| 0.0 : Two Tests done. Series level at 1-1. Talking about the series so far, A humiliation dished to India by Australia in the first Test and without the able aid of Virat Kohli, Rahane has shown his mettle and his leadership skills as he has led this Indian side to a memorable victory in the second Test of the series to get them level. And now the third Test looms upon us. |
| A wounded lion is more dangerous than a hungry one. This is the definition of the Australian team right now. They proved their talents in the first Test and bundled this Indian side to a humbling defeat, but in the next game, they were outplayed all over the field and they let India come back in the series, to make it level and that would have hurt them. Losing a Test match at home would have hurt them and that is why a comprehensive show is what they will be hoping for and their attempts to do |
| India, on the other hand, will be in high spirits heading into this game. Their last victory will not be something that they will forget so easily. Without Kohli, Ishant, Rohit, Bhuvneshwar and also Umesh Yadav, they won the last game very solidly and they proved everyone who doubted them wrong. With the same mindset and form, they can take a huge leap in this game by winning and taking a 2-1 lead, with the final Test to go. Just like Australia, they have also received a boost as Rohit Sharma ha |
| Another interesting Day of Test cricket is what this is building up to be. Which team looks to take the day? Will the hosts start this day and take control or will India make another statement and push the Kangaroos on the back foot? A lot will depend on the toss as well. So join us as we bring you the toss and all the relevant updates... |
| TOSS - The men who matter, Tim Paine and Ajinkya Rahane are out in the middle for the all important toss. Up goes the coin and it lands in Australia's favour. THEY WILL BAT FIRST! |
| The captain of Australia, Tim Paine, starts off by saying that they discussed in areas that they need to improve. Says that Warner is back and Pucovski is making their debut and they are excited. Feels that they will try and play their best cricket in Sydney and they'll go about their business in this Test. States that Travis Head misses out and that he has not done a lot wrong but they had to shuffle things around. |
| Ajinkya Rahane, the skipper of India, starts off by saying that he is happy that Rohit Sharma is back and he has looked good in the nets. Feels that he is happy for Saini and that he has been good in domestic cricket. Feels that they are just focusing on this Test match and it is all about giving your best out there. |
| India (Playing XI) - Rohit Sharma (IN PLACE OF MAYANK AGARWAL), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (C), Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (WK), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini (IN PLACE OF UMESH YADAV). |
| Australia (Playing XI) - David Warner (IN PLACE OF JOE BURNS), Will Pucovski (IN PLACE OF TRAVIS HEAD), Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Matthew Wade, Cameron Green, Tim Paine (C/WK), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood. |
| The players are out in the middle and are standing in respect of their respective National Anthems. First, it will be India's National Anthem, followed by Australia's. |
| Right then! We are done with all the pre-match formalities as the action for the 'Pink Test' is all set to begin. The players of India are in a huddle and Ajinkya Rahane is imparting some final words of wisdom before the players spread out on the field. The openers of Australia, David Warner and Will Pucovski stride out into the middle. A change in the openers for the hosts and it will be interesting to see how they fare. Jasprit Bumrah to speed in. Pucovski to face. Here he comes... |
| 0.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Will Pucovski, Some movement noticed early up. Bumrah goes for a length delivery outside off, moves away after taking the deck, Will has no issues in leaving this one alone. |
| 0.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Will Pucovski, On a good length on off, Pucovski blocks this one out. |
| 0.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Will Pucovski, Another length delivery outside off, Will shoulders arms to this one. |
| 0.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Will Pucovski, Outside off again, on a length, Will watchfully let this one through to Pant. |
| 0.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Will Pucovski, SWING AND A MISS! Bumrah, this time, drags his length back and bowls it on a shorter length on middle, Will looks to pull but misses. A tame appeal by Pant for caught behind but no says the umpire. |
| 0.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Will Pucovski, On off, well kept out. A steady start by Bumrah and also a maiden to start off. |
| 1.1 : Mohammed Siraj to David Warner, Warner and Australia open their account in this game! On a length outside off, Warner punches this one through the cover-point region to pick up a brace. |
| 0.6 : Mohammed Siraj to bowl from the other end. |
| 1.2 : Mohammed Siraj to David Warner, Length again, this time, and on middle and leg, David clips this one to the fine leg region for a single. |
| 1.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Will Pucovski, Length and on off, Will is solid in his defense. |
| 1.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Will Pucovski, Down the leg side, Will looks to flick this one but he misses his shot. |
| 1.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Will Pucovski, Pucovski is up and running! His first runs in Test cricket. Length on middle and leg, Will flicks this one to the fine leg region to pick up a run. |
| 1.6 : Mohammed Siraj to David Warner, Quick run. On off, Warner taps this to the off side and runs across for a quick single. |
| 2.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to David Warner, On off, blocked to the off side. |
| 2.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to David Warner, On a length and around off, David pushes this to the cover region and picks up a single. |
| 2.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Will Pucovski, Outside off, left alone. |
| 2.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Will Pucovski, On off, pushed back to the bowler. |
| 2.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Will Pucovski, On off, again, Will pushes this one back towards Jasprit. |
| 2.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Will Pucovski, Good length on off, WP pushes this to the off side to complete the over. |
| 3.1 : Mohammed Siraj to David Warner, Length delivery on off, Warner defends it to point. |
| 0.0 : PITCH REPORT - Glenn McGrath says that there is a slight tinge of grass but it still should be a very good surface to bat on. Goes onto say that there could be a lot of runs on offer. Also adds that both the captains would look to bat first. |
| 3.2 : Mohammed Siraj to David Warner, BEATEN! Back of a length outside off, Warner looks to swing at it but misses it. |
| 3.3 : Mohammed Siraj to David Warner, OUT! EDGED AND CAUGHT! India draw first blood! Warner's comeback does not end on a happy note for the left-hander and for the Aussies! Siraj, again, continues his good form in this Test series and he breaks this new opening stand. Siraj dishes this on a length around off, it moves away after pitching, Warner is drawn into the shot and he swings his blade at this. He can only induce an outside edge and the ball flies towards the slip cordon. Pujara is the m |
| Marnus Labuschagne is the new batsman in. |
| 3.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Full delivery on middle, Labuschagne flicks it through mid-wicket. The batsmen get two runs. |
| 3.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Length ball outside off, Labuschagne shoulders arms to this one. |
| 3.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, BEATEN! Beauty of a delivery! Good length delivery outside off, Marnus looks to defend but misses it due to the seam movement on this one. |
| 4.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Will Pucovski, Length delivery on off, Pucovski defends it off the back foot. |
| 4.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Will Pucovski, Back of a length on off, Pucovski offers a solid defense on this one. |
| 4.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Will Pucovski, Length delivery on off, Will keeps it out. |
| 4.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Will Pucovski, Back of a length on middle, Pucovski flicks it through mid-wicket. The fielder chases it and does well to stop it before the ropes. The batsmen get three runs. |
| 4.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Outside off, Labuschagne leaves it alone. |
| 4.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Good length delivery outside off, Marnus does not bother to play at that. |
| 5.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Will Pucovski, Length delivery on middle, Pucovski flicks it towards the leg side. |
| 5.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Will Pucovski, Back of a length down the leg side, Pucovski looks to flick but misses it. |
| 5.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Will Pucovski, Good length ball on off, Pucovski defends it off the front foot. |
| 5.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Will Pucovski, FOUR! First boundary of the innings! Short of a length delivery on middle, Pucovski looks to pull but gets a top edge. It goes towards fine leg for a boundary. |
| 5.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Will Pucovski, Full delivery on middle, Pucovski drives it through mid on. The fielder chases it and does well to stop it before the ropes. The batsmen get three runs. |
| 5.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Outside off, Labuschagne lets it go. |
| 6.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Will Pucovski, Back of a length delivery and around off, WP hops and keeps it out well. |
| 6.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Will Pucovski, On middle, Will flicks it through the square leg region and picks up a couple. |
| 6.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Will Pucovski, On off, Pucovski pushes this towards point. |
| 6.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Will Pucovski, Short and around off, Will dabs this one away to the point region. Bumrah needs to try some more short balls when he is bowling to Pucovski. |
| 6.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Will Pucovski, A full ball on off, Will drives this one to the mid on region. |
| 6.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Will Pucovski, On middle, flicked to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 7.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Will Pucovski, A back of a length ball on middle, worked to the leg side. |
| 0.0 : UPDATE 1105 local (0005 GMT) - Seems that the rain has got slightly heavier and so the umpires have asked the players to go back and the covers are also on at the moment. The players walk off and the rain does not look too heavy and it should be just a short delay. Let's hope that it is just a passing shower. |
| UPDATE 1123 local (0023 GMT) - Well, good news as the covers seem to be coming off. Oh wait...Scratch that last update. The rain has started to pour down again and the covers come back on. Ahh..slightly frustating but rain was predicted on Day 1 and it could well be a start-stop sort of day. |
| UPDATE 1145 local (0045 GMT) - Well, we hate to be the bearers of bad news but play should have been underway now. It seems that the rain has decided to pay yet another visit and the covers come back on. Sigh! Guess we'll just have to play the waiting game. |
| UPDATE 1133 local (0033 GMT) - Good news coming our way! It seems that the covers are coming off now. Let's hope that the rain does not decide to pay another visit and play can get underway shortly. We are getting an update that play will resume at 1145 local (0045 GMT). Also, the scheduled close of play will be extended to 1810 local (0710 GMT). No overs have been lost so far, provided the rain stays away. |
| UPDATE 1200 local (0100 GMT) - There are 30 minutes remaining for the scheduled Lunch break but the rain has gotten heavier. Early lunch is on the cards. But stick around for the official confirmation. |
| UPDATE 1220 local (0120 GMT) - Well, early Lunch was on the cards and it has been taken now as the rain has been pretty persistent. It just seems to be that kind of a day. Let's hope that we have clear skies after the Lunch break. |
| After winning the toss, Tim Paine decided that they were going to bat first. They had new openers for this Test as Warner and Pucovski walked out into the middle. Warner was showing some good intent and Will was looking solid out there, on his Test debut. But Siraj had other plans when he dangled a bait to Warner and David took it and lost his wicket in the process. Labuschagne walked out and with just 7.1 overs on the board, rain decided to play spoilsport and brought the first session to an |
| UPDATE 1300 local (0200 GMT) - Nothing new to update as it is still raining in Sydney. It seems that we will be in for a long delay as it looks to be heavy. Let's hope that we get some cricket on Day 1. |
| UPDATE 1312 local (0212 GMT) - Well, finally some good news as it seems that the covers are coming back off. There is no confirmation as to what the start time would be but the rain seems to have stopped, which is a positive sign. The scheduled close of play now will be at 1830 local (0730 GMT) with 30 minutes extra so as to ensure that the minimum overs are bowled. Right, the news coming out is that the umpires will inspect the field at 1330 local (0230 GMT). Fingers crossed! |
| UPDATE 1334 local (0234 GMT) - Another bout of bad news coming our way. The umpires were supposed to inspect the field right now but it seems that the rain has not had it's final say and has returned. The covers are back on as well. All we can do is hope now. |
| UPDATE 1355 local (0255 GMT) - It is still raining heavily and we need to wait longer for the game to resume. Fingers crossed. Stay tuned for the updates. |
| UPDATE 1409 local (0309 GMT) - Alright, some movement by the groundstaff as the covers are being taken off. The rain seems to have stopped for now. Let's hope that the rain does not pay another visit. |
| UPDATE 1420 local (0320 GMT) - Some more good news coming our way. It looks like all the covers have been taken off. An inspection is due 10 minutes from now. Hopefully, some cricket is just around the corner. |
| UPDATE 1440 local (0340 GMT) - There seems to be an issue with the areas next to the pitch and the umpires are concerned about the same. The groundstaff are hard at work and are doing all they can to dry that area. The good news is that the sun is shining brightly. Stay tuned for further updates. |
| UPDATE 1450 local (0350 GMT) - Finally, the best news that we could hope for! PLAY WILL RESUME AT 1500 local (0400 GMT). The Indian players are slowly trotting out and are looking to warm up before the resumption of play as well. Tea will be taken at 1640 local (0540 GMT) and stumps are scheduled at 1830 local (0730 GMT) with 30 minutes extra permitted to make sure that the minimum overs are bowled. |
| We are back for resumption. The Indian players are out in the middle. Will Pucovski and Marnus Labuschagne will resume their batting for Australia. Mohammed Siraj will finish his over. |
| 7.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Will Pucovski, On a good length around off, Will pushes this to the cover region. |
| 7.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Will Pucovski, An appeal for LBW but turned down. A back of a length ball around middle and leg, Will looks to tuck it away but misses to get hit high on the pads. An appeal but no says the umpire. |
| 7.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Will Pucovski, Confident push by Will. Gets three runs on this occasion. On a length and around off, Pucovski punches this one through the mid off region and will collect three runs. |
| 7.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Similar ball as the last delivery, this time it is Marnus, he punches this one through the mid off region and the fielder gives it chase and stops it before the ropes. The batters collect three runs. |
| 7.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Will Pucovski, Good length delivery on off, Pucovski defends it off the front foot. |
| 8.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Good length ball outside off, Labuschagne shoulders arms to this one. |
| 8.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Length delivery on middle, Labuschagne flicks it to mid-wicket. The fielder there, dives to his right and makes a good stop. |
| 8.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Length ball outside off, Marnus offers no shot to this one. |
| 8.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Full delivery on off, Marnus defends it to mid off. |
| 8.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Outside off, Labuschagne leaves it alone. |
| 8.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Good length delivery on off, Labuschagne keeps it out. |
| 9.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Will Pucovski, Length ball on off, Pucovski defends it off the back foot. |
| 9.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Will Pucovski, On off, blocked out. |
| 9.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Will Pucovski, Another length ball on off, Pucovski fends this one out. |
| 9.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Will Pucovski, Siraj, this time, drags his length back and bowls a shorter one around off, Will sways away from the line of the ball. |
| 9.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Will Pucovski, Shorter and on the body, Pucovski fends this one to the short fine leg region. |
| 9.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Will Pucovski, Short again, down the leg side, WP just lets this one through to the keeper. A maiden by Siraj. |
| 10.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Short of a length this time, around off, it nips back in after pitching, Marnus does really well in leaving this one alone. |
| 10.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, On off, ML looks to block but the ball takes the inside edge and hits the pads. |
| 10.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Outside off, shorter in length, Labuschagne shoulders arms to this one. |
| 10.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Another length delivery outside off, Marnus lets this one through in typical Marnus Labuschagne fashion. Swings his bat in the followthrough. |
| 10.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR. Good shot. Marnus takes the ball on this time and he dispatches this one to the ropes. This one is shorter in length and on middle, Labuschagne swivel-pulls this one to the deep square leg region to find the ropes. |
| 10.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Quicker and shorter on middle, ML sits under this one. |
| 11.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Will Pucovski, On off, pushed to the short mid on fielder. |
| 11.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Will Pucovski, Length delivery around the off pole, WP pushes it back towards Siraj, who catches this one on his followthrough. |
| 11.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Will Pucovski, Very nice shot to collect three runs. Siraj bowls in a back of a length ball around off, Will hops and tucks this one through the mid-wicket region and Ashwin gives it a chase and pulls it back before the ropes. Saves one run for his side. |
| 11.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Good length on off, blocked out by Marnus. 'NO RUNNNNN', says Marnus, in regard to the single. |
| 11.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, On off, kept out to the leg side. |
| 11.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, On off, Labuschagne is solid in his defense. |
| 12.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Will Pucovski, Angled in from around off, kept out by Will. He denies the single on this occasion. |
| 12.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Will Pucovski, On a length and around the off pole, Pucovski punches this one with a straight blade to the mid on region. |
| 12.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Will Pucovski, Goes fuller and on middle this time, flicked away to the mid-wicket region for a single. Will moves to 21 from 45 balls with this single. |
| 12.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, On middle, tucked to the leg side. |
| 12.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Quick single this time. Angles in a good length ball around off, Labuschagne taps this one to the off side and scampers for the single. Will responds and runs in. Bumrah runs in and has a shy at the striker's end but he misses. |
| 12.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Will Pucovski, Bouncer outside off, WP sways away and lets it go. |
| 13.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Flatter and on middle, ML keeps it out. 'Come on Ash, come on Ash', is the call from Pant, behind the stumps. |
| 0.0 : Ravichandran Ashwin is into the attack. |
| 13.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, On middle, tucked to the leg side. |
| 13.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Floated on middle, flicked to the square leg region. |
| 13.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, On off, blocked out. |
| 13.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Loopy and on middle, Marnus skips down the track and works it through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 13.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Will Pucovski, Flighted and on middle, pushed to the mid on region. Just the single off Ashwin's first over. |
| 14.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Slightly behind the good length area and around off, ML pushes this to the leg side. |
| 14.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Goes to bowl a good length delivery outside off this time, Labuschagne plays this to the cover region. |
| 14.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, EDGED...SHORT! Ohhh..great bowling by Bumrah! He almost gets the big wicket of Marnus but the ball falls short of the fielder there. On a good length around off, Labuschagne looks to defend but the ball takes the outside edge and goes towards Pujara, at first slip, but the ball falls short. |
| 14.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, BEATEN. Lovely bowling by Jasprit. Again, he goes to bowl a good length just around off, ML looks to block this one out but the ball takes the outside edge and goes into Pant's mitts. |
| 14.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Outside off, left alone. |
| 14.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR! Well played by Marnus! He sends this one past the ropes! On a fuller length around off, Labuschagne punches this one through the mid on region, where the fielder dives, but is not able to stop the ball, which then runs past the ropes. |
| 15.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Will Pucovski, Flatter and on middle, clipped to the leg side. |
| 15.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Will Pucovski, Short and around off, spins back in, Will pushes this to the leg side off his back foot. |
| 15.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Will Pucovski, Short again and outside off, Pucovski punches this one through the cover region and picks up a brace. |
| 15.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Will Pucovski, Flatter and around off, WP defends this one out off his back foot, back towards Ashwin. |
| 15.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Will Pucovski, On off, worked to the off side. |
| 15.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Will Pucovski, On off again, Pucovski keeps it out. |
| 16.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Good length delivery on off, Labuschagne defends it off the back foot. |
| 16.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Back of a length on off, Labuschagne keeps it out. |
| 16.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Length ball on off, Marnus offers a solid defense to this one. |
| 16.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Full delivery on middle, Labuschagne pushes it towards mid on for a single. |
| 16.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Will Pucovski, BEATEN! Good length delivery outside off, Pucovski looks to push but misses it due to the extra bounce on this one. |
| 16.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Will Pucovski, Length ball on middle, Pucovski flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| 17.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Tossed up delivery on middle, Labuschagne flicks it towards the leg side. |
| 17.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Flighted ball on off, Labuschagne punches it to covers. |
| 17.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Floated delivery on middle, Marnus defends it off the back foot. |
| 17.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Just a gentle push, this. Full delivery on off, Labuschagne pushes it through covers for a couple. |
| 17.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, On middle, Labuschagne defends it off the back foot. |
| 17.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Tossed up delivery on off, Labuschagne offers a solid defense on this one. |
| 18.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Will Pucovski, Good length delivery on off, Pucovski defends it off the back foot towards point. Good communication by Will as he is quick to deny the single, whenever he feels there isn't one on offer. |
| 18.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Will Pucovski, Back of a length on off, Pucovski defends it off the back foot. Quick, early call again by Pucovski to say no to the single. |
| 18.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Will Pucovski, Length delivery on off, Will blocks it off the back foot. |
| 18.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Will Pucovski, Bouncer on middle, Pucovski does well to duck under it. |
| 18.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Will Pucovski, Back of a length on off, Pucovski punches it to covers. A good punch by Will but it was straight to the fielder. |
| 18.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Will Pucovski, Length delivery on off, Pucovski defends it out towards the mid on region. Maiden by Bumrah. |
| 19.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Tossed up delivery on off, Labuschagne skips down the track and works this to the cover region. Thinks about the single, comes a few paces down the deck, but then decides otherwise and sends Will back. |
| 19.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Flighted ball on off, Labuschagne offers a solid defense on this one. |
| 19.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, BEATEN! Short and outside off, Marnus looks to cut but misses it. |
| 19.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, On off, Labuschagne blocks it off the front foot. |
| 19.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Tossed up delivery on middle, Labuschagne flicks it to short fine leg. |
| 19.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Floated delivery on off, Marnus keeps it out. A maiden over from Ashwin. |
| 20.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Will Pucovski, Back of a length on off, Pucovski defends it off the back foot. |
| 20.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Will Pucovski, Full delivery on middle, Pucovski flicks it through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0.0 : Mohammed Siraj is back on. 6-1-23-1 are his numbers so far. Looks like Rahane is going to make Saini wait slightly more, before handing him the ball. |
| 20.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Full again on middle, Labuschagne flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| 20.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Length delivery on middle, Marnus blocks it off the back foot. |
| 20.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Back of a length on off, Labuschagne defends it off the back foot. |
