After scoring a graceful fifty in the first innings, Peter Handscomb made an excellent catch to dislodge Shreyas Iyer off Nathan Lyon’s bowling on Saturday. The Victorian held on to it despite not being in the best position to catch the ball as Australia delivered a critical blow.
The incident occurred in the 26th of the inning when Iyer had just reached the crease. He seemed quite comfortable against the spin and was in the midst of a critical partnership with Virat Kohli. The right-handed hitter played a quick shot with conviction; however, the ball went to the 31-year-old on short leg. He hit his forearm before gaining control of the ball with one hand.
It was the fourth wicket of the innings, with all of them going to Lyon. The senior player started the day by getting rid of KL Rahul (17), Rohit Sharma (32). Then Cheteshwar Pujara fell for a seven-ball duck in his historic 100th Test. It was also redemption for Lyon, who only managed one wicket in the previous Test.
Peter Handscomb scored 72 not to lead Australia to a competitive total
Handscomb were two of Australia’s best batsmen on day one as they huffed and puffed their way to 263 around a twisty track in Delhi. The right-handed hitter shared two partnerships of 59 apiece with Usman Khawaja and Pat Cummins. The stand with Cummins was critical as he pulled the tourists out of a precarious 168-6.
Ultimately, the right-hander was stranded in the 72nd, with Mohammed Shami picking up the final wicket from Matthew Kuhnemann. Another significant development from the Australian camp is that David Warner has been ruled out of the remainder of the Test due to concussion, which occurred from being struck while he was batting. Matt Renshaw has replaced him in the lineup.