Josh Hazlewood says Mitchell Marsh dropping Virat Kohli didn’t play important function in defeat

Australia pacer Josh Hazlewood defended Mitchell Marsh, who dropped Virat Kohli on his bowling and stated the dropped catch didn’t performed any important function within the six-wicket loss towards India in Chennai.

Virat Kohli was dropped on 12 by off Hazlewood’s bowling after Marsh made ample floor from the mid-wicket area, whilst wicketkeeper Alex Carey additionally ran in, resulting in confusion.

“No, I don’t think so (it played a role), it was quite early obviously when that catch was dropped,” Hazlewood stated on the post-match press convention.

“I didn’t assume Carey may get there. I feel it was Mitch’s catch and doubtless simply Carey obtained fairly shut ultimately so it may need simply put Mitch off.

“Yeah, he dropped a catch, it’s one of those things that happens and everyone’s training hard and working hard off the field to hang on to them. So, yeah, we’ll continue on.”

Chasing on 199, India misplaced three wickets for simply two runs within the first two overs with Hazlewood selecting two. If Marsh had held on to the catch, India would have discovered themselves in larger bother at 20 for 4.

Thereafter, Kohli cast a 165-run stand with KL Rahul for the fourth wicket and steered India nearer to the victory.

Hazlewood was all reward for the Indian bowlers, particularly left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav, who took two wickets, together with that of David Warner when the batter was wanting good for a giant one.

“Yeah, I feel he’s (Kuldeep) clearly performed very well during the last 12 or 18 months. He’s all the time been participant.

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“We’ve discovered him powerful to play towards. Not typically you come up towards a left-arm leg spinner with nice variations, so it’s form of one thing that’s onerous to observe towards.

“And yeah, he’s always been a good player to play against, so I think in general the three spinners bowled really well. They’re all a little bit different obviously, but they know the conditions really well and bowled accordingly.”

Australia tackle South Africa in Lucknow, whereas India will play Afghanistan in New Delhi.