Usman Khawaja jarred his knee whereas fielding on Sunday, forcing the younger Matthew Kuhnemann to step in as night-watchman and accompany Travis Head in opening Australia’s second innings.
After a forgettable outing with the ball – one for 94 – Kuhnemann survived six tough overs with the willow and was dropped by Okay.S. Bharat off R. Ashwin earlier than Australia ended the fourth day’s play at three for no loss.
“A left-handed Queenslander like Uzzy,” is how his teammate Alex Carey described him in jest.
The stumper-batter Carey additionally revealed that Kuhnemann stepped up when the staff wanted somebody to fill in for Khawaja as a night-watchman.
“He put his hand up straight away and did a fantastic job. Probably, it wasn’t his day with the ball. But yeah, all the guys would definitely get around him tonight for putting his hand up,” Carey mentioned.
“It’s a tough task going out and facing that new ball against Indian spinners. So, he did a fantastic job with Travis, but obviously, the night-watchman came into play 20 minutes ago, so we sent them out…”
Carey, who braved difficult situations and stood behind the stumps, praised Virat Kohli for his unbelievable ton. “No surprise he got it in a decent batting track and went big and showed how to do it really,” Carey mentioned.
“He’s a class player and he didn’t really give us a chance. We knew it was going to be tough bowling to Virat. We were able to contain him as much as we could and try to take wickets around him. Anytime you come to India and Virat’s next in or batting, you know it’s going to be noisy and he played really well today. But I thought we hung in really well…”
Meanwhile, pacer Scott Boland has gone again dwelling.
Source web site: sportstar.thehindu.com
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