Cricket / The middle ground captain cheated his own player, Sachin was also a victim

Australia vs South Africa 3rd Test, Usman Khawaja: During the third Test match of the series between Australia and South Africa, such an incident happened, which reminded the great batsman Sachin Tendulkar. Pat Cummins, who is commanding the Australian Test team, did not allow his own teammate to complete a double century. He was just 5 runs away from completing the double century but Cummins declared the innings. This reminded me of an 18 year old story.

Khawaja was on 195 and the innings was declared

Australia's opener Usman Khawaja batted brilliantly in the third Test match of the series against South Africa. He came very close to scoring a double century but captain Pat Cummins announced to declare the innings. Khawaja returned unbeaten after scoring 195 runs. During this he faced 368 balls and hit 19 fours, 1 six. At the same time, Steve Smith also scored a century. Smith hit 11 fours and 2 sixes in his innings of 192 balls. Australia declared its first innings by scoring 475 runs for 4 wickets.

remember the story of 2004

This story of Usman Khwaja reminded people of the year 2004. Then a similar incident happened with great batsman Sachin Tendulkar. In March 2004, a Test match was played between India and Pakistan in Multan. Sachin Tendulkar was unbeaten after scoring 194 runs, then the then captain of the team Rahul Dravid announced to declare the innings. At that time, Sachin had missed his double century by just six runs. When Khawaja was returning to the pavilion after declaring the innings on the Sydney ground, the fans remembered the same incident.

rain interrupted

The rain affected the Sydney Test a lot. The start of the match was delayed on the first two days of the match due to rain and bad light. Could not play on the third day. In such a situation, the Australian team had scored 475 runs for 4 wickets in their first innings by the end of the second day's play. By the end of the fourth day's play, South Africa scored 149 runs losing 6 wickets. Captain Cummins bowled strongly and took 3 wickets while Josh Hazlewood got 2 wickets. Right now the visiting team is 326 runs behind Australia.