All the talk about spin being the detrimental factor in heads of of the visiting Australian side but it was pace that made the early inroads that rocked the Austalians early on and sent the opening pair of Usman Khawaja and David Warner packing.
Pacers spitting fire
Buoyed by Mohammed Siraj trapping Khwaja leg before in his very first over, Shami pulled off a ripper against David Warner.Taking a page out of Stuart Broad's book on "How to dismiss David Warner", Shami executed the instructions perfectly. Coming from around the wicket, Shami angled the ball onto the stumps. Warner's troubles from over the wicket continued as the opener failed to pick the length and got his stumps cleaned.
Earlier Siraj trapped Khawja leg before with ball angling into hit the leg stump. Given not out first by umpire Nitin Menon, the decision was sent upstairs and got overturned.
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