| 20.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Short delivery on middle, Labuschagne pulls it to sqaure leg, where Jadeja makes a good stop. |
| DRINKS. Time for a refreshment. The Aussies will be very happy with how Labuschagne and Pucovski have dealt with the Indian bowling ever since the resumption of play. They have added some good runs to the board and are close to the 50-run mark now as well. India, on the other hand, have bowled testing lines and lengths but they have not been able to grab another wicket, since Warner fell. Some more wickets is what they will be thinking of before the Tea break. |
| 21.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Will Pucovski, Tossed up delivery on middle, Pucovski flicks it to square leg. |
| 21.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Will Pucovski, Floated ball on off, Pucovski keeps it out. |
| 21.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Will Pucovski, Loopy delivery on off, Will punches it to covers. |
| 21.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Will Pucovski, Flighted delivery on middle, Pucovski flicks it towards the leg side. |
| 21.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Will Pucovski, Full on off, Pucovski drives it through covers for a couple. |
| 21.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Will Pucovski, DROPPED! Pant is the culprit here. He should have taken it and the debutant is handed another life. Tossed up on off, Pucovski looks to defend but gets a slight outside edge. It goes towards the keeper where Pant tries to take with one hand but spills it. Rishabh will be disappointed with this one. |
| 22.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Length delivery outside off, Labuschagne shoulders arms to this one. |
| 22.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Back of a length on off, Labuschagne defends it off the back foot. |
| 22.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Down the leg side, Labuschagne looks to flick but misses it. |
| 22.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Back of a length on middle, Labuschagne defends it off the back foot. |
| 22.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Full on middle, Marnus flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| 22.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Back of a length on off, Labuschagne defends it off the back foot. |
| 23.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Will Pucovski, Floated on middle, Will tucks it to the square leg region. |
| 23.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Will Pucovski, FOUR! Good footwork by Will and he bags a boundary! Also, brings up 50 runs for the Aussies. Short and outside off, Pucovski makes some room and slaps this one through the cover region, past the diving fielder there and into the ropes. |
| 23.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Will Pucovski, On off, blocked. |
| 23.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Will Pucovski, Two, this time. Flatter again and outside off, Will rocks on his back foot and punches this one through the point region to pick up a couple of runs. |
| 23.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Will Pucovski, On off, WP pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 23.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Will Pucovski, Floats it nicely around off, Pucovski blocks this one out as well. Six runs off this over. |
| 24.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Length delivery around the off pole, Marnus looks to block this one out but the ball takes the outer half of the blade and goes through the point region. One run. |
| 24.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Will Pucovski, On off, kept out solidly. Pucovski is at 32 runs off 76 balls. A good, solid start to his Test career so far for the debutant. |
| 24.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Will Pucovski, Bumper on middle, WP knows what he has to do. Sits under this one. |
| 24.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Will Pucovski, Angles in a good length delivery on off, Will punches this to the cover region. |
| 24.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Will Pucovski, On off, tapped to cover-point. Pucovski first thinks about exchanging ends but then raises his blade and lets Marnus know that the single is not possible now. |
| 24.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Will Pucovski, NOT OUT! Pucovski survives! It looks like Pant did not take a clean catch, after all. The third umpire thinks he has enough evidence to suggest that Rishabh did not take a clean catch. Siraj bangs in a short ball on middle, Pucovski goes for the pull shot but he is only able to glove this one and the ball lobs over Pant. He turns around, runs a little and then takes it, but the ball pops out. He has a second attempt at this and seems to have taken it. Th |
| 25.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Tossed up delivery on middle, Labuschagne flicks it towards the leg side. |
| 25.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Flighted ball on middle, Labuschagne defends it off the back foot. |
| 25.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, On middle, Labuschagne flicks it through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 25.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Will Pucovski, Tossed up delivery on middle, Pucovski flicks it towards fine leg for a run. |
| 25.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, On middle, Marnus flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| 0.0 : The umpires are checking if Pant has taken a clean catch. The third umpire wants to confirm. Looks like he hasn't. |
| 25.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Floated delivery on middle, Labuschagne sweeps it to square leg. |
| 26.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Will Pucovski, Good length delivery on off, Pucovski looks to defend but gets hit on the thigh pad. A tame appeal by the players but no says the umpire. Looked to be way too high. |
| 26.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Will Pucovski, Back of a length on off, Will defends it off the back foot. |
| 26.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Will Pucovski, Full delivery on middle, Pucovski flicks it through square leg for a single. |
| 26.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Length delivery outside off, Labuschagne shoulders arms to this one. |
| 26.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Back of a length on middle, Labuschagne defends it off the back foot. |
| 26.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Length ball on off, Marnus defends it out. |
| 27.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Will Pucovski, On off, blocked out. |
| 27.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Will Pucovski, Flatter and on middle, tucked to the leg side. No run is the call by Will. |
| 27.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Will Pucovski, Short and around off, WP punches this one to the cover region and rotates the strike. |
| 27.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR! Marnus sends one to the ropes now! Uses the crease well on this occasion. Ashwin, again goes for a short delivery around off, Labuschagne goes back deep in his crease and slaps this one through the cover region again and the ball speeds away to the ropes. |
| 27.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries for Labuschagne! The man in the deep tried to stop this one but he failed! Flatter on middle, Marnus flicks this one through the square leg region and the ball touches the ropes, as the fielder tried to stop it. |
| 27.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, On off, blocked out. |
| 28.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Will Pucovski, Short and around off, Pucovski judges this well, gets on top of the bounce and hooks this one through the mid-wicket region. Picks up a couple. Moves to 37 now, does Pucovski. |
| 28.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Will Pucovski, On a length and around off, Will pushes this one to the cover region, where he finds the man. |
| 28.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Will Pucovski, On off, blocked to the off side. No is the call for the single. A loud, clear no as well. |
| 28.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Will Pucovski, Angles in a good length ball around off, Will punches this to the point region. |
| 28.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Will Pucovski, Big mix-up between the batters but luckily, this does not result in a tragedy for the Aussies. On a shorter length around off, Pucovski punches this one through the cover region. The batters complete two runs. Will is interested in the third but Marnus says no, but Pucovski is halfway down the track. Bumrah, though, slips in the process of sending the throw and can only send it to the man at the edge of the cover-point region. By the time, the man there can |
| 28.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Will Pucovski, Siraj continues to pepper Pucovski with a short ball around off, Pucovski pulls this one nicely though through mid-wicket and he picks up three runs. |
| 29.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Will Pucovski, Tossed up delivery on middle, Pucovski pushes it to mid on. |
| 29.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Will Pucovski, Flighted ball on off, Pucovski punches it through covers. The fielder chases it and does well to stop it just before the ropes. The batsmen get three runs. |
| 29.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Loopy delivery on off, Marnus defends it off the back foot. |
| 29.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, On middle, Labuschagne flicks it to short leg. |
| 29.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR! Cracking shot! Short delivery on off, Labuschagne punches it through covers for a boundary. |
| 29.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, On middle, Labuschagne plays a paddle sweep towards fine leg. The batsmen get two runs. |
| 30.1 : Navdeep Saini to Will Pucovski, FOUR! Cracking shot! What a welcome this is to International Test cricket for Saini! This is from a debutant to a debutant and Will sends this one to the ropes. Short delivery on off, Pucovski punches it through covers for a boundary. He also moves onto 49 with this shot. |
| 0.0 : Finally. Rahane decides that it is time to hand the ball to the debutant, Navdeep Saini. A proud moment for the youngster. |
| 30.2 : Navdeep Saini to Will Pucovski, FOUR! 50 for Will Pucovski! It has been a fine innings from him on debut! Sure, he has got a couple of lives here but he has still shown his class with his strokeplay and he will be hoping to turn this into a big, big score. Short delivery on middle, Pucovski pulls it through mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 30.3 : Navdeep Saini to Will Pucovski, Good length delivery on off, Pucovski defends it off the back foot. |
| 30.4 : Navdeep Saini to Will Pucovski, Outside off, Will leaves it alone. |
| 30.5 : Navdeep Saini to Will Pucovski, Length delivery on off, Will punches it through point for a single. |
| 30.6 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, Back of a length outside off, Labuschagne lets it go. THAT WILL BE TEA ON DAY 1! |
| Not what Rahane would have been hoping for. They have not been at their best with the ball in hand. Yes, they have bowled testing lines and lengths but that has not resulted in anything for the visitors. The batting duo of Marnus and Will have dictated terms and some poor work by Pant in the field has also ensured that the chance to break this partnership has gone by. Rahane will be hoping for a better show and a couple of wickets in the final session of the day. |
| After a lot of delay due to rain, the players finally stepped out and Labuschagne and Pucovski have not looked back since. They have been batting really well and have also sttiched a 87-run partnership. Even though, Pucovski has been lucky as he has had two catches dropped, he has continued to impress and has also reached his maiden half-century in the process. Both of them will be looking to do more of the same in the final session of the day. |
| An interesting session of play comes to a close. Even though, India have bowled decent and have not bowled a lot of loose deliveries, the Aussies will be the happier side heading into this break. |
| Right then. The first session of the Day has gone the way of India, whereas, the second session has been all Aussies. Which team grabs the final session of the Day? Will Labuschagne and Pucovski continue where they have left off or will Rahane inspire his bowlers to turn it all around? All the answers on the other side of the Tea break. |
| UPDATE 1700 local (0600 GMT) - Bad news coming our way. The Tea break had to be done by now but it seems that the rain has started pouring down again and the covers are on. Fingers crossed that this is just a passing shower and nothing more. The good news is that the rain has stopped and the covers are coming off. |
| 31.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Will Pucovski, On off, well kept out. |
| 0.0 : ... Day 1, Session 3 ... |
| 31.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Will Pucovski, On a good length around off, Will pushes this to the cover region for a single. |
| 31.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Back of a length ball around off, Labuschagne blocks this one out. |
| 0.0 : We are back to resume. The Indian players are out in the middle. Marnus Labuschagne and Will Pucovski will resume their innings for Australia. Jasprit Bumrah will start the proceedings for this session. |
| 31.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Another length delivery around off, ML pushes this to the cover region. |
| 31.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Outside off, left alone. |
| 31.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Outside off again, left alone again. |
| 32.1 : Navdeep Saini to Will Pucovski, Length delivery outside off, Pucovski punches it through covers for a couple. |
| 32.2 : Navdeep Saini to Will Pucovski, Back of a length on off, Pucovski pushes it to covers. |
| 32.3 : Navdeep Saini to Will Pucovski, Good length delivery on off, Pucovski defends it off the back foot. |
| 32.4 : Navdeep Saini to Will Pucovski, Full on middle, Pucovski pushes it through mid on. Jadeja chases it and does well to stop it before the ropes. The batsmen get three runs. |
| 32.5 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, Back of a length on off, Marnus keeps it out. |
| 32.6 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, Length ball on off, Labuschagne pushes it towards point for a single. 100 up for Australia. |
| 33.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Short of a length delivery around the off pole, well blocked out by Labuschagne. |
| 33.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, On off, pushed towards the mid on region. |
| 33.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, A comfortable three this time. On a length around off, ML pushes this one nicely through the mid on region and Ashwin gives it chase. Does well to stop it before the ropes. Collects three runs. |
| 33.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Will Pucovski, On middle, knocked towards the mid on region. |
| 33.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Will Pucovski, Bouncer on middle, Pucovski ducks under this one. |
| 33.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Will Pucovski, Gets away with this one as there was no fielder in the deep. On a shortish length around off, Will hooks this one to the deep square leg region aerially. The ball, though, lands safe as there was no fielder there. The batters collect two runs. |
| 34.1 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, 100 partnership up between these two. Wonderful batting by them so far and they will look to continue. On a good length on middle, Marnus flicks this one to the mid-wicket region and a misfield will mean that they can collect a single. |
| 34.2 : Steven Smith is the new batsman in. |
| 34.3 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, NO BALL. On a good length around off, Smith pushes this back to the bowler. Also, a No Ball as Saini had overstepped. |
| Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, A full ball on middle, Smith clips this to the leg side and opens his account for this game. |
| 34.4 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, On off, blocked. |
| 34.5 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, Another full delivery around off, Marnus drives this towards the mid on region but the fielder there does well to dive and stop this one. They do not go for the run as well. |
| 34.6 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, On off, Labuschagne is solid in his defense. A very good over from Saini comes to an end. Just 2 runs and a wicket of this over. |
| 34.2 : Navdeep Saini to Will Pucovski, OUT! LBW! Saini has his first wicket! What a moment this is for the youngster! A debutant gets the other debutant and Saini is ecstatic. India needed to break this partnership and Navdeep has decided to take matters into his own hands. He bowls this on a length outside off, moves in after taking the deck, Pucovski takes too long to get his bat across and misses his flick away. Gets rapped on the pads. The players appeal and the umpire obliges raising his fin |
| 35.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, On off, well kept out. |
| 35.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Length and on off, Steven blocks it out. 'No run', is his call to Marnus. |
| 35.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, On off, worked to the leg side. Smith strides forward, thinking about the single but then sends Labuschagne back as well. |
| 35.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, On off, pushed to the mid on region. |
| 35.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Bumper on middle, SS ducks under this one. |
| 35.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, FOUR! SWEET SHOT! Smith is looking aggressive in his approach and he punches this one away to the ropes. Bumrah goes for a length delivery around off, Smith, uses the pace on the ball and then hammers this one through the mid off region to bag a boundary. |
| 36.1 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, Outside off, left alone. |
| 0.0 : Who will partner Bumrah with the ball? It will be Navdeep Saini. |
| 36.2 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, Goes fuller and on middle this time, Labuschagne tickles this one to the fine leg region to run across for a single. |
| 36.3 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, FOUR! SHOT! Goes down the ground again, fetches the boundary ropes again! Smith is looking in fine touch! A length delivery, around off, Smith punches this one through mid on and finds the ropes. |
| 36.4 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, On off, kept out by Steven. |
| 36.5 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, FOUR! Another one! Great timing on this one. On a good length, straying on the pads, Smith clips this one through the square leg region for another boundary. |
| 36.6 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, On middle, SS plays this one to the mid-wicket region. 9 runs off this over. |
| 37.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Good length delivery around the off pole, Marnus dabs this one through point for a quick single. |
| 37.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, On middle, knocked to the mid-wicket region for one. |
| 37.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Length delivery around off, Labuschagne plays this with a straight bat to the fielder at mid on. |
| 37.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, On off, worked to the leg side. |
| 37.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Angles in a good length ball on off, Marnus is solid in his defense. |
| 37.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, On middle, clipped straight to the man at short mid-wicket. A good, tight over by Boom Boom comes to a close. Just 2 runs conceded. |
| 38.1 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Down the leg side, SS misses this tuck away. This goes just around the leg pole. |
| 38.2 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, On a length on off, Smith tucks this to deep mid-wicket to rotate the strike. |
| 38.3 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, On off, blocked out. |
| 38.4 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, On off, tapped to the off side. |
| 38.5 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, Short of a length on middle, worked to the leg gully fielder. |
| 38.6 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, Behind the good length slightly and on middle, Marnus works this through square leg and will retain the strike for the next over with a single. |
| Ravichandran Ashwin is back on. |
| 39.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, On off, pushed this with soft hands through the cover region for a single. |
| 39.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Flatter and on middle, Steven plays this with a straight bat to the mid on region. |
| 39.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, On off, pushed back to the bowler. |
| 39.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Short and on middle, tucked away to the fielder at short leg. |
| 39.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, On off, worked to the leg side. |
| 39.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, FOUR! Smith is definitely ready for this game! He is playing some good strokes! Floats it up nicely, does Ashwin, and dishes this one on middle, Smith clips this one through mid-wicket for a boundary. Smith moves to 19 off just 20 balls. He does not want to let Ashwin get into his rhythm. |
| 40.1 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, Back of a length on middle, Labuschagne defends it off the back foot. |
| 40.2 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, Full delivery on middle, Labuschagne flicks it through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 40.3 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Length ball on off, Smith blocks it off the back foot. |
| 40.4 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Length delivery on off, Smith offers a solid defense on this one. |
| 40.5 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Back of a length on middle, Smith flicks it to square leg. |
| 40.6 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Length delivery on middle, Smith flicks it through square leg for a single. |
| 41.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, FOUR! Nice use of the feet! Tossed up delivery on middle, Smith comes down the track and lofts it over mid on for a boundary. Some more aggression being shown by Smith. Wants to dominate Ashwin now, does he! Also, moves to 24 off 25 deliveries. |
| 41.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Floated ball on middle, Smith flicks it towards the leg side. |
| 41.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Loopy delivery on middle, Smith flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| 41.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, On off, Smith keeps it out. |
| 41.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Floated delivery on middle, Smith flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| 41.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, A tame appeal for caught behind but turned down. Flatter and around middle and leg, Smith looks to flick but misses. A very light appeal but no says the umpire. Smith agrees as well, as he nods. |
| 42.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Full delivery on off, Labuschagne drives it through covers. The batsmen get two runs. |
| 41.6 : Mohammed Siraj is back on. |
| 42.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Back of a length on off, Labuschagne looks to defend but gets an inside edge onto the pads. |
| 42.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR! 50 for Marnus Labuschagne! Full delivery on off, Labuschagne drives it through covers for a boundary. His ninth in Test cricket and his first one against India. He has looked real good out there and will want to convert this double digit score into a three digit score. |
| 42.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Good length ball on off, Labuschagne defends it off the back foot. |
| 42.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR! Nice shot! Full ball on off, Marnus drives it through mid off for a boundary. Taking the charge now, is Marnus. Boundaries are coming in good quantity for the Aussies. |
| 42.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Full on middle, Labuschagne flicks it towards fine leg for a couple. 12 runs have come from this over. |
| 43.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Tossed up delivery on middle, Smith pushes it through mid on for a single. |
| 0.0 : DRINKS. Even though India did well to break this partnership that Labuschagne and Pucovski built, as Saini grabbed his maiden wicket of his Test career, the Australians are still ahead at the moment and they are turning up the ante with the aggressive approach of Labuschagne and his new partner, Steven Smith. India will be hoping to grab a couple more wickets before the end of the Day, mainly of Smith, who is looking very good out there. |
| 43.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Flighted ball on middle, Labuschagne flicks it through square leg for a single. |
| 43.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Loopy delivery on middle, Smith comes down the track and pushes it through mid on for a run. 150 up for Australia as well. |
| 43.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, On middle, Labuschagne sweeps it to short fine leg. |
| 43.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Floated delivery on off, Labuschagne defends it off the back foot. |
| 43.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Tossed up ball on middle, Labuschagne pushes it through mid on for a single. |
| 44.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Full delivery on off, Labuschagne drives it to mid off. |
| 44.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, BEATEN! That is a beauty of a delivery! Good length delivery just outside off, comes back in sharply after taking the deck, Labuschagne looks to defend but misses it and the ball whizzes past the inside edge into Pant's mitts. |
| 44.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Full delivery on off, Labuschagne drives it back towards the bowler. |
| 44.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Back of a length on off, Labuschagne keeps it out. |
| 44.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Length delivery on off, Labuschagne defends it off the back foot. |
| 44.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Good length delivery on off, Marnus offers a solid defense on this one. A maiden, this time around, for Siraj. |
| 45.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Tossed up delivery on middle, Smith flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| 45.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Flighted ball on off, Smith looks to defend but gets hit on the thigh pad. |
| 45.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, On middle, Smith flicks it through square leg for a single. |
| 45.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Full delivery on middle, Labuschagne comes down the track and flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| 45.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Tossed up ball on middle, Labuschagne flicks it towards the leg side. |
| 45.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Loopy delivery on middle, Marnus flicks it through mid-wicket for a run. |
| 46.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Back of a length on off, Labuschagne defends it back towards the bowler. |
| 46.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Good length delivery on middle, Labuschagne defends it off the back foot. |
| 46.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Good piece of fielding, Rohit Sharma. On middle, ML clips this one through the mid-wicket region where Rohit gets low and stops this one. |
