Who is Brendan Doggett, in front of whom Indian batsmen bowed down? He bowled out Team India for 107 runs after taking 6 wickets.
Before the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, two matches were to be played between India A and Australia A. Its first match started on Diwali i.e. 31st October. The Indian team had a very bad start. No Indian batsman could stand in front of the deadly bowling of Australia A's fast bowler Brendan Doggett. He bowled 11 overs in which he took the wickets of 6 batsmen for just 15 runs. During this, Doggett bowled 6 maidens. This is the best performance of his career. The Indian batsmen fell in front of this dangerous bowling of Doggett, the result of which was that the whole team collapsed for just 107 runs.
Australia A captain Nathan McSweeney won the toss and invited India A to bat. India did not have a good start and the team lost two wickets at the score of 17 runs. However, after this Sai Sudarshan and Devdutt Padikkal made a small partnership of 15 runs. Then captain McSweeney made a change in bowling and brought Brendan Doggett. He shocked India as soon as he came.
Doggett dismissed Sai Sudarshan in his very first over. After this, there was a flurry of wickets. Indian batsmen looked helpless in front of this right-handed bowler. Doggett took wickets one after the other. After Sai Sudarshan, he took the wickets of Padikkal, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Manav Suthar, and Prasidh Krishna.
Castled!! Brendan Doggett has a career-best SIX wickets 🔥 #AUSAvINDA pic.twitter.com/SJaozmlZt7
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Who is Brendan Doggett?
Right-arm fast bowler Brendan Doggett was born in Queensland, Australia. 30-year-old Doggett made his Australian first-class debut in 2017. Playing for Queensland, he took a total of 5 wickets in the first match against Victoria. In the last 7 years, Doggett has played 37 first-class matches, in which he has taken 127 wickets at an average of 29.60.
Doggett made his List A debut in 2016 and T20 in 2017. He has taken 21 wickets in 14 List A matches. At the same time, he has 40 wickets in his name in 42 T20 matches. In the Big Bash League, he has played for Adelaide Strikers, Brisbane Heat, and Sydney Thunder. Let us tell you that 30-year-old Doggett has not yet got a chance to debut.