Steve Smith was stunned by the jugalbandhi of Virat and Siraj, Captain Rohit kept watching

IND vs AUS Test Series: Virat Kohli may have left the captaincy of the Indian cricket team, but his leadership style has been in the news from time to time. Now in Border-Gavaskar Trophy India-Australia Something similar happened in the third test match also. In fact, on the fifth day of the Gabba Test, India’s first innings was reduced to 260 runs. Team India counter-attacked in the bowling and dismissed the batsmen of the Kangaroo team indiscriminately. Meanwhile, the wicket of Steve Smith has come into discussion, who has been dodged by Virat Kohli and Mohammed Siraj while doing jugalbandhi.

In Australia’s second innings, Steve Smith came to bat at sixth position instead of fourth. Smith has a special skill that he is able to hit flick shots while doing body movement. He has expertise in it, but Mohammad Siraj overpowered him in the Gabba Test. In the 11th over of the innings, Mohammad Siraj was caught by Rishabh Pant at the score of 4 runs.

Virat-Siraj’s jugalbandi

Before the wicket fell, captain Rohit Sharma had advised Mohammed Siraj not to bowl ‘over the wicket’ to Smith. According to Rohit, doing this would have made it easier for Smith to score runs. Then Virat Kohli jumped into the discussion and interrupted the captain and told Siraj to bowl ‘over the wicket’ only. Virat said that Siraj should bowl ‘over the wicket’ and bowl the scrambled seam ball. There will be more chances of Smith getting out on this kind of ball.

This strategy worked because Siraj hit the next ball on the middle stump and bowled the ball with a scrambled seam. The ball took the edge of Smith’s bat and reached the gloves of Rishabh Pant. When Virat and Siraj’s strategy worked, captain Rohit Sharma kept watching all this.

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— Sunil Gavaskar (@gavaskar_theman) December 18, 2024

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