| 46.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, On middle, clipped to the leg side and the batters cross ends. |
| 46.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, On off, well defended. |
| 46.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, On off, well kept out again by Smith to see off this over. |
| 47.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Flatter and on middle, worked to the leg side by Marnus. |
| 47.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Flighted and on middle, Labuschagne tucks this to the short leg fielder. |
| 47.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR! Fifty partnership up between these two as well. Good batting by them so far. Floated on off, Labuschagne skips down the track and lofts this one over the bowler's head and it crosses the ropes on a couple of bounces. |
| 47.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, On middle, pushed to the leg side. |
| 47.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, On middle, blocked out. |
| 47.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Floated and around off, ML keeps it out. |
| Ravindra Jadeja is on. |
| 48.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Short and wide outside off, Smith shoulders arms to this one. He would have been tempted to slash his blade at this but he does not fall for his temptation. |
| 48.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, On off, blocked out. A good start by Jadeja, a maiden to begin his bowling spell. |
| 48.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Floated around off, Smith pushes this to the covers. |
| 48.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, On off, pushed back to the bowler. |
| 48.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Short and on middle, tucked to the short leg fielder. |
| 48.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, On off, kept out by Steven. |
| 49.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Flatter and around middle and leg, tucked to the leg side for a single. |
| 49.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, A catch has been taken but the umpire says not out. Rahane kept waiting, thinking about taking the review, but does not do so in the end. Floated on middle and leg, Smith looks to tuck it away but misses and the ball comes off the pads and lobs near short leg. The catch is taken there and an appeal follows. No says the umpire. There is some discussion going around but in the end, Rahane is not convinced enough, to go for the review. |
| 49.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, On off, worked through mid on for a single. |
| 49.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, On off again, blocked out. |
| 49.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Flighted and around off, Marnus tucks this to the mid-wicket region. |
| 49.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Floated and on off, Marnus tucks this to mid-wicket again but he finds Rohit Sharma, who fakes a throw at the non-striker's end and then smiles when Smith has a look his way. |
| 50.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Tossed up delivery on off, Smith pushes it back towards the bowler. |
| 50.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Flighted ball on middle, Smith defends it off the back foot. |
| 50.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Loopy delivery on off, Smith keeps it out. |
| 50.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Floated delivery on off, Smith pushes it towards the off side. |
| 50.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, On off, Smith keeps it out. |
| 50.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Tossed up delivery on off, Smith blocks it off the back foot. |
| 51.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Flighted delivery on middle, Labuschagne defends it out. |
| 51.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Full delivery on off, Labuschagne comes down the track and drives it back towards the bowler. |
| 51.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Flighted delivery on leg, Marnus looks to sweep but gets hit on the pads. |
| 51.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, On middle, Labuschagne defends it off the back foot. |
| 51.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Tossed up ball on middle, Labuschagne flicks it towards mid-wicket for a single. |
| 51.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Flighted delivery on middle and leg, Smith pads it away. |
| 52.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to Marnus Labuschagne, Flighted ball on middle, Labuschagne defends it off the back foot. |
| 52.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to Marnus Labuschagne, Tossed up delivery on middle, Labuschagne flicks it towards square leg for a run. |
| 52.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Floated delivery on middle, Smith flicks it towards the leg side. |
| 52.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, On off, Smith keeps it out. |
| 52.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Floated ball on middle, Smith defends it off the back foot. |
| 52.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, On middle, Smith flicks it through square leg for a single. |
| 53.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Tossed up delivery on middle, Smith keeps it out. |
| 53.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Down the leg side, Smith lets it go. |
| 53.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Floated delivery on middle, Smith flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| 53.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, On middle, Smith pushes it back towards the bowler. |
| 53.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Tossed up ball on middle, Smith flicks it through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 53.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Down the leg side, Labuschagne flicks it to short leg. |
| 54.1 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Bouncer on leg, Smith does well to duck under it. |
| 54.2 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Bumper again on leg, Smith sits under it. |
| 54.3 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Back of a length on off, Smith pushes it towards point for a single. |
| 54.4 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, Length delivery on leg, Labuschagne flicks it to square leg. |
| 54.5 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, Back of a length on off, Labuschagne defends it off the back foot. |
| 54.6 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, Length ball on leg, Marnus flicks it towards the leg side. THAT WILL BE STUMPS ON DAY 1! |
| A fine day of cricket comes to a close. If you are an Australian fan, you will be happy with how this day has turned out, even with all the showers that came along the way. For India, they will be pondering on their missed chances that came their way to pick up a couple of wickets and will want to reflect on this when they head back. |
| Tim Paine won the toss early on and decided that they would want to start with the bat. They had a new opening pair out in the middle as Warner was back from his injury and Pucovski made his Test debut. This stand started off nicely but they could not continue as Siraj dangled a thread and Warner fell for it and lost his wicket. We had just 7.1 overs on the board and the showers decided to play spoilsport and there was a lot of hope of stop-starts as the rain kept coming and going. Finally, an e |
| After the rain had decided to leave, the duo of Labuschagne and Pucovski went out and dominated proceedings in the second session. It has to be said though that Pucovski was gifted two lives as Pant dropped him twice but he still played well and went onto reach his maiden half-century in the process. They also reached their 100-run stand before Saini, trapped Pucovski for a LBW and broke that stand. And then, it was all about the partnership stitched between Smith and Labuschagne as they too, jo |
| The bowling by India was not the worst but they let the batters of Australia to set the tempo, which hurt them. They got off to a good start, as Siraj got rid of the dangerous Warner early on. But after the spell of rain, it was all Australia. They attacked the bowling of India and dispatched all the loose deliveries. Saini, who was making his debut, also scalped his maiden Test wicket, but in the end, not the best show with the ball for the visitors. |
| Steven Smith is down for an interview. He says that he is happy with the way he played today. Adds that the rain hampered the momentum but they have slowly got back on track. Mentions that during Christmas, he was practicing his batting and that helped him a bit. |
| Right then. Australia take the first Day. They will be very happy with how proceedings have unfolded for them. But now, they will want to build on this on Day 2 and amass a big total on the board. Whereas, the Indians have not had the best day out there and will want to redeem themselves and apply the pressure on the hosts. Join us for Day 2 on Friday, 08th January 2021 at 1000 local (2300 GMT, THE PREVIOUS DAY). We hope to have your company. Until then, take care and cheers. |
| ... DAY 2, SESSION 1 ... |
| Hello and welcome to Day 2 of this intriguing battle between Australia and India. Day 1 saw rain play spoilsport but we still managed to get in 55 overs of play and Australia were in the driver's seat, through most of the Day. A good day for the debutants as Pucovski scored his maiden half-century and Saini scalped his maiden Test wicket as well. Labuschagne also reached his half-century and will be looking to turn this into a ton. Australia will be looking for a total upwards of 300 whereas |
| Will Pucovski is in for a chat! He starts off by saying that it was a special day and it was also the best day of cricket that he has ever had and that the team is in a good position, which is good. Feels that it was special to receive the baggy green and that yesterday was really awesome and also getting his cap from his former Victorian coach was special. In regard to his long hair, he laughs and says that he will keep his hair the way it is. |
| Pitch report - Glenn McGrath says that it was a good pitch yesterday and there was not a lot of pace out there. Further adds that it will get a little quicker today and the batters will really enjoy their time out there. Also adds that it is an extremely good batting track at the moment. |
| Right then! We are all set for the action to get underway in Day 2. The Indian team walk out and look to spread out to their respective positions out on the field. They are followed by the Australian overnight batters, Steven Smith and Marnus Labuschagne, who will want to build on their partnership. Mohammed Siraj to speed in first up for the visitors. He has one slip in place along with a gully. Here he comes... |
| 55.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, Siraj starts off with a back of a length delivery on middle, Smith works this to the square leg region. |
| 55.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, Slips this one down the leg side, does Siraj. No stroke offered to this delivery by Smith. |
| 55.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, Slight behind the good length and around middle, Steven tucks this to the leg side but finds the man at square leg again. Tells Marnus to wait on the single. |
| 55.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, SWING AND A MISS. Siraj, this time, bangs this in short and on middle, Smith looks to pull this one but does not connect bat with ball. Worth a try on this pitch. |
| 55.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, Short, again and on the body, Smith works this to the leg side and crosses over for the single. The first runs on Day 2. |
| 55.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, On middle, pushed to the short mid-wicket fielder. |
| Who will partner Siraj with the ball from the other end? Will it be Bumrah or Saini? It will be the former as Bumrah is handed the ball. |
| 56.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, FOUR. Brilliantly played by Smith. First boundary of the Day. Easy pickings for Smith. A half-volley around the off pole, Smith leans in and drives the ball through the cover region and he bags a boundary. |
| 56.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, On off, tapped to the off side for a quick single. Good running by these two. |
| 56.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, On middle, tucked to the mid-wicket region. Marnus, is quick, to deny the single on this occasion. |
| 56.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, On a good length on middle, Marnus works this to the mid-wicket region again. |
| 56.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, BEATEN. Excellent delivery from Bumrah. He bowls in a good length delivery outside off, Marnus looks to block this one out but the ball nips away, misses the outside edge and goes into Rishabh's mitts. |
| 56.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, On middle, flicked to the leg side. 5 runs off Bumrah's first over. |
| 57.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, Slightly behind the good length and on middle, Smith fends this off to square leg. 'WAIT, WAIT, WAITTT', says Smith, to Labuschagne, in regard to the single. |
| 57.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, On off, tapped to the cover region. |
| 57.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, On middle again, tucked to square leg. Smith, again is clear in denying the single. Marnus replies with a melodic 'NO RUNNNNN'. Quite quirky to have these two out together. |
| 57.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, On off, blocked out. |
| 57.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, Short and around off, Steven pulls this one to the mid-wicket region to pick up a couple of runs. |
| 57.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, On middle, Smith gets across and pushes this one to the mid-wicket region to retain the strike for the next over, with a single. |
| 58.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, On off, SS taps it to the short mid-wicket fielder. |
| 58.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Little bit more bounce here. Bumrah dishes a back of a length delivery around off, Smith gets his bat up and the bounce gets slightly big on him. He still manages to keep it out. |
| 58.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, On middle and leg, Smith looks to tuck it away but misses and ball goes to the leg side off his thigh pad. A tame appeal from Bumrah, but nothing doing says the umpire. |
| 58.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, On off, kept out. |
| 58.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Back of a length and around off, Steven nudges this to square leg. |
| 58.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Length and around off, worked to square leg again. A maiden over by India's premium bowler, Bumrah. |
| 59.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, On a good length around off, ML solidly pushes this to the mid on region. |
| 59.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, On off, worked to the leg side. |
| 59.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Angles in a length delivery around off, Labuschagne is solid in his defense. |
| 59.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Three this time. Nicely placed by Marnus. Finds a gap in between the fielder. Fuller and on middle, Marnus flicks this one through the mid-wicket region and the ball runs away. Ashwin gives it a chase and stops it before the ropes. Saves a run for his side. |
| 59.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, On middle, worked to the leg side again. |
| 59.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, On a length and on middle, Smith tucks it to the fielder at square leg. |
| 60.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Length ball around off, pushed straight to the cover fielder. |
| 60.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Length ball around off, Marnus tucks this one to the leg side. |
| 60.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Similar ball angling into Marnus, he tucks this one towards square leg for no run. |
| 60.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, On middle, Marnus plays it straight to short mid-wicket. |
| 60.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Slightly shortish around leg, Marnus tucks this one towards the fine leg area for a single. |
| 60.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Length ball around middle, Smith blocks it solidly. |
| 61.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Length ball around off, Marnus defends it back towards the bowler. |
| 61.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Slightly fuller around off, pushed towards covers. |
| 61.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Good fielding. Shortish outside off, Marnus cuts it towards the gully region. Rahane there dives to his right and saves a certain boundary. |
| 61.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Length around off, Marnus pushes it towards mid off. |
| 61.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Length ball on middle, Marnus plays that with a straight bat back to the bowler. |
| 61.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Length ball around off comes back in a little, Marnus plays that with soft hands towards cover and takes a quick run. Good testing over this by Siraj. |
| 62.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to Marnus Labuschagne, On off, tucked to the leg side. |
| 62.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to Marnus Labuschagne, Floated on off, ML is solid in his defense. |
| 62.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to Marnus Labuschagne, Shortish around off, Labuschagne whips this one to the square leg region and exchanges ends with Smith. |
| 62.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Flighted on off, Smith prods forward and blocks this one out. |
| 62.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, On off, SS works this towards mid on for a good, quick single. |
| 62.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Marnus Labuschagne, Flighted outside off, Marnus drives this nicely but finds the fielder at covers. |
| 0.0 : Ravindra Jadeja is on. |
| 63.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, On off, pushed to the leg side. |
| 0.0 : India review! Smith is the man in question, for this LBW appeal. No says the umpire and Rahane wants this checked. Looks to be close. Let's see what the replays have to say. |
| 63.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, NOT OUT! A good call by the umpire and the on-field decision stays on. Siraj bowls in a back of a length delivery around middle, Smith looks to fend this one away to the leg side but misses and gets rapped on the pads. An appeal but no says the umpire. Rahane looks around, has a quick chat and makes the 'T' symbol. Hot Spot rolls in and there is not bat on this. Ball Tracker rolls in and two reds and wickets....MISSING. The height was an issue. India lose |
| 63.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, On middle, flicked to the mid-wicket region for a quick run. |
| 63.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Good length and on off, tucked to square leg. |
| 63.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, On off, ML keeps it out. |
| 63.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Short of a length and around off, ML tucks this to the leg side. |
| 64.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, On off, blocked out. |
| 64.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Floated on off, SS pushes this to covers. |
| 64.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Floated on off, Steven skips down the track and pushes this back towards Jadeja. |
| 64.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, On off, played to the fielder at covers. |
| 64.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Short and around off, Steven goes on his back foot and blocks. |
| 64.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, On middle, Smudge, again is solid in his defensive push. Maiden over for Jadeja. |
| 65.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Fuller length on middle, Marnus plays it with a straight bat towards silly mid on. |
| 65.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR! Aerial but safe. A length ball around middle, Labuschagne flicks this one past the diving fielder at square leg and collects his first boundary for the morning. |
| 65.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Length ball around middle, flicked towards mid-wicket. |
| 65.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Length around off, Labuschagne rocks back and flicks this one through the gap at mid-wicket for a single. |
| 65.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, Length ball around off, Smith dead bats it with a straight bat, back towards the bowler. |
| 65.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, Length ball on off, Smith blocks this out. |
| UPDATE 10.45 am local (11.45 pm GMT) - The rain seems to have started getting heavier and now the umpires deem that the game has to wait and they have asked the players to walk back. The groundstaff come out and the covers are on as well. Does not look too heavy. Also, the forecast predicted said that there would be a few showers in the morning session. Let's hope that this is nothing, but just a short delay. |
| UPDATE 10.52 am local (11.52 pm GMT) - Well, some good news already coming our way. The covers are off and the umpires are out, having a look. Play should resume soon. |
| The players are back out on the field now. Let's hope that we do not have any more rain delays. Smith and Labuschagne to continue. Jadeja with the ball in hand. |
| 66.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR! What a good shot! Slashes this one wonderfully. Flat and around off, Labuschagne makes some room and slashes this one through the point region and the ball speeds away to the ropes. |
| 66.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to Marnus Labuschagne, Down the leg side, left alone. |
| 66.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to Marnus Labuschagne, On middle, pushed to the mid on region. |
| 66.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to Marnus Labuschagne, Loopy on off, ML drives this one to the cover region but finds Ashwin there. |
| 66.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Marnus Labuschagne, On off, worked to the leg side. |
| 66.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Marnus Labuschagne, Looks to find the gap again but finds the man on this occasion. Flat and outside off, ML camps back and cuts this one but only finds the point fielder there. |
| Ravichandran Ashwin is on now. |
| 67.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Flat and on middle, tucked to short leg. |
| 67.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Smith giving the charge now to Ashwin. Looking to be positive here, is Smith. Floated and on off, Steven skips down the track and works this to the leg side. |
| 67.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, On middle, tucked to square leg. |
| 67.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Flatter and around off, Ashwin punches this one to the cover region for a single. |
| 67.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Flighted on middle, ML skips down the track and chips this one over the mid-wicket region for another single. |
| 67.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Flatter again and around off, SS rocks on his back foot and punches this one through the cover region to pick up another single. |
| 68.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, On off, blocked out. |
| 68.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Flat and on off, Smith clips this one through square leg for one. |
| 68.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to Marnus Labuschagne, Three, this time. Short and around off, ML cuts this one through the point region and the man there gives chase. Stops it before the ropes. They pushed for the third and got it without any hitches, in the end. |
| 68.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, On off, pushed to covers. |
| 68.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Flatter and on middle and leg, Smith goes back and works this one through the square leg region and picks up two runs. 200 runs up for Australia as well. |
| 68.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, On off, pushed back to Jadeja. |
| 69.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, On middle, tucked to the leg side. |
| 69.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Short and around off, punched to covers. |
| 69.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Flatter and on middle, ML gives the charge and clips this to the mid-wicket region. One run. |
| 69.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Short and on middle and leg, SS fends this one out. |
| 69.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Loopy on middle, Steven blocks this one off his front foot. |
| 69.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, On middle, tucked to the square leg region this time. |
| 70.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to Marnus Labuschagne, Short and wide, punched towards the fielder at cover. |
| 70.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to Marnus Labuschagne, Fuller this time around leg, Marnus flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| 70.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR! This time Labuschagne doesn't miss out. A short and wide ball, he rocks back and cuts it through cover point to collect a boundary. Also 100-run partnership comes up between Smith and Labuschagne with that shot. Marnus moves into the 90's now. |
| 70.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to Marnus Labuschagne, Flatter around off, fended on the leg side. |
| 70.5 : Who comes in now? Matthew Wade, it is. |
| 70.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Matthew Wade, Wade is off the mark straightaway with a sweep. A fullish ball around off, Wade goes down and sweeps this one fine towards fine leg for a brace. A successful over this by Jadeja. |
| 71.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, On middle, tucked to square leg. |
| 71.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Floated on off, Smith punches this one to the fielder at mid on. |
| 71.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, On middle, flicked to the leg side again. |
| 70.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Marnus Labuschagne, OUT! CAUGHT! Jadeja gets the breakthrough and Marnus, who was looking to get to his ton loses his wicket. The skipper takes a really good catch. Makes it to 91, but will not be able to cross the triple digit mark. Just the wicket that India needed and also at the right time. Jadeja goes for a short one and around the off pole, Labuschagne camps on his back foot and looks to punch this one away but the ball bounces a tad bit more and also spins a |
| 71.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, FOUR! FIFTY FOR STEVEN SMITH! His 30th Test half-century and his fourth against India and he will be very happy with this. Will be looking to cross that magical 100 number now. Has struggled in this series but this innings has been very brave from him. Floated and on off, Smith punches this one down the ground and beats the fielder there to find the ropes. |
| 71.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, On off, blocked. |
| 71.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, On off, bunted down towards long on for one. |
| UPDATE 1117 local (0017 GMT) - OH NO! Looks like the rain gods have decided to pay another visit and and players are walking off now. The covers are back on as well. Let's hope that this will not be a long delay. |
| UPDATE 1135 local (0035 GMT) - GOOD NEWS! The rain has stopped and the covers are coming off. The play is scheduled to resume at 1140 local (0040 GMT). Let's hope that the rain does not decide to visit again. |
