BGT 2024-25: [Watch] KL Rahul gets bowled by a jaffa from Pat Cummins in MCG test

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KL Rahul scored 24 runs in India’s first innings at the MCG.
Australian captain Pat Cummins gave his side a crucial breakthrough by dismissing KL Rahul with a peach of a delivery just before the tea break on day 2 of the ongoing fourth BGT 2024-25 test at the MCG.
In reply to Australia’s first innings total of 474, India started on a poor note by losing captain Rohit Sharma for only three runs.
However, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rahul, who was shifted to No. 3 as Rohit returned to the top but batted effectively as an opener in this innings, steadied the innings with a mini-partnership of 43 runs. While they played and missed a few balls, both batsmen looked solid and measured.
Rahul, in particular, was at his zen best, proving once again why he has been the best opener of the series across the two teams.
He creamed three delightful boundaries in his 42-ball stay that got him 24 runs. He was batting so well that it needed a jaffa of a ball from Cummins to end Rahul’s innings.
Cummins sent down a good length delivery angled into Rahul and it pitched on the middle stump. Because of it’s perfect length, Rahul couldn’t come to the pitch of the ball in his defensive stroke.
He played at the line of the ball with a slightly slanted bat but since the ball seamed out just a bit, it beat Rahul’s outside edge and hit the top of the off-stump.
This was a classic Pat Cummins dismissal where he hammers into the top of the off-stump of the batsman with his perfect length and a little seam movement. Rahul couldn’t blame himself at all for getting out to such a terrific ball.
Video: Pat Cummins bowls KL Rahul with a jaffa
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