Nagpur:As India finished the innings on 400, gaining a healthy lead of 223 runs, almost match-winning, what came to the fore was the body language of the two teams. While the Indians have looked confident, sure of their ability and the work that needs to be done in the game, Australian shoulders have been down.
During Day 2 of the Indian innings, there came a juncture when Australian looked to came back into the match with quick wickets of Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara and Suryakumar Yadav. A score of 168 at the loss of five wickets didn't bode well for the hosts despite extending the lead to 9 runs as a quick run-in by the Australian bowlers could have folded India under 200 runs.
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Rohit Sharma, who was already in sublime touch, however, stayed calm and went on to score one of the most hard-fought hundreds by him. With him, Ravindra Jadeja, who scored 70 runs eventually, played his part and kept India innings afloat. They had a vital partnership of 61 runs that recuperated India's innings.
Nevertheless, there was a time when a close call against Jadeja was turned down by the umpire Richard Illingworth. Todd Murphy, the sole bowler to threaten the Indian batting line-up, was bowling well. He had his ball struck Jadja's pads following which there was a loud appeal from the Australian team. The ground umpire, however, turned it down.
The Australians, meanwhile, weren't all convinced and went with the fourth umpire for a review, who eventually turned down the Australian review. Although, it was a close call and a good decision by the Australians to go for the review. The reason why Jadeja was adjudged not out was because of the long stride that he took, and despite the fact that it looked ominously close, the umpire shrugged it off since it's always an uncertainty in cases of long stride forward.