| Right. The match resumes now as the Indian players walk out into the middle, followed by Steven Smith and Matthew Wade, who will continue batting for the hosts. Jadeja to bowl. |
| 72.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, On off, punched to mid off. |
| 72.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, On middle, blocked out. |
| 72.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Short and around off, SS skips down the track and just taps it to the off side. |
| 72.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, On off, pushed back to the bowler. |
| 72.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, FOUR! Well played! Floated on off, Smith drives this one through the cover region and finds the fence. Smith continues on his merry way. |
| 72.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Floated around off, Steven punches this but finds the cover fielder. |
| 73.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Matthew Wade, Flighted and outside off, Wade plays this with soft hands, towards the point region. |
| 73.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Matthew Wade, On off, MW keeps this one out well. |
| 73.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Matthew Wade, Flighted again and around off, Wade pushes this to the cover region. Also quick to deny the single. |
| 73.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Matthew Wade, On middle, Wade turns this to the mid-wicket region and rotates the strike. |
| 73.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Down the leg side, SS looks to play at this but is not able to connect bat with ball. |
| 73.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, On middle, Steven works this to the fielder at short mid on. Just the solitary run off this over. |
| 74.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to Matthew Wade, Floated on off, Wade sweeps this one but finds the man there at short leg, Vihari, who gets hit on his calf. Ouch. Would have stung, that. |
| 0.0 : The physio is also out in the middle now to have a look at Vihari, who got struck hard on this body. Wade hit it with some power and so that would have hurt him. Should be alright to continue, though. |
| 74.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to Matthew Wade, FOUR! SMACKED! Wade is good at playing these shots and he shows it again. Tosses it up and lands it around off, Wade punches this one through the extra cover region and the ball speeds away to the ropes. |
| 74.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to Matthew Wade, OUCH, VIHARI. He gets hit again. What bad luck this is for him. Wade again, who looks to sweep but ends up hitting Vihari on the body. He is down but he gets back up quickly, should be okay to continue again. |
| 74.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to Matthew Wade, On off, swept to square leg. Misses Vihari this time though, luckily. |
| 74.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Matthew Wade, On off, well kept out. |
| 74.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Matthew Wade, Loopy on off, Wade blocks it out again. |
| 75.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Shortsh around off, pushed towards mid off. |
| 75.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Fuller around off, Smith pushes it to mid off. |
| 75.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, FOUR! Nicely done. Floated on middle and leg, Smith goes for the sweep and connects that well. The ball races away through the gap at square leg area for a boundary. Smith showing some aggression against Ashwin here. |
| 75.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Flatter around off, pushed to silly mid on. |
| 75.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Flatter around off, Smith tucks it towards square leg. |
| 75.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, On off, Smith is solid in his defense as he blocks this out. |
| 76.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to Matthew Wade, FOUR! Good shot by Wade again! Gets another boundary. Floated on off, Wade punches this one through the mid on region to bag another boundary. |
| 76.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to Matthew Wade, Gets Vihari again, does Wade. On off, swept by Wade towards Vihari, who sways away but he does get hit. Vihari will be waiting for the new ball, more than anybody else out there. |
| 76.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to Matthew Wade, On off, punched to the deep cover region for a brace. |
| 76.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to Matthew Wade, Flighted and on off, Wade blocks it out. |
| 76.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Matthew Wade, OUT! CAUGHT! Jadeja gets another wicket and sends another batter to the hut! There is always a sense of adventure about Wade and that adventure has made sure that he loses his wicket. He was looking good with his short stay out in the middle but that has been cut short by Jadeja and he is doing well to get wickets at regular intervals. Wade skips down the track as Jadeja goes for a flatter delivery around middle, Wade looks to tuck this one away to the l |
| 76.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Cameron Green, On off, Green blocks this one out nicely. |
| 76.5 : Who walks in now? Cameron Green is the man in. |
| 77.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Tossed up outside off, Smith drives this one through covers for a brace as Jadeja there chases it down and keeps it to two. |
| 77.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, On middle, Smith pushes it down towards long on for a run. |
| 77.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Flatter around off, blocked towards first slip. |
| 77.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Floated around middle and off, Green looks to defend but misses and gets hit on the pads. A bit of appeal by Ashwin and Pant but the umpire is unmoved. |
| 77.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, On middle, played towards silly mid on. |
| 77.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Floated on middle, Green blocks this out. |
| 78.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, On off, blocked out. |
| 78.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, FOUR! Smith is marching on at the moment, regardless of who partners him at the other end. Flatter and outside off, Smith cuts this one through the point region to bag a boundary. |
| 78.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, On off, pushed to mid on. |
| 78.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, FOUR! He is so good at reading the length and he dispatches this one too! Short and around off, Smith punches this one through covers for a boundary. |
| 78.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, On off, pushed to covers for one. |
| 78.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Cameron Green, On off, driven to mid off. |
| 79.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Floated on off, kept out. |
| 79.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, On off, tucked to square leg this time. |
| 79.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Short and around leg, SS tucks this one towards fine leg for an easy single. |
| 79.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, On off, well kept out. |
| 79.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Flat and on middle, nudged to short leg. |
| 79.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, On middle, pushed to the off side. |
| 80.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, On a good length outside off, Smith lets this one through to Pant. |
| 79.6 : Right. The Indians now have the option to take the new ball. Will they take it or will they stick with the old ball? And yes, India have decided to take the new cherry now. Jasprit Bumrah has come back into the attack as well. |
| 80.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Outside off again, some away movement noticed, Steven has no issues in letting this one through. |
| 80.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Outside off again, Smith leaves it again. Bumrah is looking to bowl in that fourth and fifth stump channel now. |
| 80.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Similar delivery as the last ball, same shot offered by Smith, which is basically no shot. Left alone. |
| 80.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Now decides to put bat to ball. Length and around off, SS pushes this to the cover region. |
| 80.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, BEATEN. Ohhh...ripper. What a delivery. A back of a length delivery around off, nips away after taking the deck, Smith looks to defend but gets beaten all ends up. A good, testing over by Bumrah. |
| Mohammed Siraj is back into the attack as well. 20-3-60-1 are his numbers so far. |
| 81.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, WIDE. Way too wide outside off, Green leaves it alone. Wided. |
| Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, Outside off again, inside the tramline this time though, Green, again offers no shot to this. |
| 81.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, A full ball around off, Green digs this one out to the cover-point region. |
| 81.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, Good shot but for no runs this time. A fuller length delivery around off, Green drives this one very nicely towards mid on and Ashwin does well to run to his left, dive and stop this one. |
| 81.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, Outside off, left alone. |
| 81.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, Full on off, nips back in slightly, Cameron drives this to the fielder at mid off. |
| 81.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, Outside off again, CG does not want to have a poke at this. |
| 82.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Slightly behind the good length and on the stumps, Smith blocks this one out solidly. |
| 82.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Outside off, Smith lets this one through to the keeper. |
| 82.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Angles in a delivery around off, Smith blocks this one out as well. A good, solid block offered by Steven. A good battle this, between Smith and Bumrah. |
| 82.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, On a length outside off, Smith raises his blade and lets this one go. Smith is resisting his temptations to have a poke at the deliveries that are outside off. |
| 82.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Short and around off, pulled towards the mid-wicket region for one. |
| 82.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Cameron Green, Good leave by Green to see off Bumrah's over. Outside off, CG raises his bat and leaves this one nicely. |
| 83.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, Fullish around off, Smith drives it straight to mid on. |
| 83.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, Length around off, Smith defends it back to the bowler. |
| 83.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, On a length in the channel outside off, Smith lets it go. |
| 83.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, Similar ball outside off, Smith is not interested in playing at that. |
| 83.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, Slightly fuller outside off, Smith shoulders arms to that. |
| 83.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, Length around middle, Smith tucks it towards the left of fine leg and comes back for a couple of runs. |
| 84.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Cameron Green, Length ball around off, Green blocks this out on the off side. |
| 84.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Cameron Green, BEATEN! A fuller length delivery, inviting the drive, outside off, Green looks to drive but misses the ball and gets beaten altogether. |
| 84.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Cameron Green, Shortish outside off, this time Green lets it go. |
| 84.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Cameron Green, A bumper on middle now, Green does well to duck under that. |
| 84.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Cameron Green, OUT! LBW! Excellent bowling this by Bumrah. Green goes for a duck. After dishing out balls outside off, Bumrah bowls a length ball around off, makes it to jag back in. Green looks to defend but gets beaten by the pace and movement to get hit on the pads. The Indians appeal and the umpire obliges by raising his finger. Green has a word with Smith but decides against the review. A good decision as replays show that this would go onto hit the stumps. Green |
| The Aussie skipper, Tim Paine, was walking out to bat but the umpires have decided that it will be LUNCH ON DAY 2! |
| A good first session of play comes to an end. You would definitely say that this is India's session as they have scalped three wickets on a surface which has not been offering a lot to the bowlers. Still, they have the big threat out there in the form of Smith. Australia, on the other hand, have done well to add the runs on the board but no one has been able to partner Smith from the opposite end and that will be a sign of worry for them. |
| Right then. Another session which was interrupted by rain. India, will come back after the Lunch break and will want to get the big fish, Steven Smith. The hosts, on the other hand, will be banking on Smith to score a ton and help them reach a good total of around 350. Join us for the second session after the Lunch break. |
| This session has deservedly gone the way of the visitors. Even though, they conceded 83 runs in this session but with the 3 wickets that they have scalped, this session goes their way. Jadeja was their star as he broke the valuable stand between Smith and Marnus as he sent the latter packing and also got the better of Wade. Bumrah then, with the new ball, got Green plumb in front and Cameron was back for a 21-ball duck. |
| Australia started off the Day really well with Smith and Labuschagne dictating the tempo and picking up from where they left off and they also reached their 100-run stand but just as Labuschagne was on 91 and was looking to get to his ton, he lost his wicket to Jadeja. It was Jaddu, again, who struck when he got rid of Wade, who played a very loose shot. Smith kept motoring along on the other end but his new partner could not keep accompany him for long as just the the stroke of Lunch, Bumrah |
| ... Day 2, Session 2 ... |
| 84.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Tim Paine, On a good length outside off, Paine lets this one through. |
| Who will partner Bumrah with the ball? It will be Mohammed Siraj. 22-3-63-1 are his figures so far. |
| 85.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, A back of a length delivery outside off, punched to the cover region. |
| 85.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, On off, SS looks to drive but the ball takes the inside edge and hits his pads. |
| 85.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, On off, pushed to the off side. |
| 0.0 : We are back for Session 2 on Day 2. Indian players have taken their position in the field. So have the two Aussie batsmen, Steve Smith and captain Tim Paine. Bumrah to finish off his remaining over. Here we go... |
| 85.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, A back of a length delivery around off, Steven blocks this one out. |
| 85.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, On off, well kept out. |
| 85.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, Angles in a delivery around off, Smith taps this towards point and signals no for the single, on this occasion. |
| 86.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Tim Paine, Short of a length and around off, the skipper pushes this to the mid on region. |
| 86.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Tim Paine, Outside off on a good length, Paine shoulders arms to this one. |
| 86.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Tim Paine, On off again this time, Tim plays a solid defensive push back towards Boom Boom. |
| 86.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Tim Paine, Length and outside off, TP just lets this one through to Pant. |
| 86.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Tim Paine, On off, good length, driven but straight to the fielder at short cover. A good start this has been by Bumrah. |
| 86.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Tim Paine, On off, blocked out by Tim. |
| 87.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, Outside off, keeps slightly low as well, Smith lets it go. |
| 87.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, Good length on off and middle, Steven defends this one out with a straight bat. |
| 87.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, Angled into off and middle, Smith helps this one through the backward square leg region for a brace. Also, brings up the 250 runs mark for the Australians. |
| 87.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, Short ball on middle, SS ducks under this one. |
| 87.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, Slightly behind the good length and on the pads, Smith helps this one through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 87.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Tim Paine, An appeal for LBW but turned down. Another back of a length ball around off, nips back in, Paine looks to leave this one but the ball goes onto hit him on his pads. Siraj appeals but nothing from the umpire. Height would have been an issue there. India do not opt for the review as well. |
| 88.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Length ball sliding down leg, tucked towards fine leg for a single. |
| 88.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Tim Paine, Around off, Paine is off the mark with a push to the covers. |
| 88.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Length ball around off, Smith stands tall and defends it back to the bowler. |
| 88.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Back of a length on off, Smith plays it in the gap at mid-wicket to change ends. |
| 88.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Tim Paine, OUT! BOWLED! Knocked him over. Bumrah, you beauty! A fuller ball around off, comes back in slightly and Paine looks to have a push at this but plays it at the wrong line, there was not foot movement as well. The ball goes through the forward push of the Australian captain and goes onto disturb the timber behind. Bumrah has been lethal with the second new ball and has shown it again. Paine completely misjudged the line there and has to make his way back to th |
| Pat Cummins is the new batter in. |
| 88.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Pat Cummins, Back of a length and down the leg side, Cummins lets this one go. |
| 89.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, A stifled appeal for LBW but the umpire says no. A back of a length delivery around off, Smith looks to block this one out but the ball nips back in slightly and hits him high on the thigh pad. An appeal but no says the umpire. A discussion between Siraj and Rahane but in the end, they do not go for the review. |
| 89.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, On off, pushed to mid on. |
| 89.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, Short and on off, SS pulls this one to the backward square leg region for a single. |
| 89.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Pat Cummins, Short of a length and around off, PC keeps it out. |
| 89.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Pat Cummins, On off, blocked out. |
| 89.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Pat Cummins, On middle, tucked to the leg side. |
| 90.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, On a length around off, Smith shuffles and blocks this down towards mid on. |
| 90.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, FOUR! A mere push. A short of a length around off, Smith stands tall and pushes this one through the covers for a boundary. |
| 90.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, A fuller ball around middle, Smith shuffles and clips this one towards deep mid-wicket for a brace. Excellent batting here by Smith. |
| 90.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Length ball outside off, left alone. |
| 90.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Back of a length on off, Smith tucks this one through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 90.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Pat Cummins, In the channel outside off, Cummins lets it go through to the keeper. |
| Navdeep Saini is into the attack. 7-0-32-1 are his numbers so far. |
| 91.1 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Back of a length outside off, Smith punches this one to the cover region. |
| 91.2 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, FOUR! Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. What a shot to get into your 90s. A fuller ball around off, Smith whips this one through the mid-wicket region, through the carpet, into the ropes. |
| 91.3 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Outside off, cut to deep point for a single. |
| 91.4 : Navdeep Saini to Pat Cummins, On a length outside off, Cummins lets this one through to the keeper. |
| 91.5 : Navdeep Saini to Pat Cummins, On off, blocked back to the bowler. |
| 91.6 : Navdeep Saini to Pat Cummins, Length and around off, moves back in after pitching, Cummins pushes this one to the cover region to see off Saini's first over for the Day. |
| 92.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Good length and around the off pole, Smith shuffles across and blocks this one out well. |
| 92.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, On off, SS keeps it out. |
| 92.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, On off, Smith pushes this to the leg side for a quick run. Moves onto 95 now. |
| 92.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Pat Cummins, Outside off, left alone by Patty. |
| 92.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Pat Cummins, FOUR BYES. Bonus runs for Australia. Bumrah dishes a bouncer on middle and leg, Cummins sits under this one. Pant hops to his left but is not able to stop this one. The ball runs away to the ropes. |
| 92.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Pat Cummins, Outside off, left alone. |
| 93.1 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, On off, Steven looks to have a push at this but the ball takes the inner half of the willow and hits his pads and rolls to the leg side. |
| 93.2 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Moves to 97 now. A back of a length delivery outside off, Smith slaps this one through the point region and picks up two runs before the fielder in the deep can run across to his left and stop this. |
| 93.3 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Good length and around off, SS is solid in keeping this one out. |
| 93.4 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Another length delivery around off, Smudge pushes this to the cover region. |
| 93.5 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, On off, well kept out again. |
| 93.6 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Three runs off the over. Shortish and around off, Smith hooks this one to the deep mid-wicket region to retain the strike for the next over. Also, he is now just two runs away from his century. |
| 94.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Floated on off, blocked out. |
| 94.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, On middle, pushed back to Ravindra. |
| 94.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Short and around off, Smudge punches this one through the cover region, off his back foot, for one. Moves to 99 now. |
| 94.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to Pat Cummins, NO BALL. On off, pushed to the off side. Will also be a No Ball as Jadeja had overstepped. |
| Ravindra Jadeja to Pat Cummins, OUT! TIMBER! Jadeja gets another one and the decision to bring on Jadeja is a masterclass by Rahane. Cummins goes back for a duck as well. Jadeja bowls this very full and around off, Cummins is late in getting his blade down in time to dig this one out. Cummins misses out. But the ball does not as it goes onto hit the off pole. A very good wicket for India and Australia lose their seventh wicket. |
| 94.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Mitchell Starc, Down the leg side, left alone. |
| 94.4 : Who is in now? Mitchell Starc, it is. |
| 94.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Mitchell Starc, Floated on off, Starc pushes this to the cover region for a single. |
| 95.1 : Navdeep Saini to Mitchell Starc, PLAY AND A MISS. Good delivery by Saini. He bowls it full and around off, nips away, Starc looks for the drive but he misses his stroke and the ball goes towards Pant. |
| 95.2 : Navdeep Saini to Mitchell Starc, Short and on middle, took Starc by surprise as he got done by the extra bounce. He looked to block this one out but the ball took the glove and fell out onto the turf. |
| 95.3 : Navdeep Saini to Mitchell Starc, Play and a miss! On a length outside off, Starc misses his drive again. This is good bowling by Saini. Making Starc search for the runs, instead of handing it to him. |
| 95.4 : Navdeep Saini to Mitchell Starc, Short and down the leg side, MS lets it go. |
| 95.5 : Navdeep Saini to Mitchell Starc, On off, tapped to the cover region for a quick single. A misfield by Jadeja and the batters think about the second but Starc says no, in the end. |
| 95.6 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Length and on middle, tucked to the square leg region where Jadeja runs in and fields well. A loud 'no' by Smith to his partner. Will be on 99. |
| 96.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to Mitchell Starc, Floated on off, MS keeps it out off the front foot. |
| 96.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to Mitchell Starc, This time blocks it off the back foot towards mid on. |
| 96.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to Mitchell Starc, Another block towards the mid on region. |
| 96.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Mitchell Starc, EDGY! Three this time as well. Floated outside off, Starc lunges forward and looks to block this one out but the ball takes the outside edge and goes past the slip fielder and the batters take three runs. |
| 96.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, On off, blocked back to Jaddu. Still on 99, is Smith. Nervy. |
| 97.1 : Navdeep Saini to Mitchell Starc, On off, kept out towards the off side. |
| 96.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to Mitchell Starc, Short and on off, pushed back to the bowler. |
| 97.2 : Navdeep Saini to Mitchell Starc, FOUR! SHOT! Growing in confidence, is Starc. On a length on off, Mitchell lofts this one over the mid on region and he finds the ropes. |
| 97.3 : Navdeep Saini to Mitchell Starc, On off, tapped to cover-point and Starc yells a quick 'YEAH' to Smith and they cross ends. Smith is back on strike now. Is on 99 too. |
| 97.4 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Length and on off, SS pushes this to the off side. A quick 'no' to Starc. Still on 99. |
| 97.5 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Another length delivery on off, Smith pushes this to the mid-wicket region but it is Jadeja who is prowling that area and it is hard to sneak a run when you play the ball towards him. |
| 97.6 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, There it is! HUNDRED FOR STEVEN SMITH! He has worked very hard for this and after his poor show in the first Two tests, he has bounced back well. A length delivery on off and middle, Smith shuffles across and tucks this one to the fine leg region and he collects three runs by the time the fielder can mop up in the deep. He has shown everyone what he can do and especially to those who were doubting him after the first two Tests. His 27th century in Tests an |
| 98.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Floated on middle, Smith plays it back to Jadeja. |
| 98.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Flatter around middle, tucked towards mid-wicket. |
| 98.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Tossed up outside off, Smith lets it go. |
