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Sara Tendulkar, daughter of legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar, was noticed within the stands on Day 1 of the third Test encounter between India and Australia at The Gabba in Brisbane on Saturday. Sara was cheering from the stands with former cricketers Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh sitting on the seats behind her. However, there was not a lot play within the first session of Day 1 as heavy rain impacted play and in keeping with forecasts, couple of days’ play can get affected by the rainfall and thunderstorms.

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Australian openers, particularly native hero Usman Khawaja, displayed numerous grit as they confidently negotiated Jasprit Bumrah’s opening spell to succeed in 28 with out loss in opposition to India.

Only 13.2 overs of play had been potential in the course of the first session, because the climate forecast predicts extra interruptions all through the sport.

Bumrah (0/8 in 6 overs) bowled his least potent opening spell of the collection up to now.

Despite overcast circumstances and sufficient bounce on supply, he did not bowl too many wicket-taking deliveries in that six-over first spell whereas Mohammed Siraj (0/13 in 4 overs) was responsible of sometimes pitching it quick.

In case of Bumrah, he rightly pitched it up however there was little or no trace of swing on supply and solely on few events was he in a position to sq. up Khawaja (19 batting, 47 balls) whereas coming around the wicket. The strains weren’t precisely thrilling and had been drifting in the direction of the leg-side extra typically.

With not many probing questions requested, the primary 25 minutes earlier than the regular drizzle stopped proceedings for a while noticed Australia attain 19 for no loss. While Nathan McSweeney (4 batting, 33 balls) defended dourly, Khawaja did pull Siraj for a boundary earlier than the break and added another after play resumed.

Siraj was eliminated after a three-over first spell and it was Akash Deep (0/2 in 3.2 overs), who seemed good first up, preserving the ball on the off-stump channel along with his inventory supply that might dart in to place batters. in uncomfortable positions.

But the place Australia gained the session was how Khawaja handled Bumrah. He defended effectively by dropping his backside hand and attempting to play as late as potential. The balls that went previous Khawaja’s exterior edge weren’t about being crushed; moderately, he stored the bat near his physique, permitting the ball to deviate previous the willow. He solely performed deliveries that had been bowled into his physique He knew that if they will handle Bumrah’s first spell which is mostly between six to eight overs, they will dominate different bowlers.

The second rain break got here attributable to a sharper spell of showers, simply as Akash and, particularly, Siraj in his second spell began pitching the ball additional up and began utilizing angles effectively.

(With PTI inputs)