IND vs AUS 4th Test | Shardul, Washington batted brilliantly; Australia did not execute nicely, says Hazlewood

Image Source : GETTY IMAGES Washington Sundar
Australia speedster Josh Hazlewood on Sunday credited Washington Sundar and Shardul Thakur for taking India to a protected place with their century stand however rued the execution of dwelling staff bowlers in ending off the guests tail on the third day of the series-deciding fourth Test right here.
In a spot of trouble at 186 for six in reply to Australia’s 369, debutant Washington (62) and Shardul (67) punched above their wights to sew a “crucial” 123-run stand for the seventh wicket to assist an inexperienced India end their first innings at 336, 33 runs wanting the hosts.
“Yes, it is obviously a crucial partnership (between Shardul and Washington), but then we had them. I think, 6/200 around that mark, so we thought we (were) on top there but to be fair the guys batted really well,” Hazlewood, who returned with figures of 5 for 57, mentioned on the digital post-day press convention.
“We didn’t probably execute well as we could have in that period but (we) created a few little half chances. On any other day, hopefully we take those, but credit to those two guys (Shardul and Washington). They batted beautifully and I think it just shows the wicket is pretty good.”
At stumps on day three, Australia had been 21 for no loss of their second innings to increase their total result in 54 runs. Hazlewood conceded that Australia let a number of moments slip within the day, which might have finally made the distinction.
“I thought the guys did bowl really well again and everyone else backed us up. Just let a few moments slipped, I think, and also a few a half chances there. If we could have grabbed them, it could have made a little difference,” the 30-year-old mentioned.
Hazlewood additionally mentioned that the Australian bowlers didn’t construct sufficient strain as they might have appreciated to towards Shardul.

“It is a little bit of frustration clearly, typically once you scale back a staff to 6 down and you’re in your approach to knock them over, however as I mentioned groups bat all the way in which down, specifically a few of the groups like England. Credit to him (Shardul), we missed our marking a little-bit in that little interval.
“Probably bowled a touch short and bit of width here and there and just let him off the hook a little bit there and probably did not build the pressure, the way we wanted to. But again credit to him,” he mentioned in the course of the briefing facilitated by official broadcaster Sony Network.
Hazlewood, nonetheless, was pleased with the truth that they managed to take away India’s batting mainstay Cheteshwar Pujara cheaply.
“It is huge. He (Pujara) is obviously, probably the key wicket, one of the couple of key wickets there at the top order. If we can knock Pujara early, we get five, six, seven numbers in with a relatively hard and newish ball, so he plays a massive role for them and Patty (Pat Cummins) obviously has been on top of him this whole series,” he mentioned.
“He has still batted a bit of time here and there but we have really squeezed on the runs and I think that is playing on in his mind and bringing to his downfall.”
Hazlewood mentioned the match is at current evenly-poised and a name on declaration of their second innings will likely be made taking into account all elements, together with the climate.
“I think, the way it is set up, it is probably going to be both. Probably depends (on) who bats, if Davy (David Warner) bats a long time, things happen pretty quickly as we know. I think it will be pretty similar to maybe Sydney, three-three and half sessions, maybe four sessions,” he mentioned.
“It all depends on probably the weather as well, a bit of rain forecast in the afternoon on both days, so that could come into calculations but, we will bat normal for the first two sessions tomorrow and see where we are.”