| 98.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Shorter around off, Smith cuts it well but straight to backward point. |
| 98.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, NO BALL. Fullish ball on middle, Smith dances down the track and digs it out towards the bowler. But Jadeja has overstepped here. |
| Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, On middle, fllicked straight to mid-wicket. |
| 98.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Fullish around off, driven straight to covers. |
| 99.1 : Navdeep Saini to Mitchell Starc, Bumper down the leg side, Starc lets this one go. |
| 99.2 : Navdeep Saini to Mitchell Starc, Another bouncer on off, MS sits under this one. |
| 99.3 : Navdeep Saini to Mitchell Starc, Short and around off, Starc looks to pull but the ball lobs off the splice of the blade and lands next to the turf, on the off side. |
| 99.4 : Navdeep Saini to Mitchell Starc, Short and on the body, Starc pulls this one to the deep square leg region for a single. |
| 99.5 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Length and on off, Smith dabs this one towards cover-point and the batters scamper through for the single. |
| 99.6 : Navdeep Saini to Mitchell Starc, NO BALL AND FOUR. Starc takes on Saini and dispatches him nicely. Short and on middle, Starc pulls this one to the fine leg region for a boundary. A No Ball too as Saini had overstepped. |
| Navdeep Saini to Mitchell Starc, Bouncer on off, Starc looks to hook it away but misses. |
| 100.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, On off, driven to deep covers for a single. 300 up for Australia as well. |
| 100.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to Mitchell Starc, Floated on off, MS pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 100.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to Mitchell Starc, Loopy and on off, MS pushes this one to the mid off region. |
| 100.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to Mitchell Starc, On off, Starc slogs this one to the deep square leg region for a single. |
| 100.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, On off, pushed back to the bowler. A good over by Jadeja comes to an end. |
| 100.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Loopy and around off, SS skips down the track and pads the ball away. |
| 101.1 : Navdeep Saini to Mitchell Starc, Short ball on leg, Starc ducks and lets it go through to Pant. |
| 101.2 : Navdeep Saini to Mitchell Starc, NO BALL. That seems to have slipped out of Saini's hands. A beamer kind of ball outside off, Starc lets it go. Pant too fumbles while collecting it. |
| Navdeep Saini to Mitchell Starc, Shortish around middle, Starc looks to pull, but the ball misses his bat and goes through. |
| 101.3 : Navdeep Saini to Mitchell Starc, SIX! Clean strike. A shortish ball on middle, Starc sits back and pulls it all the way towards the deep mid-wicket boundary for a maximum. He then gives a glaring look at Saini who just turns around and walks back. |
| 101.4 : Navdeep Saini to Mitchell Starc, Short again and Starc goes for it again. This time he doesn't time it well enough and the ball just lands ahead of the fielder at mid on. Two taken by the batters. |
| 101.5 : Navdeep Saini to Mitchell Starc, OUT! CAUGHT! The rush of blood to Starc has made him lose his wicket! Shortish ball around middle and leg, Starc goes for the slog, but has no timing on that whatsoever. The ball balloons up in the air towards mid-wicket area, Gill from mid on runs to his left and completes an easy catch. A good cameo from Starc comes to an end. Australia 8 down now. How many more can they add now? |
| Who comes in now? Nathan Lyon, it is. |
| DRINKS. A good passage of play for the Indians. They have picked up eight wickets and need just two more wickets now to wrap up the Australian batting innings. The hosts, on the other hand, will want Smith to help them cross the 350-run mark and probably even some more. |
| 101.6 : Navdeep Saini to Nathan Lyon, A length ball shapes away after pitching and goes through Lyon's outside edge. There was a noise as the ball passed the bat, but it seems the noise was from the pad. A bit of appeal by the bowler, but the umpire neglects it. No review either from Rahane. |
| 102.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, FOUR! WHACKED! Floated on off, Smith gets on his knees and slog sweeps this one towards the deep mid-wicket fence for a boundary. |
| 102.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Outside off, punched to deep covers for one run. |
| 102.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to Nathan Lyon, On off, blocked. |
| Australia review! Lyon wants this out decision for LBW taken upstairs. Looks dead-on. |
| 102.4 : Josh Hazlewood is the last man in for the Aussies. |
| Ravindra Jadeja to Nathan Lyon, OUT! LBW! That had to be plumb! Jadeja gets his fourth wicket of the game and even the review is not able to save Lyon. A full toss on off and middle, Lyon looks to play at this but he misses. It hits him on his boot. The players appeal and the umpire obliges, raising his finger. Lyon walks back but takes the review just to be sure. Ultra Edge shows not bat involved. Ball Tracker comes in and confirms that the on-field call is the right one. One last wic |
| 102.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Josh Hazlewood, On off, JH pushes this to the off side. |
| 102.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Josh Hazlewood, On off, blocked. |
| 103.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Shortish outside off, Smith gives himself room and slaps this one aerially in the gap at covers and comes back for a second. He will look to keep strike this over. |
| 103.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, FOUR! Nicely done. A shortish ball outside off, Smith waits for it and upper cuts this one above the slips to get himself another boundary. |
| 103.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Fuller on off this time from Bumrah, Smith makes room and drives this one towards cover and takes a single. Hazlewood to face Bumrah now. |
| 103.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Josh Hazlewood, On a length around off, Hazlewood pushes it with soft hands towards covers and takes a quick run. This is not good from India, giving Hazlewood a single. |
| 103.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Three more taken. A fullish ball on middle, Smith drives this one past mid on and takes three more runs as Gill from mid off chases and pulls the ball back. |
| 103.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Josh Hazlewood, Shortish around off, coming in with the angle, Hazlewood sways away from it. |
| 104.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Floated on off, Smith skips down the track and chips this one to deep mid-wicket and collects two runs. |
| 104.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, On off, Smith looks to reverse paddle this one but misses. |
| 104.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, This time, connects his paddle scoop over the keeper's head for a couple. |
| 104.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Flatter around off, SS guides this one through short third man for one. Hazlewood on strike now. |
| 104.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Josh Hazlewood, Floated on off, worked through square leg. Josh wanted the single but Smith sent him back into his crease. |
| 104.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Josh Hazlewood, On off, tucked to the leg side. Safely negotiated by Josh. |
| 105.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, FOUR! Extraordinary batting this by Smith. A short ball around off, Smith plays the tennis forehand kind of shot towards the mid-wicket area and gets himself another boundary. Moves to 128 now. |
| 105.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Length on middle, Smith tucks this one in the gap at depp square leg and comes back for a brace. Toying with the field here is Smith. |
| 105.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Back of a length on middle, comes back in a little. Smith looks to tuck it towards square leg, but gets hit on the pads. A loud 'NO' from Smith after that. |
| 105.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, OUT! RUN OUT! Steven Smith is run out looking to turn the this single into this double. You can't take Jadeja on like that but he will be very happy with the knock that he has played. On a length and around off, Smith looked to push this one to the off side but the ball takes the inside edge and goes to the square leg region. They go for the single but Smith pushes for the double. Jadeja runs in and has a shy at the keeper's end and he hits bulls eye. The u |
| The Aussies started off really well with the bat in hand. A blot on their performance would be Warner, who went back without doing anything substantial. The debutant, Pucovski reached his half-century, and so did Labuschagne who holed out at 91. But their man of the moment, like he is for so many of their moments, Steven Smith reached his 27th Test century and was absolutely class throughout their batting show and ended up with 131 to his name. He is the reason that the Kangaroos have ended up w |
| The bowling by India on Day 1 was not the best as they could only scalp 2 wickets but they have done well to bounce back on Day 2 to wrap up the first Australian innings for below 350. Jadeja was the pick of the lot, with his 4 wickets. Bumrah and Saini were good too, scalping 2 wickets to their name while Siraj took one. Ashwin, surprisingly, took no wickets. But all in all, a very good show with the ball for the Men in Blue. |
| A very good bowling performance by India with the ball has seen them bundle the Australians for 338. They have bowled really well in the last two sessions and have done well to pick the wickets at regular intervals and they will be pleased at how this day has gone for them so far. |
| Right then. Australia have ended with 338 on the board. India will want a good start and will look to scale the lead and get some good runs before the end of the day. The hosts, on the other hand, will be looking to not allow the openers to settle and will want to impose themselves early on. Join us for the first innings of the Indian batting shortly. |
| 0.1 : Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, Rohit and India are underway! On a good length around leg, Rohit tickles this one to the fine leg region for a single. |
| 0.0 : We are back for the Indian batting in the first innings. The Australian players stride out into the middle and spread out on the field. The Indian openers, Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill walk out and will look to negate all that the Aussie pacers have to throw at them until the Tea break. Mitchell Starc to speed in. Here he comes... |
| 0.2 : Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, On a good length outside off, Gill leaves it alone. |
| 0.3 : Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Another length delivery outside off, Gill, again is not interested in playing at this. |
| 0.4 : Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Down the leg side, Shubman hops and looks to tuck it away but misses. Paine collects it cleanly. |
| 0.5 : Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Back of a length and on off, Gill hops and blocks this one out. |
| 0.6 : Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, FOUR! What a confident stroke! Just shows you what a good mental state he is in. A length delivery, outside off, Gill leans forward and punches this one through the mid off region and even though Pucovski gives it chase, he is not able to stop it from crossing the ropes. |
| Who will partner Starc with the ball? Josh Hazlewood to steam in. |
| 1.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, Short of a length and on off, Rohit looks to work on this but he misses and gets hit high on the thigh pad. |
| 1.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, On off, pushed to mid on. |
| 1.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, Outside off, Sharma is not interested in playing at this. |
| 1.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, Back of a length and on off, Sharma is solid in his defense. |
| 1.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, Outside off, left alone. |
| 1.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, Another length delivery on off, Sharma pushes this one to the mid off region. |
| 2.1 : Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Back of a length around off, Gill hops and defends it on the off side. |
| 2.2 : Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Length ball shaping away from Gill, outside off, he leaves that undisturbed. |
| 2.3 : Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Fuller length around off, enticing Gill for the drive, but he is firm in his leave. |
| 2.4 : Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, On middle, Gill pushes that one through the covers and says a loud 'No' for the single. |
| 2.5 : Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Length outside off, Gill lets it go through to Paine. |
| 2.6 : Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Fuller ball outside off, Gill watches it closely and then shoulders arms to it. |
| 3.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! SHOT! A length ball around off, Rohit lets the ball come to him and then guides it through the gully region to collect his first boundary. |
| 3.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, Length around off, Rohit plays that with soft hands towards gully. Green there dives to his left and saves runs for his team. |
| 3.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, On a length around middle, Rohit tickles this towards deep square leg and comes back for the second easily. Nice start this by Rohit. |
| 3.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, Back of a length around off, Rohit defends it on the on side. |
| 3.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, Fuller this time outside off, Rohit lets it be. |
| 3.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, Length around off, Rohit pushes this one towards point and takes off for a single, but returns as his partner says 'No'. |
| 4.1 : Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Shortish around middle, Gill defends it towards short leg. |
| 4.2 : Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Length ball around middle, Gill defends it solidly back towards the bowler. |
| 4.3 : Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Excellent backfoot punch. A shortish ball outside off, Gill punches it through the covers off the backfoot and gets himself another boundary. Nice positive intent from Gill here. |
| 4.4 : Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Back of a length around middle, Gill defends it on the on side. |
| 4.5 : Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, NO BALL AND FOUR! SHOT! Second boundary of the over. A short ball on middle, Gill rocks back and times his pull to perfection towards deep square leg. Starc has overstepped on this delivery. |
| Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Fuller around middle, Gill blocks this out on the off side. |
| 4.6 : Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Good running. A length ball around off, Gill prods forward and pushes it towards mid off and takes off for a quick single. good over this for India and Gill. |
| 5.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Shubman Gill, On a good length on off, Gill nudges this one to the square leg region and picks up a single. |
| 5.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, A full ball on middle, Rohit clips this one to the leg side but the fielder at square leg does not let the ball beat him. |
| 5.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, Short of a length and on middle, pushed to the leg side. |
| 5.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, A full ball on off, Rohit digs this one out to the leg side again. |
| 5.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! Something that you see Rohit do a lot in white ball cricket, but this time he does it against the red ball. A short ball, on middle, Sharma swivel-pulls this one to the deep square leg region and it crosses the ropes after a couple of bounces. |
| 5.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, On off, Sharma looks to block this one out but the ball takes the outer half of the bat and goes towards the gully fielder, makes a good stop. |
| Pat Cummins is introduced into the attack. |
| 6.1 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, Patty starts off with a back of a length delivery around off, Gill looks to block this one but the ball nips back and hits him high on the thigh pad. |
| 6.2 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, On a length outside off, Gill leaves it alone. |
| 6.3 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, Another length delivery outside off, Shubman leaves this one nicely. |
| 6.4 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, Well bowled and well blocked as well! A back of a length and around off, Gill blocks this one out. |
| 6.5 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, Well fielded by Labuschagne at covers. A half-volley, waiting to be hit, outside off, Gill leans into the drive and punches this one towards covers where Marnus dives and stops the ball well. |
| 6.6 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, On off, blocked out. A maiden to start off with by Hazlewood. |
| 7.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, On a good length around off, Sharma covers his sticks and blocks this solidly. |
| 7.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, A length ball outside off, Rohit shoulders arms to this one. |
| 7.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, Length around off, Sharma shuffles and defends this one towards mid-wicket region. |
| 7.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, BEATEN! What a ball. A length ball around off, straightens after pitching. Rohit looks to play at it but misses and the ball is collected cleanly by Paine. A huge appeal from Paine but no support from any of his teammates. Paine doesn't opt for the review. Rightly so as the replay show clear daylight between bat and ball. |
| 7.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, Around off, Rohit solidly defends this towards the bowler. |
| 7.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, On middle, Sharma blocks this out with a straight bat to the bowler. |
| 8.1 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, Length around off, Gill pushes it towards covers. |
| 8.2 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, Bumper now on middle and leg, Gill spots it early and ducks under that one. |
| 8.3 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, Back of a length on off, Gill blocks this out back to Cummins. |
| 8.4 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, Good length around off, Gill pushes this one to the off side. |
| 8.5 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, Back of a length on middle, Gill shuffles and tucks it towards mid-wicket. |
| 8.6 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, Length ball around off, Gill prods forward and blocks it solidly towards covers. TEA ON DAY 2! |
| Another session which you would say has gone the way of India. They applied the pressure in the first session and squeezed all the wickets out in the second session and have done well to wrap up the Australian innings for 338 runs. At this point, India would definitely be the happier dressing room. |
| After the Lunch break, Smith and Paine were the batters out there for Australia. But this partnership did not last long as Bumrah did what he does best, make the ball talk. He removed the Aussie skipper and from them on India kept looking to remove the tail of the Australian batting. Starc slogged a few as well but he could not continue and fell shortly after. Steven Smith made a statement of the highest quality as he smacked his 27th Test ton for the Kangaroos and helped them reach a good total |
| Indians continued their good work from the first session with the ball into the second session as well. Bumrah started things off as he got rid of Paine and Jadeja and Saini got into the wickets column as well. Jadeja, who was phenomenal with the ball, also ensured that Australia end their batting below 350 runs as his throw got Smith out. Another good show with the ball. The Indian openers, Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill then went out and safely negotiated the first nine overs really well. |
| Alright then! India have continued their good work from session 1 into the second session and will look to finish the Day on a high as well. They will be banking on their openers to stay out there for as long as they can and provide a strong platform for them. Australia, on the other hand, will be rearing to come out and scalp a few wickets before the end of play on Day 2. Which team grabs the last session? Join us for the final session of the Day in a short while. |
| ... Day 2, Session 3 ... |
| We are back for the final session of the Day. The Indian openers, Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill stride out into the middle. The Australian players are out and are spreading out on the field. Josh Hazlewood to start the final session of the Day. Off we go... |
| 9.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, BEATEN! Lovelyyyyy! What a delivery from Josh, right after the Tea break! On a length and around off, moves away after taking the deck, Rohit is all squared up as he looks to block but he misses it altogether. |
| 9.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, On a good length outside off, Sharma shoulders arms to this one. |
| 9.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, Angles in another length delivery around off, Rohit blocks this one out solidly off his front foot. |
| 9.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, Length and on middle, RS pushes this one back towards Josh. |
| 9.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, An appeal for LBW but turned down. A back of a length delivery around off and middle, nips back in after pitching, Rohit looks to play at this but misses to get hit on the thigh pad. An appeal but the umpire shakes his head. Looked to be way too high. |
| 9.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, On off, pushed to covers. |
| Pat Cummins to bowl from the other end. 2-2-0-0 are his figures so far. |
| 10.1 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, Bumper on middle, Gill sits well under this one. Shubman has played these short balls well so far. |
| 10.2 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, Back of a length on off, Gill keeps it out well. |
| 10.3 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, Two this time. On a length and around off, Gill guides this through the gully region and the batters pick up two runs before the fielder can run in and stop this one. |
| 10.4 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, Another length delivery around off, Gill pushes this one back towards Patty. |
| 10.5 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, On off, SG works this to mid-wicket. |
| 10.6 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, Lovely shot but for no runs. A length delivery, outside off, Gill punches this one to the left of Cummins, who fields this in his followthrough. |
| 11.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, On off, tucked to mid-wicket. |
| 11.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, Hazlewood goes for a bouncer this time on middle. Sharma ducks under this one well. |
| 11.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, On off, RS works this to the leg side. |
| 11.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, A back of a length and around off and middle, Sharma misses his stroke and the ball hits him high on the thigh pad. An appeal but no says the umpire. |
| 11.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, Good length and around off, Sharma watchfully blocks this one out. |
| 11.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, Similar ball as the last delivery. Again, Sharma is solid in his defense. Josh is testing Rohit here well. |
| 12.1 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, On off, Gill defends this one out. |
| 12.2 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, Another good stroke by Gill. Cummins dishes a back of a length ball outside off, Gill hops, gets on top of the bounce and slams this one through the cover region. Picks up two runs. |
| 12.3 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, On off, blocked. |
| 12.4 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, FOUR! CHEEEEEEKY! Wonderful stroke! Smart batting by the youngster! Kept his eyes on the ball till the last minute and then was brave enough to try this shot. Short of a length delivery outside off, Gill waits for it, opens up the face of the bat and steers this one through the backward point region to bag a boundary. |
| 12.5 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, Bouncer on middle, SG knows what he has to do. Sits under this one. |
| 12.6 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, On middle, worked to the leg side. |
| 13.1 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Tossed up around off, Rohit blocks this off the front foot. |
| 0.0 : Time for some spin as Nathan Lyon is introduced into the attack. |
| 13.2 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Similar ball around off, Rohit pushes it towards point. |
| 13.3 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Floated on off, Rohit is solid in his defense here. |
| 13.4 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Tossed up on middle, played back to the bowler. |
| 13.5 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Teasing around off, Rohit plays it back to the bowler. |
| 13.6 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Flatter this time, turns in around off, Rohit guides it towards point. Maiden to start by Lyon. |
| 14.1 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, On off, Gill defends it towards covers. |
| 14.2 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, Length ball around off, Gill plays it softly towards gully. The fielder ther dives to his left and saves runs for his team. |
| 14.3 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, Close! A back of a length ball on off, Gill looks to defend but gets an inside edge on his pads. The ball starts lobbing towards the stumps, Gill does well to spot that and kick it out. Very nonchalantly done. |
| 14.4 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, Length around off, pushed towards covers. |
| 14.5 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, Good leave here by Gill. A length ball just outside off, tempting Gill to play at it, but he resists the temptation. |
| 14.6 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, Back of a length on middle, Gill hops and defends it back towards Cummins. Good over this by Cummins here. |
| 15.1 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Floated outside off, spins back in after pitching, Sharma lunges forward and defends it out well. |
| 15.2 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, SIX! WHAM! Enough of patience, says Sharma and he whacks this one for a biggie. Flighted and around off, Sharma skips down the track and gets to the pitch of the ball as well. Lofts it over the long on fence for a biggie. |
| 15.3 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Flatter and around off, Rohit tucks this one to square leg for a single. |
| 15.4 : Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, On off, tucked to the leg side. 'Bowled, Gazzzzzza', says the skipper, Paine, from behind the stumps. |
| 15.5 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Loopy and around off, Sharma prods forward and pushes it to point. |
| 15.6 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! Deft placement and timing on this one will send it to the ropes! Floated on off, Sharma gets low and paddles this one through the short fine leg region and even though, Warner gives it a chase but the ball wins the race to the ropes. |
| 16.1 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, Length ball outside off, Gill shoulders arms to that one. |
