On Day 4 of the ongoing third Test match between Australia and India at Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), Hanuma Vihari dropped a sitter on the second ball of the day and gave Aussie star Marnus Labuschagne a chance to score 73 runs in his 2nd innings.
India’s premier pacer Jasprit Bumrah perfect executed the plan to dismiss the batsman on leg-side when Labuschagne flicked a ball towards the backward square, but Vihari dropped a regulation catch. A disheartened Bumrah could not help and went on to hide his face under his arms.
With India already dropping more than five catches in the ongoing match, fans lashed out at Vihari on social media. Some even commented that the Kakinada-born is not an international cricket material.
This Vihari seems to be sleeping right from the time he came to bat yesterday😬😬 https://t.co/Hz9CLi5khr
— sach is life (@sunilguddu) January 10, 2021
https://twitter.com/Siddiotic/status/1348057978444812289
At this level, this is unacceptable. Vihari probably still thinking about his run out.
— Noel Francis (@nanthonyfrancis) January 10, 2021
https://twitter.com/sriniramadurai/status/1348065922318266370
It shows the lack of confidence Vihari has after failing with bat, still don’t know why he was chosen ahead of Mayank or Shikhar considering that he did not perform any different couple of years ago. Time to look at the selection criteria this tour @bhogleharsha @BCCI https://t.co/jlR9ofAoGp
— Ravin Oze (@Ravin0ze) January 10, 2021
At this level, this is unacceptable. Vihari probably still thinking about his run out.
— Noel Francis (@nanthonyfrancis) January 10, 2021
Meanwhile, Australia have declared their second innings on 312/6, setting India an improbable 407-run target to achieve in the fourth innings of the match.
