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#2 The partnership between Khawaja and Handscomb
The opening partnership between Finch and Khawaja had set up the perfect platform for the middle-order batsmen. After the dismissal of Finch, Peter Handscomb joined Khawaja to continue the good work. Once again they batted almost flawlessly in the middle overs and put a 99 run partnership for the third wicket.
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They were rotating the strike nicely and getting a boundary whenever they wanted. They didn’t allow the spinners to settle as they attacked Kedar Jadhav and Kuldeep Yadav from the start itself. Khawaja scored the second hundred off the series. Handscomb too backed up his century with a well composed fifty.
They controlled the middle overs nicely. Australia had a slight collapse after the fall of Usman Khawaja but the partnership between Handscomb and Khawaja had ensured that Australia would reach a total that would be enough for the pitch at Kotla and it turned out to be so.
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