| 16.2 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, On mddle and off, Gill is solid in his defense. |
| 16.3 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, Cummins now bowls a bumper on middle and leg, Gill watchfully ducks under that. |
| 16.4 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, Good length around off, bit of shape away, Gill pushes it towards covers. |
| 16.5 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, Back of a length around off, Gill hops and pushes it towards covers for no run. |
| 16.6 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, Fuller on middle and leg, Gill smartly flicks this in the gap between mid-wicket and mid on. They take two runs before the ball is returned back. |
| 17.1 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Tossed up around off, Rohit dead bats it in front of him. |
| 17.2 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Slower ball tossed up around off, Rohit is solid in his defense. |
| 17.3 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Floated on off, Rohit looks to come down and then looks to defend, but the ball hits the pads and goes towards covers. |
| 17.4 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Flatter around middle, tucked towards mid-wicket. |
| 17.5 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, On off, Rohit prods forward and defends it. |
| 17.6 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Tossed up around off and bounces a little high as Rohit looks to block that one. Gets it off the inside edge and hits the pads. |
| 18.1 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, Excellent backfoot punch. A shortish ball around off, Gill punches it off the backfoot through the covers for a brace. 50 up for India with that couple. 50 run-stand up as well between these two. A good partnership so far. |
| 18.2 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, Length around off, Gill defends it off his front foot. |
| 18.3 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, Angles in a length ball around off, Gill pushes this one towards covers. |
| 18.4 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, Bumper now on middle and leg, Gill just sits under it. |
| 18.5 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, Another one of those bumpers on middle, Gill just ducks under this one. |
| 18.6 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, Fuller length around off, Gill prods forward and defends it to the off side solidly. |
| 19.1 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, On off, blocked out. |
| 19.2 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Flighted and on off, tucked to the leg side. |
| 19.3 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Flighted delivery around off, Sharma prods forward and pads it away to the cover region. Looks for the single but does not take it. |
| 19.4 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, On off, watchfully kept out. |
| 19.5 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Slower in the air and outside off, Rohit comes forward and blocks it out again. |
| 19.6 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Flatter and on off, RS goes on his back foot and pushes it back towards Lyon. A maiden by Nathan. |
| 20.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Shubman Gill, Fuller around middle, Gill plays it with a straight bat towards mid on. |
| 20.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Shubman Gill, Fuller length around off, Gill prods forward and then defends it solidly on the off side. |
| 20.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Shubman Gill, On middle and off, Gill watches it closely and then keeps it out. |
| 20.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Shubman Gill, Huge Appeal for caught behind but no review from Australia. A fuller length around off, jags back in sharply and then hits Gill on his pad through to Paine. Was very close to the bat, but a good decsion by the umpire and also a good call from Paine not to review it, as Snicko shows that this clipped the pad on the way through to Paine. |
| 20.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Shubman Gill, Length ball around middle, tucked on the leg side for no run. |
| 20.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Shubman Gill, Fullish ball outside off, Gill drives this beautifully but straight to covers. |
| 21.1 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Floated around off, Rohit tucks this towards square leg. |
| 21.2 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, On off, Rohit turns this one towards short leg. |
| 21.3 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Fuller on middle, Rohit sweeps but it goes to hit Wade at short leg. |
| 21.4 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Floated around off, Rohit prods forward to defend but gets hit on the pads. Appeal from the Aussies but nothing from the umpire. Paine, again does not opt for the review. |
| 21.5 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Tossed up around off, Rohit sweeps this one towards deep square leg for a brace. |
| 21.6 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, On middle, Rohit keeps this one out. |
| 22.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Shubman Gill, Fuller length around middle, Gill looks to drive but the ball goes on the inner part towards mid on. |
| 22.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Pulled handsomely. A shortish ball on middle, Gill rocks back and pulls this one nonchalantly towards deep mid-wicket to get himself another boundary. |
| 22.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Shubman Gill, Fullish around off, Gill drives it straight to mid on. |
| 22.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Shubman Gill, Length around off, Gill defends it back to the bowler. |
| 22.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Shubman Gill, FIVE WIDES! A bumper on middle, Gill ducks under it. Paine behind the stumps jumps but fails to collect it and the ball races away to the fence. Also, wided by the umpire due to the height on this. |
| 22.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Shubman Gill, Around off, Gill prods forwards and pushes it towards covers. |
| 22.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Shubman Gill, Length around off, Gill watches that closely and plays it right under his eyes. He is looking good at the crease with every shot he plays. |
| 23.1 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Flighted delivery outside off, Sharma lunges front and blocks it out. |
| 23.2 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, On off, Sharma worked this to the mid on region. |
| 23.3 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, On off, Rohit looks to block but the ball takes the inner half of the blade and hits his pads. |
| Right. India review. Rohit Sharma has been adjudged out and he goes upstairs. Let's see what the replays have to say. |
| 23.4 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, NOT OUT! A very good review taken by Sharma and the on-field decision has been overturned. Lyon floats up a delivery around off, making Sharma come forward and looks to block it. To the naked eye, it looks like it has come off his pad and then onto his glove and then lobbed towards Wade at short leg. The players appeal and the umpire takes a second or two and then raises his finger. Sharma goes for the review. Ultra Edge comes in and there does not seem to b |
| 23.5 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Flighted on off, Sharma punches this one to the cover region. |
| 23.6 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, On off, blocked out. |
| 24.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Shubman Gill, Length around middle and off, Gill plays it towards covers. |
| 24.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Shubman Gill, On a length around middle, Gill defends this one off the backfoot. |
| 24.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Shubman Gill, Fuller length on off, tails in after pitching, Gill pushes it down towards mid off. |
| 24.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Shubman Gill, Length on middle and leg, tucked towards mid-wicket for no run. |
| 24.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Shubman Gill, A length ball around off, seams away after pitching, Gill guides it towards gully. |
| 24.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Shubman Gill, On middle, Gill tucks this one towards deep square leg for a single. |
| 25.1 : Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Lovely drive. A tossed up ball outside off, Gill prods forward and drives this one through the covers for his 6th boundary. |
| 25.2 : Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Floated on middle, Gill comes down and blocks it out. |
| 25.3 : Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Flatter on middle, Gill rocks on his back foot and blocks this out. |
| 25.4 : Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, On middle, Gill tucks this towards mid-wicket but straight to the fielder. |
| 25.5 : Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Flatter around off, Gill defends this on the on side. |
| 25.6 : Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Slightly short on middle, Gill rocks back and pulls it through backward square leg region for a brace before the fielder returns the ball back. |
| 26.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, A good length delivery around middle and leg, Sharma tickles this one to the fine leg region and will collect a couple of runs. |
| 26.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, On off, pushed to the off side. |
| 26.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, Good length around off, Sharma pushes this one to the cover region. |
| 26.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, Some aggression from Hazlewood. On a length on off, Sharma plays this one nicely back towards the bowler and Josh just has a shy at the striker's end but he does not hit the target. Don't even think that he was aiming at the stumps. |
| 26.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, Bumper on middle, left alone by the Hitman. |
| 26.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, OUT! CAUGHT! A soft, soft dismissal and Sharma has just given Hazlewood a late New Year's present. It was all one way traffic until now but Josh has broken this promising stand. A very sharp catch by Josh. He bowls this on a length and around off, Sharma looks to drive this one past the bowler but does so slightly uppishly. It is enough for Hazlewood to get low to his left and grab this one out of thin air. The 70-run stand between these two comes to an e |
| Cheteshwar Pujara walks out at No. 3 for the visitors. |
| 27.1 : Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, FOUR! SHOT! A tossed up ball around off, Gill comes down the track and creams this one through the covers for a boundary. Into the 40s now, is Gill. |
| 27.2 : Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Floated on middle, Gill plays it back to the bowler. |
| 27.3 : Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Flat and around off, blocked out. |
| 27.4 : Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, On middle, Gill defends it towards the bowler. |
| 27.5 : Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Shortish around middle, Gill tucks this one towards deep mid-wicket and changes ends. |
| 27.6 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Flatter around off, Pujara pushes it towards mid-wicket. |
| Pat Cummins comes back into the attack. 7-3-12-0 are his numbers so far. |
| 28.1 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, Fuller length around off, Gill plays it towards covers. |
| 28.2 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Brilliant shot! Short and wide outside off, Gill cuts it through cover-point region for a boundary. The fielder at deep point ran to his right and tried but could not cut it off. |
| 28.3 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, Around middle, Gill defends this one on the leg side. |
| 28.4 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, Length around middle, Gill tucks it towards mid-wicket and tries to steal a run, but returns back after Pujara says 'NO'. |
| 28.5 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, BEATEN! Lovely delivery from Cummins. A length ball around off, shapes away after pitching. Gill looks to defend that one but gets beaten all ends up. |
| 28.6 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, Shortish around off, Gill pushes it through the covers and comes back for a couple before the fielder returns the ball back. Gill moves onto 49 now. |
| 29.1 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Floated on off, well kept out. |
| 29.2 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Outside off, turns back in sharply, Pujara leaves this one alone. |
| 29.3 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Loopy and on middle, CP blocks this one to the mid-wicket fielder. |
| 29.4 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Flat and on middle, Cheteshwar works this to the mid-wicket region. |
| 29.5 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Flatter outside off, Pujara looks to leave it alone but seeing that it is turning back in, he pads it away. |
| 29.6 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Short and on middle, Pujji gets off the mark and he works this through the mid-wicket region and picks up three runs. |
| 30.1 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, On a good length around off, nipping back in, Pujara, as always, is good in his defensive push away. |
| 30.2 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Full ball on middle, CP pushes this to the cover region this time. |
| 30.3 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Good leave by Chesteshwar. On a length outside off, Pujara raises his blade and lets this one through to the keeper. |
| 30.4 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, On off, blocked. |
| 30.5 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Back of a length and on middle, Pujara tucks this one to the backward square leg region. Wade, who was at leg gully, runs to his left, dives and stops the ball. |
| 30.6 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, BEATEN. Ohhh...Patty, you beauty. Doing his thing with the ball in hand. Outside off, on a length, straightens after taking the deck, Pujara's attempt to block this out does not work out as the ball whizzes past the outside edge. |
| 31.1 : Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Flatter and on off, Gill plays it back to Nathan. |
| 31.2 : Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Floated on off, Gill blocks this one out. 'BOWLED, NATHANNNN', says Paine. Follows it up with a 'BEAUTIFUL GAZZZZ'. The skipper is cheering his bowlers on here. |
| 31.3 : Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, FIFTY FOR SHUBMAN GILL. A well deserved one by Gill. He has batted really well and will want to continue the same. Shortish and on middle, worked to the square leg region and the batters complete the run. |
| 31.4 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, On off, blocked. |
| 31.5 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, On middle, flicked to the square leg region. |
| 31.6 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Flat and on off, CP defends. |
| 32.1 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, OUT! CAUGHT! A good innings by Gill but unfortunately for him, it comes to an end. It has been a controlled innings by him so far but all it takes is one ball from someone of Cummins' caliber to send him packing. A fine catch by Green as well. Cummins darts in a good length delivery around the off pole, the ball moves away ever so slightly after taking the deck, Gill look to block this one but the ball takes the outside edge and flies towards the gully field |
| The skipper, Ajinkya Rahane walks out into the middle now. |
| 32.2 : Pat Cummins to Ajinkya Rahane, On middle, worked to the leg side. |
| 32.3 : Pat Cummins to Ajinkya Rahane, Some extra bounce this time. A back of a length ball on middle and leg, Rahane looks to defend but the bounce gets slightly big on him and the ball hits Rahane on his thigh pad. |
| 32.4 : Pat Cummins to Ajinkya Rahane, Rahane is off the mark here. On a length and on middle, clipped to fine leg for a single. |
| 32.5 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Well bowled by Cummins. Again, outside off, on a good length, seams away from the right-hander as Pujji misses his block. Testing the batters, is Cummins. |
| 32.6 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, On off, blocked out. |
| 33.1 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, Floated on off, Rahane pushes this away off the back foot. |
| 33.2 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, Outside off, Rahane prods forward and looks to block but misses and the ball hits him on the pads. |
| 33.3 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, On off, kept out. |
| 33.4 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, Shorter and around off, Jinks gets on his back foot and defends this to the mid on region. |
| 33.5 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, On off, AR blocks it out again. |
| 33.6 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, Loops it up nicely around off, Rahane defends it out well. A maiden by Lyon. |
| 34.1 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Fullish around off, Pujara prods forward to defend but gets it on the inner half of the bat and goes on the leg side. |
| 34.2 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, On off, Pujara blocks this one solidly under his eyes. |
| 34.3 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length around middle, Pujara plays it towards square leg. |
| 34.4 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Back of a length around middle, Pujara defends this out off the backfoot. |
| 34.5 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, A length ball just outside off, comes back in as it passes the stumps, Pujara lets it go through to Paine. |
| 34.6 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Shortish length around off, Pujara looks to defend but the ball bounces and hits him high on his gloves. Good over this by Cummins. Gets another maiden. |
| 35.1 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, Floated around off, Rahane defends this one towards Lyon. |
| 35.2 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, On off, Rahane defends this off the back foot. |
| 35.3 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, Flatter around off, Rahane blocks this out towards short leg. |
| 35.4 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, Slower tossed up ball on middle, Rahane prods forwards and defends. |
| 35.6 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, On middle, Rahane keeps this out. |
| 36.1 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length ball in the channel outside off, Cheteshwar lets it go. |
| 36.2 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Fuller ball around off, Pujara pushes this one towards covers. Tight lines these by Cummins. |
| 35.5 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, Slighly short on off, Rahane looks to tuck but misses and gets hit on the pads and the ball lobs towards short leg. Shouts of 'catch it' but the ball drops short of the fielder at short leg. There was some bat there. Lucky escape this for Rahane. |
| 36.3 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Short ball now on middle and leg, Pujara sits under it. |
| 36.4 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length ball around off, Pujara looks to defend that one but the ball keeps low and Pujara somehow manages to block that. |
| 36.5 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length around off, Pujara stands tall and plays it back to the bowler. |
| 36.6 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Fuller around off, Pujara plays that one softly towards point. Maiden over by Cummins. |
| 37.1 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, Floated around middle, Rahane defends that one off his front foot. |
| 37.2 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, Tossed up around off, Rahane comes down the track and drives it straight to mid off. |
| 37.3 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, Slightly shortish around off, Rahane punches that one through cover-point for a brace. |
| 37.4 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, On middle, Rahane defends this on the on side. |
| 37.5 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, Floated around off, Rahane looks to defend but the ball keeps low and he somehow manages to block that out. |
| 37.6 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, Fullish around middle, Rahane prods forward and defends this one out. |
| Mitchell Starc is back on. 3-1-15-0 are his figures so far. |
| 38.1 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Angles in a length delivery around off, Pujara blocks this one out. |
| 38.2 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Good length delivery outside off, Pujara is well aware of his sticks as he raises his bat to let this one through to Tim. |
| 38.3 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Outside off, well left again by Pujji. What a patient man, he is. |
| 38.4 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, On middle, clipped to the square leg region. |
| 38.5 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Full ball on off, Pujara pushes this one to the cover region. |
| 38.6 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, On off, Pujara plays it back towards Starc. |
| 39.1 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, Loopy on off, Rahane whips this one towards mid on but says no to the single. |
| 39.2 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, On off, blocked out solidly. |
| 39.3 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, Flighted outside off, Rahane defends this one out off his front foot. |
| 39.4 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, NOT OUT! Rahane survives! It is Umpire's Call on the wickets. Floated on off, Rahane prods forward and looks to pad it away and does so. A loud appeal and no says the umpire. Paine has a talk with several teammates and then at the end moment, he decides to go for the review. The umpires have a chat, as to what whether Rahane deliberately padded the ball away. They decide that no shot was offered to this delivery. Ball Tracker comes in and it is Umpire's Ca |
| 39.3 : Review time! Australia take the review as Rahane as he has been adjudged not out by the on-field umpire. Paine takes the review. Let's see which side this favours. |
| 39.5 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, On middle, defended. |
| 39.6 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, On middle, worked to square leg for a single. |
| 40.1 : Mitchell Starc to Ajinkya Rahane, A shortish ball angling across, Rahane looks to play at it, but sways away at the last moment as it goes through to the keeper. |
| 40.2 : Mitchell Starc to Ajinkya Rahane, Shortish on the body, Rahane works this one towards fine leg for a run. |
| 40.3 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Shortish outside off stump, Pujara lets it go through to the keeper. |
| 40.4 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length ball around off, Pujara defends this one towards mid-wicket. |
| 40.5 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, On off, Pujara just blocks this out solidly on the on side. |
| 40.6 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Fullish ball on off, Pujara pushes this one to the left of the cover fielder and takes three more. Labuschagne there chases the ball and saves a run for his team. |
| 41.1 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Floated on middle, Pujara dances down the deck and flicks this one slightly uppish through the mid-wicket region and picks up three runs as Starc chases and stops this one. |
| 41.2 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, On off, blocked out. |
| 41.3 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, Flatter and on off, kept out by Jinks. |
| 41.4 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, Short and on off, AR tucks this to the square leg region. |
| 41.5 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, Similar delivery as the last one, tapped to the cover-point region. |
| 41.6 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, Short and on off again, nudged to the fielder at short leg. |
| 42.1 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Shortish on the pads, Pujara tucks this one towards square leg. |
| 42.2 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Back of a length around middle, Pujara nudges this one through to square leg for no run. |
| 42.3 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Fuller length around middle, Pujara covers his sticks and defends this out on the on side. |
| 42.4 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Bumper now on middle, Pujara just sits under this one. |
| 42.5 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length ball around middle, Pujara plays it towards short leg. |
| 42.6 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Shortish ball down the leg side, Pujara sways away from the line and lets it go through to the keeper. Good over this by Starc. |
| 43.1 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, Floated on middle, Rahane blocks this out off the front foot. |
| 43.2 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, On middle, Rahane plays it down towards short leg. |
| 43.3 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, Flatter around off, Rahane blocks this out on the off side. |
| 43.4 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, Slightly short on off, Rahane plays this back to Lyon. |
| 43.5 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, Floated around off, comes back in sharply, Rahane manages to block that in time. |
| 43.6 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, Floated on middle, Rahane keeps this out. |
| 44.1 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Shortish outside off, Pujara lets it go through to Paine. |
| 44.2 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Fuller this time around off, Pujara defends this out back towards the bowler. |
| 44.3 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Shortish again angling across the off pole, Pujara just sways away from the line and lets it go through. |
| 44.4 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Shortish around off, Pujara stands tall and blocks this out. |
| 44.5 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Short ball on the body, Pujara is happy swaying away from it and letting it go through to Paine. |
| 44.6 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Short and outside off, Pujara lets it go. With that, it's STUMPS ON DAY 2! |
| Another great day of cricket comes to a close. Both the teams have looked to battle it out and have given it their all but in the end, one would say that this was more India's day than it was Australia's. They bowled really well in the first two sessions and then showed what they could do with the bat as well and have added 96 to their first innings total and have also reduced the lead to 242 runs. Rahane will walk back with a smile wider than that of Paine's at the end of Day 2. |
| In the first session, Smith and Labuschagne continued from where they left off and also added 100 runs to their partnership. That was until Jadeja decided to spin the Australian batters into a web of his own. First, he got rid of Labuschagne, who was on 91 and then also sent Wade back into the hut. Bumrah, towards the end of the first session also took the wicket of Green and India were on top heading into Lunch. |
| Steven Smith, though, had other plans as even though he kept losing his partners on the other end, he kept motoring on and played really well to reach his 27th Test ton and ended up with 131 runs to his name. His show with the bat along with small cameos from Starc and Marnus early on saw the Aussies end with 338 in their first innings score. Jadeja, again was the man of the moment as he scalped 4 wickets and also effected the run out of Steven Smith, who did not look like he wanted to stop.à |
