Dinesh Karthik recalled an incident throughout his commentary on Day 3 of the fourth Test match between India and Australia in Ahmedabad. He recounted an incident when he accompanied his father to observe his first Test match through which a stranger described Sachin Tendulkar’s operating between the wickets as “a rat running after a thing”.
“I know very well. In 1998, my father took me to watch the India vs Australia Test match for the first time. I had come to see Sachin Tendulkar, a batsman. The person sitting next to me, a stranger in the crowd, said, ‘You will enjoy watching Sachin Tendulkar bat. But don’t forget his quick running between the wickets as well. He runs like a mouse that runs after cheese, but the only difference is that he doesn’t get trapped. I remember these lines very clearly,” stated Karthik in the course of the commentary.
Sachin scored 155 runs. What an innings that was, I’ll always remember it. So many sixes, one in every of them hit proper the place we had been sitting. We had been sitting between lengthy on and deep midwicket. Great reminiscences,” he stated.
India received the match by 179 runs in Chennai in 1998 and later received the three match sequence 2–1. The hosts have dominated the Test sequence towards Australia over time in residence circumstances. Coming into the fourth Test of the continued sequence, Australia path the sequence 2-1.
Young Shubman Gill justified his inclusion within the taking part in XI with an excellent half-century as India posted a cushty 129 for one at lunch on the third day. India nonetheless path Australia’s first innings rating of 480 by 351 runs.
India misplaced the wicket of their skipper Rohit Sharma (35 off 58 balls), who squandered a golden alternative to submit an enormous rating on the most effective batting floor of the sequence. Gill (65 batting, 119 balls) and Rohit added 74 runs for the primary wicket.
Sharma appeared in good stream as he pulled Mitchell Starc behind sq. for a six and ran nicely between the wickets throughout his 21-over stand.
The method of the dismissals was disappointing as deliveries from left-arm spinner Matt Kuhnmann (1/20) weren’t wicket-taking.
It was pitched quick and Sharma might have hit it wherever, however his back-foot punch discovered Marnus Labuschagne positioned at quick additional cowl for that specific shot.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
