in the second day’s play, with the bowlers doing their job in the first session, Yashaswi’s brilliant batting in the remaining two sessions. Jaiswal and KL Rahul were seen, putting on 172 runs for the first wicket by the end of the day’s play. The irritation of the Australian players was palpable in the second day’s play, which saw an altercation between Yashwi Jaiswal and Mitchell Starc, to which Jaiswal responded appropriately.
Jaiswal responded to Starc on his ball speed.
In the first innings of the Perth Test match, Yashaswi Jaiswal returned to the pavilion without opening his account, putting pressure on him to score runs in the second innings, which he handled very well and eventually the team won the match. In the second day’s play, he remained unbeaten after scoring 90 runs off 193 balls. During his brilliant innings, irritation was evident on the faces of the Australian bowlers, with Starc even trying to distract them, to which Jaiswal responded aptly. In fact, on the first ball of the 47th over of the Indian team’s second innings, Jaiswal hit Starc for a brilliant six over deep backward square leg, which left Starc stunned. After this he bowled the next ball a bouncer which Jaiswal missed. After which Jaiswal played the fourth ball of the over with ease which went straight to Starc. After this, Starc looked at Jaiswal, to which he got an immediate reply and Jaiswal commented on Starc’s ball speed that it was too slow, at which Starc laughed and went to bowl again.
Stark also tried to mess with Harshit Rana
In the first session of the second day’s play, Mitchell Starc was instrumental in taking Australia’s first innings score past 100, with a 26-run innings. Starc also tried to mess with Harshit Rana during this innings. In fact, both the bowlers were part of the Kolkata Knight Riders team in the last season of IPL, during which this conversation between them was funny. After playing the ball to Rana, Starc told him that I bowl faster than you.
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