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Usman Khawaja: ‘We had the game in the palm of our hand’ Aussie star rues Delhi debacle

When Australia started the fateful day 3 at the Kotla ground in Delhi, they seemingly held the advantage. They were sitting on a 62-run lead with nine wickets intact and had led an assault on day 2 evening, with Travis Head going after Ravindra Jadeja. The Indian captain Rohit Sharma felt the necessity to hold a team huddle in the morning to tell his spinners not to “panic” and “not change fields” in a hurry. But Australia panicked with over-the-top aggression, throwing their bat around to collapse in a heap. Nine wickets fell for 52 in the day 3 morning, shocking the cricketing world. Their opener Usman Khawaja admitted they blew it away. “Today we had the game in the palm of our hand,” Khawaja told ABC Sport. “Things can happen really quickly in the subcontinent, and we know that, and...