'Game-changer': Screamer stuns 'unlucky' Khawaja

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Usman Khawaja was dismissed wrong show of different period arsenic KL Rahul pulled disconnected a spectacular drawback successful the 2nd Test betwixt Australia and India.

Up until that point, the Aussie opener had been coagulated successful his 81 and acold much affirmative than helium had been successful Nagpur.

Khawaja was gathering a coagulated concern with Peter Handscomb erstwhile helium smoked a reverse expanse done constituent that was a guaranteed four, but someway Rahul - astatine afloat agelong - got a mitt to it and it stuck, to springiness Ravindra Jadeja his archetypal wicket of the match.

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Khawaja stood for a infinitesimal successful disbelief earlier trudging disconnected the ground.

"That is an implicit blinder - that's travel retired of nowhere," Ravi Shastri said successful commentary.

Mark Waugh said those kinds of catches changed matches.

"That is an implicit game-changer that one, that's a large drawback … a reflex catch," helium told.

"It was deed truly firmly by Usman Khawaja. He's got it close retired of the middle, it's starting to process distant from Rahul, one-handed, that's a beauty. Caught it down him.

"That's the benignant of drawback that tin alteration the game.

"Just erstwhile we thought Australia was wrestling distant India's dominance, what a mode to get it back. Khawaja volition see himself precise unlucky there."

Unfortunately for the Australians, Khawaja's wicket was the archetypal of 2 successful quick succession - Alex Carey subsequently dismissed connected his 4th shot aft helium edged 1 to Virat Kohli astatine archetypal slip.

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