New Delhi: The Australian team wore black armbands during the second test match against India at the Adelaide Oval in Adelaide on December 6, Friday. The Aussies came out wearing the black arm bands in memory of former cricketers Phillip Hughes and Ian Redpath. The demise of Hughes was a shock in cricket Australia.
During Australia’s domestic test cricket tournament Sheffield Shield match, Hughes was hit by a ball in his helmet and died after some time. Before the tragic death of Hughes, a month earlier Aussies opener Redpath also passed away. Cricket Australia tributes Hughes’ death anniversary by displaying a documentary on his life before the start of the play. It was the 10th death anniversary of Hughes.
Hughes played 26 Tests, 25 ODI, and a T20I match in his career, he made his debut in February 2009 against South Africa. Meanwhile, Redpath played 66 Test and Five ODIs for Australia and passed away due to an illness on December 1. The players in Sheffield Shield also wore black armbands to tribute the game to Redpath.
India’s mini collapse in pink-ball Test match against Australia
India won the toss and elected to bat first, Mitchell Starc avenged his revenge against Yashasvi Jaiswal by dismissing him on the first ball of the match. India’s opener was trapped in front of the stumps in the very first ball but after the early blow, Shubhman Gill and KL Rahul dominated the Aussies bowlers and made a handy partnership but Starc made a breakthrough in his second spell by dismissing Rahul.
In Starc’s next over he trapped Virat Kohli in the slips. Starc bowled outside off and Kohli’s weakness of the fifth and sixth stump ball exposed again. After that, in the next over Scott Boland trapped Gill in front of the stumps and dismissed him on 31 runs. India lost three wickets in just 12 runs.
The Australian team wore black armbands during the pink-ball test match against India at the Adelaide Oval in Adelaide on December 6, Friday. Cricket Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Cricket Live Score, Sports Breaking News from Sports Today
