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[Watch] McSweeney And Labuschagne Team Up To Take A Breathtaking Reflex Catch In Perth Test

Abhinav Tyagi

Marnus Labuschagne - (Source:@ScreenGrab)Marnus Labuschagne - (Source:@ScreenGrab)

In the ongoing match between India and Australia at the Optus Stadium in Perth, the visitors are in deep trouble as they have lost eight wickets for just 128 runs. Meanwhile, the Australian bowlers are breathing fire and also getting great assists from the fielders.

Australian fielders brought their top game from the start as debutant Nathan McSweeney took a brilliant low catch to get rid of Yashasvi Jaiswal for a duck. Further, he again shown in the field for his brilliant effort to dismiss debutant Harshit Rana.

Labuschagne Takes A Blinder

Notably, Rana looked good with the bat as he scored 7 off three balls, but edged one towards the slip, and Marnus Labuschagne and McSweeney teamed up for a brilliant catch. On the 4th ball of the 47th over, Rana edged the ball, and McSweeney dived to his left, but the ball flipped out of his hands, and Labuschagne was quick to react and dived to his right to complete the catch. The catch left the Optus Stadium stunned, and Harshit Rana was also in disbelief. 


India vs Australia: Match Summary So Far

At the time of writing this article, India have tumbled for  150 runs on day 1. Talking about the match, India got off to the worst possible start as they lost six early wickets. Rishabh Pant and Nitish Reddy pulled India out of a crumble and stitched a 48-run stand before Pant returned to the pavilion.

India need to win at least four games of the five match series to qualify for the WTC finals.