Umpire Marais Erasmus turned down India’s lbw appeal,but their review showed the ball to be hitting leg-stump en route to a series-levelling 106-run win for the hosts.
Speculation has been rife over the sort of pitch India could serve up for the remainder of the series after England’s first-Test heist in Hyderabad.
Two extraordinary results just a few hours apart have proved again that the game’s longest form is still top of the pile – but it needs to change.
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Two Super Overs,an unbeaten century,a 190-run stand and 103 runs from the final five overs of India’s regular innings. The third T20 in Bangalore had it all.
After two Super Overs,a 190-run stand,a 36-run over and an unbeaten century,India finally recorded a 3-0 series win.
Only 42 more balls than the equivalent of a full one-day clash were bowled in the match which ended shortly after lunch on day two,breaking a 92-year-old record.
Australia,India and England must be prepared to share more of their wealth with other nations to keep the best cricketers playing Test matches,Cricket Australia chair Mike Baird says.
India lost six wickets for no runs after South Africa had earlier been dismissed for 55 in one of the most extraordinary days of Test cricket ever seen.
Alana King’s dream leg-break to bowl Pooja Vastrakar in Mumbai was as close to Shane Warne’s famed ball of the century as you will see.