Shikhar Dhawan drops Aaron Finch: Watch Indian opener puts down Australian captain in Canberra ODI

Dixit Bhargav | 02/12/2020
Shikhar Dhawan drops Aaron Finch: Watch Indian opener puts down Australian captain in Canberra ODI

Shikhar Dhawan drops Aaron Finch: The Indian opening batsman dropped a sitter to give the Australian captain a reprieve.

During the third ODI of the ongoing India’s tour of Australia in Canberra, India opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan dropped a simple catch to give Australia captain Aaron Finch a massive reprieve.

It all happened on the penultimate delivery of the seventh over when Finch edged a delivery from India pacer Jasprit Bumrah to Dhawan at first slip. In what should have been a straightforward chance, Dhawan just couldn’t get hold of the ball cleanly.

Finch, who was batting at 22* at that time, has since scored six runs but has been living dangerously. Chasing a 303-run target, Australia would want their captain to play a significant innings especially after the hosts have lost makeshift opening batsman Marnus Labuschagne (7).

After India captain Virat Kohli won the toss and chose to bat, India posted 302-5 in 50 overs on the back of individual half-centuries from Kohli (63), and all-rounders Hardik Pandya (92 not out) and Ravindra Jadeja (66 not out). It was a 150-run partnership between Pandya and Jadeja which has given their bowlers a competitive total to bowl at.

With bowling figures of 10-0-44-2, Australia all-rounder Ashton Agar was the pick of their bowlers. Other than Agar, spinner Adam Zampa and pacers in Josh Hazlewood and Sean Abbott picked a wicket apiece.

Shikhar Dhawan drops Aaron Finch

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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