Former England captain Michael Vaughan took a dig at the dismissal of young India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal during the Gabba Test. Jaiswal who was facing a few throw-downs before the start of the innings flicked one straight towards the Australian team huddle on Day 3 of the third Test. Later the Southpaw got out on the same shot.
Before coming to bat, India support staff was helping Jaiswal with throw-downs. Jaiswal flicked the ball, and it went straight towards the Australian huddle, who were preparing to enter the field. The ball hit Cricket Australia’s cameraman on his legs, leaving the hosts a little riled up, but Jaiswal quickly apologised.
“That’s one way of getting ahead of the game… he’s just trying to take out Mitchell Starc before the game starts,” Michael Vaughan said.
Jaiswal who came to bat alongside KL Rahul managed to score a boundary on the first delivery as the ball caught an edge of the fuller length delivery by Mitchell Starc that raced towards the boundary going through the middle of the fourth slip and gully. The next ball was slightly short where Jaiswal flicked the ball in a similar manner that we saw in the warm-up, but he failed to connect it well and he got out after giving a simple catch to Mitchell Marsh at short mid-wicket.
“Five minutes before Jaiswal got out, this is the shot he practiced that whip through mid-wicket, wonderful shot and good balance,” said Michael Vaughan.
“And then you go into the match and it’s the same shot but he goes aerial, just flicks it. It was the pressure of the game, in practice it’s perfect.”
Coming back to the match, India's top order failed again as Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant dismissed on a single-digit score before the day was called off due to rain. India: 51/4 Rohit Sharma 0 (6), KL Rahul 33(64).