| In response to this, India started off solidly courtesy of their new opening duo of Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill, who stitched a 70-run stand, before Sharma gifted his wicket away. However, Gill kept moving along and also reached his half-century in the process but a wonderful delivery by Cummins made the Australians see the back of him. After that, Pujara and Rahane, possibly the best Indian Test players, safely negotiated proceedings until the end of play for Day 2. |
| Right then. An even day of cricket by the looks of things, but maybe India are slightly ahead of their counterparts. Australia will hope that they can come back strongly on Day 3 and start the Day picking up a couple of wickets. Whereas, India, will be banking on two of their best red-ball cricketers, Pujara and Rahane to see them through the early nerves and take them to safer shores. Join us on Saturday, 09th January 2021 on 1000 local (2300 GMT, THE PREVIOUS DAY). We hope to have your company |
| Steven Smith is up for a quick chat! He starts off by saying that the pitch is a bit up and down and their bowlers will look to keep it stump to stump on Day 3 to let the pitch assist them. He says its always nice playing at the SCG, his home ground and he loves scoring runs in front of his home crowd. |
| ... DAY 3, SESSION 1 ... |
| Hello and welcome to one and all! It is almost time for Day 3 of the 3rd Test between Australia and India. After an engrossing Day 2, where India managed to keep their noses slightly ahead, courtesy, brilliant bowling in the first 2 sessions and then in the final session, the Indian openers added 50-plus before falling. With Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara out in the middle and the pitch not offering much to the bowlers, one would believe that these two will make most of the good batting co |
| Pitch report - Glenn McGrath observes the 22-yard from the studio. He tells that by the look of the wicket, it looks like there is plenty of runs on offer. Tells that the pitch looks on the slower side, in spite of the tinge of green grass. Mentions that there are some footmarks outside the off stump of right-handers. Adds that we might see an uneven bounce as well on a few deliveries. |
| We are ready to begin! The Australian players have made their way out to the middle and the Indian overnight batters follow them to resume their innings. Australia will begin with spin. Interesting from Paine. Here's Nathan Lyon. Rahane to face. Here we go... |
| 45.1 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, Lyon tosses the first ball around off, Rahane comes on the front foot to block. |
| 45.2 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, Rahane and India are up and running on Day 3. A fuller ball on middle, Rahane flicks it down to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 45.3 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Pujara is underway too! A flatter ball around off, Pujara goes back and punches it through covers for a brace. |
| 45.4 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Floats this one around off, Pujara keeps it out. |
| 45.5 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Another single! Shortish and just outside off, it is cut wide of the man at gully. 100 up for the Indians. |
| 45.6 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, Flatter and around off, punched towards mid off for nothing. 4 off the first over of Day 3. |
| 46.1 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Good length and around off, Pujara defends. |
| 46.2 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Fullish and just around off, Pujara is on the front foot to block. |
| 0.0 : Who will partner Lyon with the ball? It will be Pat Cummins from the other end. 12-6-19-1 are his numbers so far. |
| 46.3 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Very full and around off and middle, watchfully kept out by Pujara. |
| 46.4 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Full again, this one is played to the left of mid-wicket. Pujara wants a single but Rahane says no. |
| 46.5 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Shortish and around off, Pujara punches it towards point. |
| 46.6 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, A maiden from Cummins to begin his spell. A length ball around middle, Pujara works it towards mid-wicket. |
| 47.1 : Mitchell Starc to Ajinkya Rahane, Good length and around off and middle, pushed to mid on. |
| 0.0 : Just 1 over from Lyon. Here's Mitchell Starc with figures of 7-4-19-0. |
| 47.2 : Mitchell Starc to Ajinkya Rahane, A sharp bumper from Starc. Rahane looks to pull but opts against it at the last moment. |
| 47.3 : Mitchell Starc to Ajinkya Rahane, Good length and around off, kept out. |
| 47.4 : Mitchell Starc to Ajinkya Rahane, Length ball around off, pushed towards cover-point. |
| 47.5 : Mitchell Starc to Ajinkya Rahane, Fuller and on the pads, flicked to deep square leg for one. |
| 47.6 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Shortish and just outside off, poked to point by Pujara. Just a run from Starc's first over. |
| 48.1 : Pat Cummins to Ajinkya Rahane, Good length and around off, blocked. |
| 48.2 : Pat Cummins to Ajinkya Rahane, Length ball around off, tucked towards short leg. |
| 48.3 : Pat Cummins to Ajinkya Rahane, Length and around off, kept out. |
| 48.4 : Pat Cummins to Ajinkya Rahane, A bouncer aimed at the head. Rahane does well to evade it. |
| 48.5 : Pat Cummins to Ajinkya Rahane, Length and around off, flicked to square leg. |
| 48.6 : Pat Cummins to Ajinkya Rahane, Another maiden from Cummins. A good length ball around off, it shoots up extra as Rahane takes one hand off the handle to block. |
| 49.1 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Fullish and just outside off, pushed towards point. |
| 49.2 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, A bouncer to Pujara from Starc. Pujara ducks under it. |
| 49.3 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Short ball around middle, turned towards square leg. |
| 49.4 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Shortish and down the leg side. Pujara looks to flick but misses. |
| 49.5 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Short again but outside off, left alone. |
| 49.6 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Another bouncer but this one is down the leg side. Pujara has no problems sitting under it. |
| 50.1 : Pat Cummins to Ajinkya Rahane, Length on middle, Rahane works this one towards deep square for a run. First run off Cummins this morning. |
| 50.2 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Bumper around middle and off, Pujara ducks and lets it go through. |
| 50.3 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length around off, Pujara defends this out off his front foot. |
| 50.4 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Back of a length around off, Pujara defends this one solidly. |
| 50.5 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length around off, Pujara looks to play towards point but gets an inside edge on his pads. |
| 50.6 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Shortish length around off, turned towards square leg for no run. |
| 51.1 : Mitchell Starc to Ajinkya Rahane, FOUR! Classy drive. A fuller length around off, Rahane transfers his weight on the front foot and drives this one through the covers for a boundary. |
| 51.2 : Mitchell Starc to Ajinkya Rahane, Length around off, Rahane hops and plays it towards covers. |
| 51.3 : Mitchell Starc to Ajinkya Rahane, Shortish around middle and leg, Rahane turns this one towards short leg. |
| 51.4 : Mitchell Starc to Ajinkya Rahane, Shortish on middle again, Rahane hops and defends this one awkwardly on the pitch. |
| 51.5 : Mitchell Starc to Ajinkya Rahane, Length on off, pushed towards point. |
| 51.6 : Mitchell Starc to Ajinkya Rahane, Short again around off, Rahane swivels and pulls this one towards fine leg for a run. |
| 52.1 : Pat Cummins to Ajinkya Rahane, Fullish on middle, flicked towards deep square leg for a brace. |
| 52.2 : Pat Cummins to Ajinkya Rahane, Short around off, Rahane pulls this one towards fine leg and changes ends. |
| 52.3 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Shortish around middle, Pujara blocks this out on the leg side. |
| 52.4 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Shortish again on the pads, Pujara tucks this towards square leg for no run. |
| 52.5 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Good ball this by Cummins. Short around off, Pujara drops his hands and lets it go through to Paine. Good leave this by Pujara as he watched the ball closely and then dropped his wrists. |
| 52.6 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Back of a length to finish around off, Pujara plays it on the off side. |
| 53.1 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, Shortish around off, pushed towards covers. |
| 0.0 : Nathan Lyon returns for his 2nd over this morning. |
| 53.2 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, Flatter around off, Rahane works this one towards square leg. |
| 53.3 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, Floated outside off, Rahane prods forwards and blocks this one. |
| 53.4 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, Was that a chance? Yes, it was and Wade cannot hold on. A big inside edge. Lyon tosses it up and around off, Rahane looks to defend but it spins in. Takes the inside edge, hits the pad and lobs over short leg. Wade there flings himself behind to take the catch but only manages to get fingertip to it. |
| 53.5 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, Shortish and around off, punched towards cover. |
| 53.6 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, SIX! WOW! That is some response from Rahane. A tossed up ball around off, Rahane jumps out of the crease and deposits it over long on for a biggie. Shot of authority from Rahane. |
| 54.1 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Shortish around middle, Pujara clips this one towards square leg. Thinks for a run but returns back. |
| 54.2 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Short ball on the body, Pujara just bends down and lets it go. |
| 54.3 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Good running. Fullish ball on middle, Pujara pushes this one towards mid on for a single. |
| 54.4 : Pat Cummins to Ajinkya Rahane, OUT! Dragged on! Big, big wicket. The one the Aussies dearly wanted. A shortish ball around off, this one comes back in a touch as Rahane looks to run it down towards third man. However, he ends up getting a big inside edge which goes onto the shatter the stumps. That kept low. Rahane cannot believe what has happened there. Massive, massive moment in the game. The dropped chance doesn't cost Australia much and the centurion from the last game has been removed |
| Who will come out to partner Pujara now? Hanuma Vihari walks in at number 5. |
| 54.5 : Pat Cummins to Hanuma Vihari, Bouncer to welcome Vihari. On middle, Vihari ducks under it. |
| 54.6 : Pat Cummins to Hanuma Vihari, Back of a length on off, Vihari blocks this out. Successful over from Cummins. |
| 55.1 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Floated around off, turns back in sharply, Pujara looks to turn that one. It goes in the air towards leg slip area where luckily for Pujara, there is no fielder there. |
| 55.2 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Floated on middle, turns this on on the leg side. |
| 55.3 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, NOT OUT! Nothing on Hot Spot and Snicko. Pujara survives. Lyon floats it fullish and on middle and leg, Pujara looks to defend but it spins in. The ball lobs towards short leg after hitting the pad. Wade takes the catch and the Aussies appeal. Not out says the umpire. Paine has a word with the bowler and then he goes for the review. Replays roll in and they show that there is no bat involved, as confirmed by the Hot Spot and Snicko. They check for LBW too. |
| 55.2 : Review time! Australians think they have got Pujara here as they have gone for the review against him. It is for a catch. Doesn't look like there is any bat. There is a flat line as the ball passes the bat. Nothing on Hot Spot either. They check the LBW scenario as well. Missing the wickets. Pujara is safe. Australia lose their review. |
| 55.4 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Flatter and around middle, turned towards square leg. |
| 55.5 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Flat and around off, pushed to the right of the bowler. |
| 55.6 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Full and outside off, poked towards short third man for one. End of a probing over from Lyon. |
| 56.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Hazlewood starts with a length ball on middle, Pujara defends it back to the bowler. |
| Here's Josh Hazlewood with the ball. |
| 56.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, In the channel outside off, Pujara is happy leaving that one. |
| 56.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Fullish around off, Pujara comes forward and defends this one on the pitch. |
| 56.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Similar ball around off, Pujara is solid in his front foot defense. |
| 56.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length ball outside off, comes back in a little, left alone by Pujara. |
| 56.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Maiden over from Hazlewood. Finishes the over with a bouncer, Pujara sways and ducks under it. |
| 57.1 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, Tossed up outside off, played back to Lyon. |
| 57.2 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, Floated around middle and leg, Vihari turns this one towards square leg. |
| 57.3 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, On off, Vihari plays it on the on side. |
| 57.4 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, Floated around off, turned away towards short leg. |
| 57.5 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, Fullish around off, worked away towards mid-wicket. |
| 57.6 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, On middle and leg, tucked towards short fine leg. |
| 58.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length ball around off, Pujara just defends it back towards the bowler. |
| 58.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Fullish around middle and leg, Pujara flicks this one towards deep square leg for a brace before the fine leg fielder throws it back to the keeper. |
| 58.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Short ball on the body, Pujara ducks under this one. |
| 58.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Fullish length on middle, Pujara watches it closely and blocks it out. |
| 58.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Short again on the body, Pujara sits under it. |
| 58.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Fuller around off, pushed towards point. Good probing over this by Hazlewood. |
| 59.1 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, Flatter and around off, pushed to mid on off the back foot. |
| 59.2 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, Fuller and around off, bunted on the leg side. |
| 59.3 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, Loopy and just around off, defended. |
| 59.4 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, Looped up on middle, turning in. Vihari lets it be. |
| 59.5 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, Vihari is off the mark. Fuller and around off, pushed towards cover for a single. |
| 59.6 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Dropped? Not sure. Tossed up and outside off, Pujara comes down the track and looks to play but misses to get hit on the pad. The ball lobs wide of the man at silly point who tries to catch but misses. |
| 60.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, Fullish around off, Vihari lets this one go through to Paine. A hint of reverse as the ball passes the stumps. |
| 60.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, Length around middle, Vihari flicks this one towards square leg. The fielder dives to his right and stops the single. |
| 60.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, Length on middle, turned away towards short leg. |
| 60.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, A bumper now around off, Vihari sits under this one. |
| 60.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, In the channel outside off, shouldered arms by Vihari. |
| 60.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, Fuller around off, pushed towards covers. Vihari looks for a single but Pujara says a loud 'NO'. Another maiden from Hazlewood. |
| 61.1 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, FOUR! Signs of aggression from Pujara. A fuller ball around off, Pujara dances down the track and nails the drive through mid on. The fielder gives it a chase, dives but fails to cut it off. First boundary for Pujara and it comes on the 101st ball of his innings. |
| 61.2 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, On off, Pujara defends it. |
| 61.3 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, FOUR! Slapped away! More aggression. Lyon drops it short and gives enough room for Pujara to slam it through the cover region for another boundary. He is putting pressure here on Lyon. |
| 61.4 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Three now! Excellent running. Floated outside off, Pujara flicks it through square leg. They take two but Pujara wants three. Vihari is slow in taking off for the thrid one but the throw from Starc isn't that great. So, they make it easiy in the end. Excellent from Pujara in this over. |
| 61.5 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, Looped up and around off, kept out. |
| 61.6 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, Full and around off, flicked to mid on for nothing. 11 off the over. A good one for the Indians. |
| 62.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Fuller on middle, Pujara watches and blocks this out. |
| 62.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Fuller length again on middle, Pujara defends this one solidly. |
| 62.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length on middle, clipped towards square leg for no run. |
| 62.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Short but down the leg, Pujara gets away from the line and lets it go through to Paine. |
| 62.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Fullish around middle, Pujara turns this one towards mid-wicket. |
| 62.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Fullish around middle, Pujara blocks this out. 3rd consecutive maiden from Hazlewood. |
| 63.1 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, Tossed up around off, played straight back to Lyon. |
| 0.0 : DRINKS! A fine phase of play. Rahane started well but fell to Cummins as he dragged one onto his stumps. Pujara has looked solid in his defense against the pacers. Lyon has troubled him a bit but he decided to take him on and hit him for a couple of boundaries in his last over. These two are having a good battle out in the middle. Another interesting phase coming up. |
| 63.2 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, Floated around off, Vihari works this on the leg side. |
| 63.3 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, Floated around middle and leg, Vihari flicks this one fine towards fine leg area and comes back for a couple. |
| 63.4 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, On off, defended on the leg side. |
| 63.5 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, Chance again! Around off, Vihari looks to defend on the leg side, gets an inside edge on his pads and the ball lobs over Wade at short leg. He jumps and tries to take that but couldn't take it. 2nd chance gone down at short leg this morning. |
| 63.6 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, Loopy and around off, Vihari this time comes on the front foot and blocks. |
| 64.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Fuller and around off, blocked. |
| 64.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, FOUR! SHOT! Another boundary for Pujara. He is turning things around here. A fullish ball around off, Pujara punches it down the ground and it races away to the fence. |
| 64.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Gets back to blocking the ball. It is once again full and on middle, Pujara bocks it back to Josh. |
| 64.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Back of a length and around middle, tucked towards the leg side. |
| 64.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, On the pads, Pujara looks to defend but misses to get hit on the pad. |
| 64.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, A length ball on the pads, Pujara tries to flick but misses. A bit of appeal from Paine but nothing from the umpire. |
| 65.1 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, Tossed up around off, pushed towards mid on. |
| 65.2 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, Around off, Vihari blocks this out on the on side. |
| 65.3 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, Tossed up outside off, tucked towards short leg. |
| 65.4 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, Short and around off, punched wide of mid off for a single. |
| 65.5 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Full and around off, Pujara comes down the track and flicks it through mid-wicket for two more. |
| 65.6 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, He flicks again but finds the mid-wicket fielder. |
| 66.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, Short ball outside off, Vihari lets it be. |
| 66.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, Fuller length around off, Vihari defends this out solidly. |
| 66.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, Length ball drifting down leg, clipped towards leg gully. The fielder does well to stop the ball. |
| 66.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, Bumper now on middle and leg, Vihari ducks under it. |
| 66.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, Back of a length around off, Vihari defends this one towards short leg. |
| 66.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, Length ball outside off, pushed towards covers. |
| 67.1 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tossed up outside off, Pujara comes down and works this towards mid on for a quick single. |
| 67.2 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, OUT! RUN OUT! Vihari is short. Stunning work from Hazlewood. A fuller ball just outside off, Vihari jumps out of his crease and pushes it wide of the man at mid off. He calls for the single straightaway and Pujara responds. Hazlewood from mid off dives to his right, stops the ball and hits the stumps at the non-striker's end, did that all in one motion. The Aussies celebrate. The third umpire has been called for and one replay is enough to send Vihari packing. |
| Rishabh Pant walks in at number 6 now. |
| 0.0 : Direct hit and looks like Vihari is a gonner. The Aussies are celebrating already. And replays show that Vihari is not even in the frame. |
| 67.3 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tossed up around off, Pujara comes down the track and pads this one away on the off side. |
| 67.4 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, On middle, punched down the ground. |
| 67.5 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Flatter and around off, punched back to Lyon. |
| 67.6 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Looped up and around off, played back to the bowler again. End of a successful over for Australia. |
| Mithell Starc is back on. 10-5-25-0 from him so far. |
| 68.1 : Mitchell Starc to Rishabh Pant, A full toss around off to begin, Pant punches it towards mid on. |
| 68.2 : Mitchell Starc to Rishabh Pant, Pant is underway! Good length and just around off, Pant opens the bat face and guides it wide of backward point. Two taken. |
| 68.3 : Mitchell Starc to Rishabh Pant, Short and around off, poked towards point. |
| 68.4 : Mitchell Starc to Rishabh Pant, Length ball around off, punched towards mid off. |
| 68.5 : Mitchell Starc to Rishabh Pant, Sharp bouncer around off, Pant sways away from the line. Starc has an advice or two for Pant there. |
| 68.6 : Mitchell Starc to Rishabh Pant, Good response from Pant. Shortish and just around off, Pant punches it through covers and bags a brace. |
| 69.1 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Fired it fuller and outside off, Pujara pads it away. |
| 69.2 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Flat and just outside off, punched towards cover for a single. |
| 69.3 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! That's how Pant plays. He is not going to just keep blocking and blocking. Just a fraction short and a bit of room too. Pant slams it through point and it races away to the fence. 150 up for the Indians. |
| 69.4 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, Smartly pushes the next fuller one towards covers for a single. |
| 69.5 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Pujara rotates strike as his jumps out of his crease and flicks it wide of the man at mid on. A diving stop there but a single is taken. |
| 69.6 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, Floated outside off, pushed towards cover. 7 off the over. |
| 70.1 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Back of a length on off, Pujara is solid in his defense here. |
| 70.2 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Shortish around middle, Pujara tucks this away towards square leg. |
| 70.3 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Fuller this time around middle, kept out by Pujara. |
| 70.4 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length and outside off, Pujara lets it go through to Paine. |
| 70.5 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length around off, Pujara pushes this one to point. |
| 70.6 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Fuller this time outside off, Pujara is not interested in playing the drive there. Left alone. |
| 71.1 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, Outside off, left alone. |
| 71.2 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, Fuller around off, Pant defends this one on the off side. |
| 71.3 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, Looped on middle, played back to Lyon. |
| 71.4 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, Fired outside off, left alone. |
| 71.5 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, Short and wide outside off, slapped to deep point for one. |
| 71.6 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, FOUR! Super shot from Pujara. Short and just outside off, Pujara rocks back and punches it through covers. It races away to the fence. Pujara on 40 now. |
| 72.1 : Mitchell Starc to Rishabh Pant, Fuller length outside off, Pant drives this one in the gap at cover-point and comes back for a couple before the fielder there returns the ball. |
| 72.2 : Mitchell Starc to Rishabh Pant, Shortish on the body, Pant tucks this one towards fine leg for a run. |
| 72.3 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, LEG BYE! A shortish ball on the body, drifting down leg, Pujara tries to sway away from that but the ball hits the elbow guard and goes towards fine leg. The batsmen cross over for a leg bye. |
| 72.4 : Mitchell Starc to Rishabh Pant, Lovely bouncer from Starc. It is on middle and leg, Pant takes his eyes off and looks to fend it off. The ball takes the gloves and lobs up. It goes down to fine leg for one. |
| 72.5 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, In the channel outside off, left alone. |
| 72.6 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Good length and around off, Pujara is on his toes to block. |
| Marnus Labuschagne is on now. Maybe a plan from the Aussies to lure Pant in playing some big shots. |
| 73.1 : Marnus Labuschagne to Rishabh Pant, NOT OUT! There is nothing on Hot Spot and nothing on Snicko either. A rank long hop down the leg side. Pant goes for the pull but misses. Paine moves to his right and catches it. He appeals but not out says the umpire. Paine has a word with the bowler and then he goes for the review. Replays roll in and it confirms that the onfield call is a correct one. Australia lose another review. |
