Australia did very well in bundling out Sri Lanka for just 212 runs in the first innings of the first Test at Galle but to be 3 down for 98 at stumps on Day 1, the tourists wouldn’t be completely happy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While Smith’s departure was a big blow to Australia, Khawaja has done well with the bat so far. By the end of the first day’s play, Khawaja had mustered 47 runs from 86 balls with the help of 5 boundaries. He would be keen to continue from where he left on Wednesday and take Australia to a strong first-innings total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For Sri Lanka, Ramesh Mendis has been the most successful bowler so far, picking up two wickets of David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At least one of the three dismissals was avoidable, with Steve Smith and Usman Khawaja’s mix-up resulting in the run-out of the former. Australia did very well in bundling out Sri Lanka for just 212 runs in the first innings of the first Test at Galle but to be 3 down for 98 at stumps on Day 1, the tourists wouldn’t be completely happy. While Smith’s departure was a big blow to Australia, Khawaja has done well with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":87056,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[403,402,404],"class_list":["post-87055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports-news","tag-khawaja","tag-srilanka","tag-stevesmith"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87055"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87057,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87055\/revisions\/87057"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
The blame game didn’t take long to get started on social media, with some suggesting it was Khawaja’s fault while others said Smith wasn’t clear enough. Smith, the former Australia skipper, even fumed at his partner over the run-out incident, the video of which has been extensively shared and discussed on social media.
Smith was batting on six when the ball struck him on the pads and rebounded towards a vacant area on the off-side. Smith himself initially said no before gesturing for Khawaja to come for a single. Khawaja’s response also seemed to have been affirmative but he changed his mind later on.
By the time Khawaja pulled himself back, Smith had already come halfway down the crease. He tried to return in time, but the effort went in vain.
Furious with the development, Smith was seen raising his arms, angry at Khawaja for sending him back. Though it does seem like a part of the fault lies with Khawaja, many fans weren’t pleased with Smith’s reaction.
Here’s the video of the incident:<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"