Watch: Peter Handscomb was gone out for 99 by Karun Nair in this week’s round of the 2024 County Championship, the India batter jumping reduced prior to tossing down the stumps from midwicket.
Handscomb was batting for Leicestershire on the last day of their clash versus Northants at the County Ground inNorthampton Due to relentless rainfall throughout days 2 and 3, the draw was a forgone verdict, with Leicestershire beginning the day 2 down in their very first innings.
The Australia middle-order batter has actually authorized for 2 years at Leicestershire, having actually bet them throughout last summertime, racking up a hundred on launching for the county and acquiring 1,202 runs over the period. His begin to this year has actually been quieter, with a rating of 26 in the Championship opening up round prior to back-t0-back fifties in his 2 innings considering that.
However, he got on for a very first century of the summertime in Northampton, creating a 157-run collaboration with Rehan Ahmed, prior to Nair had his say. On 99, Handscomb put a round away to midwicket and attempted ahead via for a fast solitary. Nair caught the round as it rolled along the ground and tossed the round at the non-striker’s stumps, being up to the ground at the same time. Handscomb extended to glide his bat in, yet lacked his ground, tossing his head back in aggravation as he strolled off the pitch.
Handscomb has actually played 44 times for Australia throughout styles, consisting of 20 Tests, the last of which was available in the 2023 Border-Gavaskar Trophy Nair has actually played 8 times for India, done in 2016 and 2017. However, his location in India’s Test background is safe and secure as one of their 2 Test triple-centurions– Virender Sehwag is the various other– getting to the landmark versus England at Chennai in 2016.
Watch: Karun Nair goes out Handscomb on 99
76.2|Great job from Karun!
Handscomb attempts to handle Karun on 99 yet Karun obtains a direct hit and the Australian needs to go!
Leicestershire 335/7.
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