Yashasvi Jaiswal self-destructs, Virat Kohli licks his wounds: How India imploded in 25 minutes… again
Hindustan TimesWhat’s the common thread about the Indian batting that ties November 1 and December 27, 2024? Mohammed Siraj strode in, bizarrely, as nightwatchman and was trapped leg before first ball, after which Virat Kohli ran himself out, playing to mid-on and finding himself short of his ground as Matt Henry smashed the stumps at the non-striker’s end. Steve Smith’s 34th Test hundred, his second in as many games, and his century stand for the seventh wicket with Pat Cummins muscled Australia to 474. At 51 for two, India were well behind the game when Kohli joined the fluent Jaiswal, hoping to arrest an alarming slide marked by soft dismissals outside the off-stump. Steve Smith's love affair with the MCG grows All afternoon, Kohli had assiduously refrained from poking at balls outside off, but it seemed as if Jaiswal’s dismissal was playing on his mind, hindering his concentration.