Shamar Joseph’s fiery spell against Australia prompts Indian fans to urge BCCI: ‘Trade him for Prasidh Krishna, Shardul Thakur’
New Delhi: West Indies fast bowler Shamar Joseph bowled fiercely with the new ball, against Australia during the first Test in Kensington Oval. The pacer, who was instrumental to West Indies claiming their first Test win in Australia in 27 years in 2024, was a nightmare to Pat Cummins and his men-this time back home. Bowling with an economical tight opening spell, Joseph gave away only 13 runs in the opening seven overs and picked up the wickets of Sam Konstas and Cameron Green that put Australia under an early pressure.
Joseph bowled a peach in in the fourth over of the game to pin Konstas in front of the wicket. Australian opener, who couldn’t find a spot among the team in the WTC Final, was dismissed by only 3 runs. Joseph then made another opportunity in the final ball of the over but Brandon King did not hold onto the catch of Cameron Green. But the young pacemen did not stop here and outpaced Green later in the 10th over for 3 runs. He created havoc as well with Usman Khawaja and nearly dismissed him in the eighth over, but another catch went down off his bowling.
Social media fans could not have enough words to praise Shamar Joseph whose electric spell put Australia in severe pressure when the match first started. Some even went further and jested on Twitter that the BCCI should have him in exchange of Shardul Thakur and Prasidh Krishna who have merited criticism due to their unimpressive performance against England in the Leeds Test.
Prior to this, Pat Cummins, the Australia captain won the toss and chose to bat first on the first test of a three-match series and Joseph came to destroy his strategy with his deadly spell.
In an effort to break a 34-year-old jinx against Australia in not once winning a home series against them, the West Indies have undergone massive transformation in their team that had drawn the last series in Pakistan earlier this year.
It is the 50th Test match of off-spinning all-rounder Roston Chase, who is coming to the West Indies line-up after three years. His new-look team has just three of the players in the line-up which registered a series-levelling win on a turning Multan pitch five months ago former captain Kraigg Brathwaite, all-rounder Justin Greaves and left-arm spinner Jomel Warrican.
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