Dharamsala: Australia’s wicketkeeper-batsman Matthew Wade WAS impressed with India’s debutant chinaman Kuldeep Yadav‘s repertoire of tricks and admitted that some of the visiting team batsmen found it difficult to pick him. Kuldeep grabbed 4 for 68 as Australia were all-out for 300 after reaching 131 for one at lunch. “Yeah, it took a couple of balls to get used to it. He bowled a lot of different deliveries. He bowled a lot of leg-spinners with the scrambled seam, he’s wrong’un was with scrambled seam as well. It took a few balls to get used to it, but once you stayed out there a little while, you got a read on him,” said Wade, who scored a useful half-century in Australia first innings. FULL CRICKET SCORECARD: India vs Australia, 4th Test at Dharamsala
Wade said that even though they had done their homework on Kuldeep, it was a different proposition facing him out there in the middle. “Yeah, we have a look at everyone before the start of the series, so the boys are on top of what he was going to bowl. It’s different when you get out onto a game scenario, especially the way the wicket was going to play and what’s going on out there, but yeah, everyone has had a look at his footage and he bowled quite well today,” he said.
But the left-hander conceded that Australia missed a great opportunity to put up a big score after the start they had got. “Yeah, I suppose a little bit. 140 for 1 after lunch, you would hope to push on but credit to the Indians. They bowled really well through the middle session and we have to find a way to grind out 300. I thought to get there in the end was a good effort,” Wade said.
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