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'I Know It Is His 100th Test': Nathan Lyon Comes Up With A Remark On Facing Pujara

He picked the crucial wickets of Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Shreyas Iyer, and Srikar Bharat.

After an ordinary run in the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar trophy against India, Australia’s Nathan Lyon starred with he ball when he scalped five wickets on Day 2 of the second Test against India in New Delhi. He picked the crucial wickets of Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Shreyas Iyer, and Srikar Bharat.

After being asked about Pujara, "Well, Gabba was my 100th Test. My dream of defending 300 at the Gabba was also shattered," Lyon said in the post-match press conference.

"I know it is his 100th Test. Fairytales don't come the way (you) like. But over the years, I have had some unbelievable battles with Pujara. It's been pretty amazing."

"Bowling around the wicket in this game, I'm still trying to target off stump. That's my goal. If you understand cricket, you will understand what I am trying to do and trying to get them defending because we know how good the Indian batters are. If I can make them defend, hopefully, I'll create a few chances here and there," he said.

Talking about the match, the Kangaroos were restricted to just 113 runs in their second innings. Star all rounder Ravindra Jadeja picked seven wickets and helped India restrict Australia.

Squads:

India: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (injured and yet to recover), KS Bharat (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), R. Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Suryakumar Yadav.

Australia: Pat Cummins (capt), Ashton Agar, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green (injured), Peter Handscomb, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Lance Morris, Todd Murphy, Matthew Renshaw, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc (injured), Mitchell Swepson, David Warner.

 

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