Australia opener Usman Khawaja took the utmost benefit of the perfect batting situations within the collection by smashing his first Test hundred in India on his third journey to the nation. Australia reached a commanding 255/4 on the shut of play on Day 1.
Having carried drinks on the earlier India excursions, it turned out to be an enormous second for Khawaja who was thrilled after lastly ticking the milestone off his bucket checklist on Thursday.
It was the primary hundred by an Australia batter within the collection and Khawaja is now the main run-scorer having overtaken India captain Rohit Sharma, who smashed the one different hundred of the collection.
“There was a lot of emotion in that,” Khawaja instructed the broadcasters after citing his 14th Test hundred within the ultimate over of the day.
“I’ve been to India two tours before this and I carried the drinks all eight Test matches.
“It was a protracted journey. To lastly get 100 in India, as an Australian that is what you need to do, that is what you need to tick off, so it’s totally particular.”
Khawaja forged 50-plus partnerships with Travis Head, Steve Smith and Cameron Green to boost Australia’s hopes of levelling the series which India lead 2-1.
“It was such a pleasant wicket. I simply did not need to give my wicket away,” Khawaja said of his approach.
“Plenty of occasions I wished to hit them excessive, which is what I usually do within the subcontinent, however I assumed ‘as we speak you are going to must get me out’.
“That was a mental battle more than anything else because you have to put your ego away.
“I wasn’t placing very quick. It’s only a battle all day simply to proceed the method… as a result of I knew the longer I bat, the higher it was for us.”
(With Reuters Inputs)
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com