Marnus Labuschagne was at the receiving end of a rather bizarre dismissal when he was adjudged stumped off Ravichandran Ashwin’s delivery during India vs Australia 1st ODI.
In the 33rd over of the match, Labuschagne who was looking well-set in the middle, tried to play a reverse sweep but could not connect properly and there was a chance for keeper KL Rahul to catch it. But the ball dipped and hit the pads of the keeper and bounced off it and dislodged the bails.
There was a chance of stumping with the commentators and the players all looking confused. It was sent upstairs and the replays showed that Labuschagne’s backfoot was on the line when the ball hit the stumps. Ultimately after checking again with the stumps camera, the Australian was given out and he departed for 39 runs.
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Meanwhile, a light drizzle had halted the proceedings in the first ODI between India and Australia on Friday. Sent into bat, Australia were 166 for 4 in 35.4 overs when the match came to a halt because of a light drizzle. Opening the batting, David Warner made 52, while Steve Smith (42) and Labuschagne also contributed before being dismissed.
Earlier, India skipper Rahul won the toss and elected to field against Australia in the first ODI of the three-match series.
Shreyas Iyer, who could only play two games in the Asia Cup due to a back spasm, is back in the playing XI while Rituraj Gaikwad, Suryakumar Yadav, Ravichandran Ashwin and Mohammed Shami are also in.
Skipper Pat Cummins and Steve Smith, who were both nursing wrist injuries, returned to the Australian team.
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