IND vs AUS: Scott Boland keeps his KL Rahul word, ‘gets on top’ of India opener in 3 balls at MCG

Rahul, nether a scanner aft losing his spot successful the middle-order for the 2nd and 3rd Tests of a harrowing bid decision to New Zealand astatine home, had a constituent to beryllium portion flying retired aboriginal to articulation the India A squad. Furthermore, the Karnataka batter was pushed backmost to unfastened arsenic an audition for the vacant slot successful skipper Rohit Sharma’s imaginable lack successful the archetypal Test astatine Perth.

Boland’s words connected the eve of the 2nd India A-Australia A contention astatine the Melbourne Cricket Ground would person enactment Rahul connected his toes. “I was fortunate to vessel to him successful a Test implicit successful India a mates of years agone but it’ll beryllium bully to play against him successful our backyard. He’s a world-class subordinate but idiosyncratic I deliberation we tin get connected apical of beauteous aboriginal and hopefully enactment connected apical of him for astir of the summer,” Boland was quoted arsenic saying by ESPNCricinfo.

“There’s truthful overmuch much bounce here, much seam. The mode they’ll operation their squad volition beryllium wholly antithetic to what you spot implicit successful India,” Boland said.

And connected Thursday, it lone took the right-arm seamer 3 deliveries to enactment his words into effect aft conceding a 4 to Rahul disconnected the archetypal ball. Boland pushed the shot further up connected a fuller length, angled successful towards the off-stump, and lured Rahul into a half-hearted propulsion that landed successful the hands of wicket-keeper Jimmy Peirson.

Rahul has had underwhelming Test numbers successful Australia implicit the years, aggregating lone 187 runs successful 1 inning with a solitary 100 successful his archetypal circuit successful 2014-15.