Australia’s bodyline attack on tailenders in Adelaide

adelaide There is an old saying that everything is fair in love and war, to a large extent this is true, but in cricket, which is called a gentleman’s game, earlier there was some decorum on the field, which was put aside by the Australian bowlers on the Adelaide grounds. Seeing what happened on the field, you will be forced to say that Australia can do anything to win.

From the beginning of the third day’s play, the Australian attitude was different and the hosts, who had Pant out in the first over, came out in the open. he/she did everything on the field which the rules allow but the spirit of the game prevented him/her from doing it. That means bowling continuously by targeting the body of any batsman.

Bodyline attack on Indian bowlers

In olden times, hitting bouncers at bowlers was considered against the spirit of the game, but this does not apply to Australian bowlers. After Pant’s dismissal, when Ashwin came to bat, he/she was hit with a bouncer using leg slip and fine leg, which was part of a well-planned conspiracy. When Ashwin was out on a bouncing ball from Cummins, it seemed that this trend would stop. But the atmosphere became more heated as soon as Harshit Rana came to the crease. Cummins came round the wicket and targeted Rana’s head and troubled the batsman with short pitch bowling. At the other end, Nitish Reddy tried his/her best to save Rana and did not let him/her come in front of Starc, but for how long could he/she save. Harshit did not stand a chance in front of the continuous barrage of bouncers and he/she also fell victim to the short pitch ball. The conditions on the pitch were so bad that Cummins, Poland and Starc hit bouncers fiercely on Bumrah at number ten and Siraj at number eleven after bowling round the wicket. After years, such bowling was seen where tailenders were hit in large numbers by bouncers and their bodies were targeted.

The battle of Perth comes to Adelaide

The bouncer fight had started from Perth when the bouncer fight between Harshit and Starc went viral. Harshit batsman hits a sharp bouncer to Starc. The ball takes the outside edge of Starc’s bat and goes towards slip. After this, Indian fast bowler comes to Mitchell Starc. Seeing Harshit close to him/her, Starc says, “Harshit, I bowl faster than you.” After hearing this from Stark, Harshit smiles. The matter was discussed but how did the Indian bowlers know that the Australian bowlers would take revenge for this in Adelaide. Australia not only won the match but also filled the Indian camp with terror and forced Team India to think about how to combat bodyline bowling in the upcoming matches.

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