Any doubts over Usman Khawaja’s stiff again have simply been put to mattress.
Australia’s most prolific run scorer for the collection was absent from the sphere when the Aussies got here out onto the sphere simply earlier than lunch on Day 2.
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Former Australia opener Matthew Hayden reported on Sky Sports activities commentary that Khawaja had suffered a calf pressure, as did cricket journalist Louis Cameron, initially.
However it quickly emerged that Khawaja’s concern was together with his again.
“Usman Khawaja has not been fielding after his gritty 60 yesterday attributable to again soreness. He simply left Australia’s field and has gone to work on his outdoors again,” AAP’s Oliver Caffrey reported.
Khawaja quickly took his place again on the sphere, conscious that he wanted to be on the sphere throughout Australia’s bowling innings to be allowed to take his place on the prime of the order when it’s the Aussies’ flip to bat.
However any doubts about his health had been quickly put to mattress when Khawaja, who is not essentially identified for his athleticism within the subject, pulled off some of the freakish catches of his profession.
Indian middle-order batter Shreyas Iyer was threatening to swing the sport again in India’s favor together with his aggressive run-a-ball 26 earlier than going for one too many and choosing out Khawaja at mid-wicket.
The 36-year-old dived full size to his left and scooped up a catch that he had no proper to assert, simply millimeters above the lower grass.
