Ricky Ponting On Ashwin: The final match of the World Test Championship is being played between India and Australia. In this match, Indian captain Rohit Sharma has included four pacers in the team in the form of Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Shardul Thakur and Umesh Yadav. Captain Rohit Sharma has chosen only one spinner in the playing XI as Ravindra Jadeja. He dropped Ashwin, which former Australian player Ricky Ponting called a big mistake.
Seeing the condition, Rohit Sharma decided to include 4 fast bowlers in the team. But till the end of the first day’s play, the fast bowlers did not look very effective. Batting first, Australia put 327 runs on the board for 3 wickets by the end of the first day’s play. Meanwhile, while talking to the ICC, Ricky Ponting said that it was a mistake on the part of India not to include Ashwin in the playing XI.
The former Australian veteran said, “As the game progresses, this pitch at the Oval is going to turn. Australia have many left-handed batsmen in their lineup, which Ravi Ashwin would love to have. I think it was a mistake on India’s part.”
How was the condition of the first day in the match?
Indian captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bowl first. Mohammad Siraj got the first wicket for the Indian team on the fourth ball of the fourth over. He dismissed the left-handed opening batsman Usman Khawaja without playing the account. After this, on the fourth ball of the 22nd over, the second opener Warner returned to the pavilion playing an innings of 43 runs. Shardul Thakur made Warner walk.
Then on the first ball of the second session, Marnus Labushen was dismissed after scoring 26 runs. He was bowled by Mohammed Shami. After this, while batting at number four and five, Steve Smith and Travis Head shared an unbeaten 251-run partnership for the fourth wicket. Till the end of the first day, Travis Head was unbeaten on 146* and Steve Smith on a personal score of 91*.
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