The Sydney Morning Herald led with the headline: “Head and Lyon give Australia the lead”. and indicated how troublesome the final innings chase can be for India with these strains of their report: “The most profitable fourth innings chase at this venue is 276, each overhauled by 5 runs by the mighty Viv Richards-led West Indies India’s sides of 1987 and 2011 that featured Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag.
“Head full of steam: Shock opener steals back Australian initiative” was the headline for Code Sports. “But Head claws again the climb for Australia with a blistering knock that included 5 fours and a six, as he performs on residence soil… Australia put India on the backfoot by scoring 50 runs in simply 9.1 overs. Dia and never permitting their spinners to do their job.
Stumped on Day 2 2⃣ #INDvAUS Examination!
1️⃣ for the wicket @imjadeja At the top of the day’s play, Australia’s rating is 61/1.
Tomorrow 👌🏻 an essential day coming
Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/hQpFkyZGW8…#StaffIndia , @mastercardindia pic.twitter.com/Jr6AHAGDUf
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 18, 2023
Fox Sports predicts a “thriller” and digs alongside these strains about Nathan Lyon being precisely who we do not know.
Can you imagine that a number of days again some folks have been questioning Nathan Lyon’s place within the Test workforce? OK, they’re wanting fairly foolish in the mean time.
Lyon turned the third participant after Muttiah Muralitharan and James Anderson to take 100 Test wickets in opposition to India. It was additionally his eighth five-wicket haul, probably the most by any Test bowler in opposition to India. Murali scored 7 and Imran Khan, Malcolm Marshall, Ian Botham and Anderson scored 6-6 runs.
Rohit Sharma ☝️
KL Rahul ☝️
Cheteshwar Pujara ☝️
Shreyas Iyer ☝️
KS Bharat ☝️Fourth Test five-wicket haul in India for Nathan Lyon 👏#INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/zk0DtEgssH
— Wisden (@WisdenCricket) February 18, 2023
Michael Hussey mentioned on Fox Cricket, “Getting to know Nathan Lyon, he doubts himself a bit, and gets really nervous before games.” “Seeing Murphy do so well in the first Test, he must be thinking, oh my god, when is my turn?”
Sen Radio have been additionally delighted with Nathan Lyon. “Nathan Lyon has single-handedly turned the second Test – and possibly the series around”. Their headline screamed: ‘Delhi fires up Lyon as India crumbles’.
Public owned ABC radio was extra circumspect, saying “the game was in a balance”.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
