India vs Australia, 1st Test, Day 3: 5 talking points

#2 Steve O’Keefe’s second six-fer of the match

In only his fifth Test match, O’Keefe led Australia to a historic win in India

Stephen O’Keefe withdrew midway from Austalia’s BBL tournament to prepare for the tour of India. He worked with the likes of Monty Panesar and Sriram Sridharan for developing his skill set prior to the tour.

Well, it has now paid amazing dividends as the slow-arm spinner snatched six wickets in both the innings of the Test match to end up with career-best figures in a match of 12 wickets for 70 runs. In addition to this, he conceded only 35 runs in each innings of the Test.

After Ajinkya Rahane and KL Rahul stabilised the Indian batting order in the first innings, O’Keefe removed both of them within a span of three balls to become the destroyer-in-chief of the first innings. In the second innings, the New South Welshman took six of the first seven wickets to add yet another six-fer figure to his record.