Australian opener Usman Khawaja has revealed he advised Cameron Green to hug him after he received to his century on day one of many fourth Test towards India on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Speaking after the sport Khawaja mentioned, “It was a psychological battle greater than the rest. You must hold doing it for a very long time. I had the helmet in my proper hand, I advised him (Green) simply give me a hug, as an alternative of a excessive 5 (following his century). I’ve no superstitions, I stretched a bit within the morning and I used to be able to go.
“A lot of emotion in that. It has been a long journey, getting a hundred. As an Australian, you always want to do that. It’s very special. Travis Head took the new ball down. He was smacking them. Was pretty good to watch that from the other end. It was such a nice wicket, I didn’t want to give my wicket away,” he added.
Stumps on Day 1️⃣ of the Fourth #INDvAUS Test!
2️⃣ wickets within the ultimate session as Australia end the opening day with 255/4 on board.
We might be again tomorrow as one other action-packed day awaits💪
Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/8DPghkx0DE#INDvAUS | @mastercardindia pic.twitter.com/hdRZrif7HC
— BCCI (@BCCI) March 9, 2023
Australia had been 255 for 4 at stumps. Opener Khawaja and Cameron Green had been batting on 104 and 49 respectively on the shut of play.
After skipper Steve Smith opted to bat, Australia had been off to begin with the duo of Khawaja and Travis Head including 61 runs for the primary wicket.
R Ashwin gave India their first breakthrough when he dismissed Head for 32. In between Smith’s dismissal by Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami bowled Marnus Labuschagne (3) and Peter Handscomb (17) with two lovely deliveries.
India lead the collection 2-1.