| 73.2 : Marnus Labuschagne to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Pant goes after Labuschagne straightaway. A tossed up ball coming into Pant, he sits down and slogs this one towards deep mid-wicket to collect a boundary. Pant will not let the part time spinner settle down here. |
| 73.3 : Marnus Labuschagne to Rishabh Pant, On middle, clipped towards short fine leg for one. |
| 0.0 : And Paine thinks his plan has worked. Pant has been given not out for a catch down the leg side. Paine thinks there is some bat and he has gone for the review. There's nothing on Hot Spot and Snicko shows clear gap between glove and ball. Pant survives. |
| 73.4 : Marnus Labuschagne to Cheteshwar Pujara, On off, kept out. |
| 73.5 : Marnus Labuschagne to Cheteshwar Pujara, Outside off, left alone. |
| 73.6 : Marnus Labuschagne to Cheteshwar Pujara, Full and wide outside off, Pujara nails the drive but finds the cover fielder. |
| 74.1 : Mitchell Starc to Rishabh Pant, Length ball around off, Pant defends this one towards covers. |
| 74.2 : Mitchell Starc to Rishabh Pant, Length around off, pushed towards point. |
| 74.3 : Mitchell Starc to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! CUTS AND CUTS HARD! A short ball outside off, Pant hops and cuts this fiercely towards third man for a boundary. Pant looking good here. |
| 74.4 : Mitchell Starc to Rishabh Pant, A perfect response from Starc now. A bouncer on middle and leg, Pant sways away from it. |
| 74.5 : Mitchell Starc to Rishabh Pant, Another bumper around off, Pant leaves that alone. |
| 74.6 : Mitchell Starc to Rishabh Pant, Shortish around middle, Pant hops and tucks this one past the short leg fielder towards deep square for a single. It was really close to the fielder there at short leg. A run taken in the end. |
| 75.1 : Marnus Labuschagne to Rishabh Pant, Short ball around off, Pant pulls it hard but the ball hits the short leg fielder. |
| 75.2 : Marnus Labuschagne to Rishabh Pant, Friendly full toss, pushed down to long on for one. |
| 75.3 : Marnus Labuschagne to Cheteshwar Pujara, Full and outside off, Pujara hits it hard to the right of the cover fielder. A half stop and they take a single. |
| 75.4 : Marnus Labuschagne to Rishabh Pant, Pant tucks it through mid-wicket now and takes one. |
| 75.5 : Marnus Labuschagne to Cheteshwar Pujara, This one is fired outside off, it turns away as Pujara lets it be. Paine cannot stop it but Smith at first slip does well to stop the ball to his left. |
| 75.6 : Marnus Labuschagne to Cheteshwar Pujara, This is again outside off, Pujara is not interested. |
| Bowling change. Cameron Green is on now. |
| 76.1 : Cameron Green to Rishabh Pant, Green starts with a length ball outside off, Pant lets it go through to Paine. |
| 76.2 : Cameron Green to Rishabh Pant, Length around middle and leg, Pant looks to flick but misses and gets hit on the pads. Appeal from the bowler but the umpire is unmoved. The ball was pitching outside leg as shown by the replays. |
| 76.3 : Cameron Green to Rishabh Pant, Bouncer now on middle, Pant ducks under this one. |
| 76.4 : Cameron Green to Rishabh Pant, Length around off, Pant pushes it on the off side. |
| 76.5 : Cameron Green to Rishabh Pant, A length around off, Pant plays it straight to point. |
| 76.6 : Cameron Green to Rishabh Pant, Good running this by Pant. A length ball on off, Pant softly plays it towards covers and calls his partner for a quick run to keep strike. |
| 77.1 : Marnus Labuschagne to Rishabh Pant, Shortish and down the leg side. Left alone by Pant. |
| 77.2 : Marnus Labuschagne to Rishabh Pant, Tossed up and around off, kept out. |
| 77.3 : Marnus Labuschagne to Rishabh Pant, Full and on middle, it is pushed down to long on for one. |
| 77.4 : Marnus Labuschagne to Cheteshwar Pujara, Short and just outside off, punched to the left of the cover fielder for one. |
| 77.5 : Marnus Labuschagne to Rishabh Pant, Another single as Pant works this short ball on the leg side. |
| 77.6 : Marnus Labuschagne to Cheteshwar Pujara, Outside off, left alone by Pujara. |
| 78.1 : Cameron Green to Rishabh Pant, Length ball outside off, Pant shoulders arms to it. |
| 78.2 : Cameron Green to Rishabh Pant, Again a length ball outside off, Pant is not interested in playing that. |
| 78.3 : Cameron Green to Rishabh Pant, A shortish ball just around off, Pant leaves that one. The ball however passes very close to his helmet. |
| 78.4 : Cameron Green to Rishabh Pant, Length on off, Pant defends this one towards gully. |
| 78.5 : Cameron Green to Rishabh Pant, Good length ball outside off, Pant lets it go through to Paine. |
| 78.6 : Cameron Green to Rishabh Pant, A short ball on middle and leg, Pant easily sits under it. With that it's LUNCH ON DAY 3. |
| India started cautiously at the start with Pujara and Rahane blocking and defending well but Rahane fell when he was starting to show some aggression. Pujara was in his own zone as he kept blocking everything thrown at him. He was troubled a bit by Lyon but he started to attack him after facing 100 balls. Vihari didn't look too confident and his innings was cut short when he tried to sneak a single and Hazlewood inflicted a terrific run out. Pant then came out with a positive mindset and hit a f |
| So, the second session of the day promises to be another cracking one as the Indians look to build on with Pujara and Pant. The Aussies are just 1 over away from having the option of getting the second new ball and they will look to dictate terms with that. Join us for the second session in a short while. |
| An excellent session of play! One would assume with the two big wickets, the Aussies will take the session. India have scored 84 runs in the session though and the deficit now is 158. The Aussies looked all over the Indians as they put a lot of pressure on Pujara and struck a couple of big blows but Pant's arrival has changed things a tad bit. The southpaw is not missing out on the scoring opportunities. |
| Credit to the Aussie bowlers for keeping things really tight. Cummins and Starc made sure the runs were dried up in the first hour. Cummins got the reward when he got better of Rahane. Lyon is yet to get a wicket but he has created quite a few chances already. The Aussies were sharp on the field and it was evident with the wicket of Vihari when Josh Hazlewood nailed the throw at the non-striker's end. However, once Pant arrived, the Aussies looked a bit out of sorts against him as he took the at |
| ... DAY 3, SESSION 2 ... |
| 79.1 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Floated outside off, Pujara pads it away. |
| 79.2 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Fuller anound middle, kept out. |
| 78.6 : We are back for the afternoon session! The Aussie players stride out in the middle and the two Indian batters Cheteshwar Pujara and Rishabh Pant follow them. Nathan Lyon to start after Lunch. Second new ball will be available after 1 over. Here we go.. |
| 79.3 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Flat and around off, Pujara stays back to block. |
| 79.4 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Full and on middle, flicked to square leg. |
| 79.5 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, On middle, played towards mid-wicket by Pujara. |
| 79.6 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Floated around off, tucked away towards square leg for a run to keep strike. 1 run from Lyon's first over after Lunch. |
| Second new ball is due now! Will the Aussies go for it straightaway? Yes. They have taken the second new ball. Mitchell Starc will use it first up. |
| 80.2 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, In the channel outside off, left alone. |
| 80.3 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Short and down the leg side, Pujara lets it be. |
| 80.4 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Full again, pushed to mid on. |
| 80.5 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length ball outside off, Pujara shoulders arms. |
| 80.6 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Outside off again, left alone. |
| 80.1 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Two for Pujara. A fuller ball around middle and leg, swinging in, Pujara flicks it through square leg for a brace. |
| 0.0 : Will Lyon continue from the other end? No way! The ball is new and it is Josh Hazlewood who is partnering Starc from the other end. |
| 81.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Rishabh Pant, Length ball around off, Pant looks to defend but the ball takes the inner half and goes to mid-wicket. |
| 81.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Rishabh Pant, Fuller and around off, driven well but straight to the cover fielder. |
| 81.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Rishabh Pant, Fuller and around middle, clipped towards mid-wicket. |
| 81.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Squirts it away! Shortish and just outside off, Pant goes on the back foot and looks to cut. Ends up chopping it through gully for a boundary. |
| 81.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Rishabh Pant, Outside off, left alone. |
| 81.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Rishabh Pant, Another one in the channel outside off, Pant offers no shot again. |
| 82.1 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Wayward. This is way outside off on a good length. Pujara lets it go. |
| 82.2 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Starc pitches it up and it was just outside off, Pujara wanted to have a go at it but controlled his emotions and pulled his bat away. Good leave because it was angled away. |
| 82.3 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Shortish and around off, poked towards point. |
| 82.4 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, A bumper on middle and leg, Pujara sits under it. |
| 82.5 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length ball around off and middle, pushed to mid on. |
| 82.6 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Beaten! Lovely ball to end the over. Shortish and around middle and off, angling away. Pujara pokes at it. Only to get beaten. |
| 83.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Rishabh Pant, Fuller and outside off, stroked through cover-point for one. |
| 83.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Pujara is beaten again. A superb ball from Josh. This is just outside off, Pujara looks to defend but is beaten as the ball first comes in and then straightens. Didn't go chasing and hence no edge there. |
| 83.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Good length and around off, kept out. |
| 83.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Fuller and on middle, flicked to mid-wicket. |
| 83.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Good length and around off, Pujara is solid in defense. |
| 83.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Short and just outside off, Pujara sways away. |
| 84.1 : Pat Cummins to Rishabh Pant, Length ball around off, Pant is on the front foot to block. |
| 0.0 : Pat Cummins is back on. His numbers are 17-8-24-2 so far. |
| 84.2 : Pat Cummins to Rishabh Pant, Very full and around off, digged out to mid on. |
| 84.3 : Pat Cummins to Rishabh Pant, Play and a miss! A fuller ball just outside off, Pant looks to drive on the up but the ball beats his outside edge. |
| 84.4 : Pat Cummins to Rishabh Pant, This one is angled in from a length on middle, Pant looks to flick but misses to get hit on the pad. |
| 84.5 : Pat Cummins to Rishabh Pant, Short and around off, Pant look to pull but misses to get hit on the arm. Pant is looking in some pain here. No elbow guard and he is hit flush on his left elbow. Didn't bounce as much as Pant expected it to be. |
| The Indian physio is out in the middle, assisting Pant. A slight halt in play as the physio checks the elbow. Pant is clearly in pain but he is a tough guy. He is getting his arm taped. He is trying to feel the bat but is not looking comfortable. He is a tough character though and he gets ready now. What will be the follow-up ball from Cummins? |
| 84.6 : Pat Cummins to Rishabh Pant, It is the short ball but Pant is pant. He goes hard at it and pulls it nicely. The deep square leg fielder does well to stop. A single taken. |
| 85.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Rishabh Pant, Beaten! Length ball outside off, Pant looks to drive away from his body. Only to get beaten. |
| 85.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Rishabh Pant, This time he lets it go to the keeper. |
| 85.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Rishabh Pant, Shortish and around off and middle, Pant blocks off his toes. |
| 85.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Rishabh Pant, Fullish and just outside off, driven to mid off. |
| Pant moves on the leg side and takes a breather again. Clearly not comfortable. |
| 85.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Rishabh Pant, Around off on a good length, Pant blocks. |
| 85.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Rishabh Pant, Another solid defense from Pant as Josh bowls it around off on a length. |
| 86.1 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, In the channel outside off, Pujara leaves that one. |
| 86.2 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Ouch! Short ball on the body. Pujara looks to duck but gets hit flush on his left shoulder. |
| 86.3 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, FOUR! Nicely done from Pujara. A fuller ball just outside off, he comes on the front foot and then opens the bat face. It goes between second slip and gully. It races away to the fence. He moves to 49. The boundary brings up 50-run stand between the two. A valuable stand. |
| 86.4 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, On a length around middle, Pujara clips this one towards mid-wicket. |
| 86.5 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length on middle, Pujara plays it towards mid-wicket. |
| 86.6 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, A bumper coming in with the angle, Pujara sways away slighlty and evades the ball. |
| 87.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Rishabh Pant, Shortish around middle, Pant hops and defends this one on the leg side uncomfortably but runs a quick run to give Pujara the strike. |
| 87.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, FIFTY FOR PUJARA! This has been one fighting knock from him. Maybe he has been a little too cautious but that's how he bats and goes about the business. He tires the opposition down and then starts scoring. That's exactly how he has done here. He hit his first boundary of the innings after playing 100 balls. And after that, it hasn't been that difficult for him. He gets to the milestone by flicking the fuller ball around off towards mid-wicket for one. |
| 87.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Rishabh Pant, Fuller around off, Pant pushes this one towards covers. |
| 87.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Rishabh Pant, OUT! TAKEN! Pant's stay has been cut short. Hazlewood is the man who strikes. A fuller ball outside off, Pant without any feet movement goes for the drive but ends up getting an outside edge. The ball goes to Warner at first slip. It goes quickly to him but he reacts sharply and holds onto it. Great take from the southpaw. Not from the one with the bat though as it was way outside off and he could've had easily left it alone. A start thrown away again by Pan |
| Who will come out now ? Ravindra Jadeja is in now at number 7. |
| 87.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Ravindra Jadeja, A short ball to welcome Jadeja at the crease. Jadeja lets it go through. Stares exchanged and in the end, smiles. |
| 87.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Ravindra Jadeja, Fuller ball around off, Jadeja prods forward and defends this out. |
| 88.1 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Back of a length and down the leg side. Left alone. |
| 88.2 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, OUT! GONE! Huge wicket. Cummins is the man who has done it again. Big, big wicket. Excellent from Cummins. Good length and around off, it shoots off a touch after pitching. Pujara is glued in his crease as he pokes at it. The ball takes the gloves and goes behind. Paine is not going to miss out. A simple catch for him and he gobbles it. The battling knock from Pujara comes to an end and that leaves India in a massive trouble. They are still 143 behind. |
| Ravichandran Ashwin now comes in to partner Jadeja. |
| 88.3 : Pat Cummins to Ravichandran Ashwin, A bouncer to welcome Ashwin. He sits under it. |
| 88.4 : Pat Cummins to Ravichandran Ashwin, Beaten! This is brilliant from Cummins. Ashwin is beaten all ends up. A length ball just around off, Ashwin pokes at it but the ball goes away ever so slightly and goes past the outside edge. |
| 88.5 : Pat Cummins to Ravichandran Ashwin, Fullish and just outside off, poked towards gully. Ashwin wants a single but Green makes a diving stop. Ashwin returns as Green has a shy at the striker's end. He hits but Ashwin was back. |
| 88.6 : Pat Cummins to Ravichandran Ashwin, Good length and around middle, kept out. End of a successful over from Cummins. |
| 89.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Ravindra Jadeja, Misfield and a single. Jadeja is away. Fuller and around off, it is pushed straight to Starc at covers. He fumbles and Jadeja sneaks a run. |
| 89.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Ravichandran Ashwin, Fuller and around off, driven to mid off. |
| 89.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Ravichandran Ashwin, Banged short and on middle and leg, Ashwin ducks. |
| 89.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Ravichandran Ashwin, FOUR! Ashwin is off the mark in style. A fuller ball outside off, Ashwin leans into the stroke and drives it through the covers. Fine shot to bring 200 up. |
| 89.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Ravichandran Ashwin, And it is the bouncer from Josh. Ashwin somehow manages to keep it down. |
| A short leg placed straightaway. |
| 89.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Ravichandran Ashwin, Good from Ashwin. A shortish ball around middle, he clips it behind square on the leg side for two. |
| 90.1 : Pat Cummins to Ravindra Jadeja, Fullish ball on off, Jadeja does well to block this out. |
| 90.2 : Pat Cummins to Ravindra Jadeja, Length ball around middle, Jadeja plays it softly towards point and takes off for a run, but returns back as Ashwin says 'NO'. |
| 89.6 : DRINKS! What an interesting hour this for Australia after Lunch. They took the new ball straightaway and got the rewards in the form of the wickets of both the set batters, Pant and Pujara. India are still 136 behind and the last recognized batting pair is at the crease. Interesting play coming up after this. |
| 90.3 : Pat Cummins to Ravindra Jadeja, A bouncer now on middle and leg, Jadeja sits under this one. |
| 90.4 : Pat Cummins to Ravindra Jadeja, Fullish ball around middle, Jadeja flicks this one towards mid-wicket and yells a loud 'NO'. |
| 90.5 : Pat Cummins to Ravindra Jadeja, Short again on the body, Jadeja watches it closely and sways away from it. |
| 90.6 : Pat Cummins to Ravindra Jadeja, Length around middle, Jadeja defends this one towards mid on. A maiden to start from Cummins after the break. |
| 91.1 : Nathan Lyon is back. |
| Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Floated around off, Ashwin blocks this out. |
| 91.2 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, FOUR! Nicely played. a tossed up ball outside off, Ashwin comes down and drills this one down the ground past mid off for his second boundary. |
| 91.3 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, On middle, turned towards mid-wicket. |
| 91.4 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Flatter and around off, Ashwin stays back to defend. |
| 91.5 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Fuller and around off, pushed towards point. |
| 91.6 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Tossed up and around off, Ashwin is on the front foot to block. |
| 92.1 : Cameron Green is back on. |
| Cameron Green to Ravindra Jadeja, Length ball in the channel outside off, left alone by Jadeja. |
| Is Ashwin short? Looks like he is short. Let's see the replays. Yes. He is a gonner. |
| 92.3 : Cameron Green to Navdeep Saini, And he is welcomed with a sharp bumper. Saini sits under it. |
| 92.2 : Navdeep Saini, the debutant, is the new man in. |
| Cameron Green to Ravindra Jadeja, OUT! RUN OUT! Ashwin is short. Poor, poor running from him. A fullish ball outside off, Jadeja drives this to the left of fielder at mid off and takes off for the run. Ashwin is slow to react to it. Cummins from mid off throws the ball to Marnus Labuschagne at the striker's end and he whips off the bails before Ashwin can make his ground. Waste of a wicket this by Ashwin. Second run out of the innings this. India 7 down now. |
| 92.4 : Cameron Green to Navdeep Saini, First runs for Saini in Test match cricket. Well, not really. Given leg byes. Fuller and on the pads, Saini looks to flick but misses to get hit on the pad. The ball goes towards short fine leg and they take a leg run. Looked like there was some bat but no. Given leg byes. |
| 92.5 : Cameron Green to Ravindra Jadeja, Back of a length and around off, kept out. |
| 92.6 : Cameron Green to Ravindra Jadeja, In the channel outside off, left alone by Jadeja. |
| 93.1 : Nathan Lyon to Navdeep Saini, Floated around off, Saini comes on the front foot to block. |
| 93.2 : Nathan Lyon to Navdeep Saini, Flat and around off, pushed towards cover. |
| 93.3 : Nathan Lyon to Navdeep Saini, Flat and around off, kept out. |
| 93.4 : Nathan Lyon to Navdeep Saini, Around off, turning in from a shortish length, Saini goes deep in his crease and bunts it onto the pitch on the leg side. Looking solid in defense. |
| 93.5 : Nathan Lyon to Navdeep Saini, Full this time and he hits it nicely but straight to Lyon. |
| 93.6 : Nathan Lyon to Navdeep Saini, Flat and around off, poked to mid off for a single. |
| Tailenders are in and Paine calls Starc to clean it up. |
| 94.1 : Mitchell Starc to Navdeep Saini, Runs in and bangs it short but this is down the leg side. |
| 94.2 : Mitchell Starc to Navdeep Saini, Length ball around off, he punches it through covers and takes two. |
| 94.3 : Mitchell Starc to Navdeep Saini, Sharp bouncer! Saini looks to defend but it lobs up off the handle towards the off side. |
| 94.4 : Mitchell Starc to Navdeep Saini, Another short ball. Saini somehow manages to fend it off on the off side. Could've gone in the hands but Saini survives. Starc smiles. |
| 94.5 : Mitchell Starc to Navdeep Saini, OUT! TAKEN! Starc gets the wicket with that short ball tactics. Smart from Paine to bring him back. Not that smart from Jadeja to expose Saini for entire six balls against Starc. Another short ball around off and middle, Saini is hopping to fend it away. This time the Aussies brought a man at silly point. The ball hits the upper part of the bat and it goes to Wade. Wade is not dropping this. Perfectly planned wicket. |
| 94.6 : Mitchell Starc to Jasprit Bumrah, And he too gets welcomed with a bumper. Does well to get down. |
| 94.5 : Jasprit Bumrah is in next. |
| 95.1 : Nathan Lyon to Ravindra Jadeja, FOUR! Cut away! Short and just outside off, Jadeja cuts it through backward point and it races away to the fence. |
| 95.2 : Nathan Lyon to Ravindra Jadeja, Tossed up and around off, pushed towards cover. |
| 95.3 : Nathan Lyon to Ravindra Jadeja, Fuller on middle, Jadeja blocks this out. |
| 95.4 : Nathan Lyon to Ravindra Jadeja, Flatter around off, played towards short third man. |
| 95.5 : Nathan Lyon to Ravindra Jadeja, Floated on middle, Jadeja turnes this one towards deep mid-wicket and takes a run. Bumrah thinks for a second, but Jadeja sends him back. |
| 95.6 : Nathan Lyon to Jasprit Bumrah, Tossed up around off. Bumrah prods forwards and blocks this one. |
| 96.1 : Mitchell Starc to Ravindra Jadeja, Short and angling away from Jadeja, he lets it be. |
| 96.2 : Mitchell Starc to Ravindra Jadeja, Short again this time on leg, Jadeja thinks for the pull but ducks under it. |
| 96.3 : Mitchell Starc to Ravindra Jadeja, OUT! RUN OUT! 3rd run out of the innings. Jadeja clips this fuller ball towards deep square leg and immediately calls for two. The fielder from short leg, Labuschagne chases the ball down and scores a direct hit at the non-striker's end. Third umpire has been called for and replays show that Bumrah is well short there and has to make his way back to the pavilion. Australia have been excellent in the field especially with the direct hits. India |
| Mohammed Siraj is the last man in for India. |
| 96.2 : Direct hit again! Looks like Bumrah is a gonner this time. Yes. he is. He is gone by a big margin. |
| 96.4 : Mitchell Starc to Ravindra Jadeja, Shortish and around middle, Jadeja goes for the pull but this one keeps low and Jadeja misses. An appeal from behind the wickets from Paine but turned down. |
| 96.5 : Mitchell Starc to Ravindra Jadeja, FOUR! Useful boundary. Full and around off, Jadeja nails it through mid on for a boundary. Starc has overstepped too. |
| Mitchell Starc to Ravindra Jadeja, EDGED AND FOUR! Welcome runs! Fuller and outside off, Jadeja goes for a big slog again. The ball though takes the bottom edge and goes behind. Paine dives to his right and tries to stop but the ball evades him and goes to the fence. |
| 96.6 : Mitchell Starc to Ravindra Jadeja, A bouncer outside off. Jadeja cannot do much about it as he watches it go behind. Siraj will be on strike for the next over. |
| 97.1 : Cameron Green to Mohammed Siraj, And he bangs it short first up. Siraj ducks under it. |
| 0.0 : Will Paine go for one of his quicks to rattle the no. 11? Yes. Not as express as Starc but here's Cameron Green again. |
| 97.2 : Cameron Green to Mohammed Siraj, Pitched up and outside off, Siraj looks to drive but misses. |
| 97.3 : Cameron Green to Mohammed Siraj, Another bouncer! Goes over the ducking batter. |
| 97.4 : Cameron Green to Mohammed Siraj, Siraj is underway! Fuller and around middle, he pushes it through mid on and gets a brace. |
| 97.5 : Cameron Green to Mohammed Siraj, FOUR! Cut away! Short and wide outside off, Siraj cuts it through backward point and finds the fence. |
| 97.6 : Cameron Green to Mohammed Siraj, Bangs it short and it goes well over Siraj. The last ball at the no. 11 is a wasted one from Green. |
| 98.1 : Mitchell Starc to Ravindra Jadeja, FOUR! Enough of ducking says Jadeja. A short ball on middle, Jadeja goes for the pull, gets a top edge which runs away towards the boundary at fine leg area. It bounces well ahead of the ropes but nonetheless a boundary for Jadeja. |
| 98.2 : Mitchell Starc to Ravindra Jadeja, IN THE AIR ..AND SAFE!! A length on middle, Jadeja again goes for the slog, gets the top edge this time again behind the keeper. The fielder from third man tries to catch the ball but the ball lands short of him and Jadeja takes a quick couple of runs before the fielder returns the ball back to Paine. Useful runs these for India. |
| 98.3 : Mitchell Starc to Ravindra Jadeja, Two more! Fuller and outside off, Jadeja strokes it through covers and scampers back for a couple. The lead is under 100 now. |
| 98.4 : Mitchell Starc to Ravindra Jadeja, Back of a length and on middle, kept out. |
| Jadeja in some sort of trouble. Looks like he was hit on his thumb on the last ball. The Indian physio walks out as Jadeja gets some attention. He is getting his some taping around his thumb. He is struggling to get the gloves around his hand. But he is a tough character. He is ready now. |
| 98.5 : Mitchell Starc to Ravindra Jadeja, Dropped? Yes. But that was a hit really hard chance. A length ball on middle and leg, Jadeja flicks it uppishly. Labuschagne at short leg responds quickly and throws his right hand. The ball hits his palm but goes out. |
| 98.6 : Mitchell Starc to Ravindra Jadeja, A single and Jadeja will keep the strike. Banged short and outside off, Jadeja stays back and guides it over the slip cordon. The third man fielder makes a diving stop to his right. |
| 99.1 : Cameron Green to Ravindra Jadeja, Length outside off, Jadeja throws his hands at it and the ball races away fine towards third man area. The fielder there does well to stop the ball and throws it back. Jadeja refuses to take the single. |
| 99.2 : Cameron Green to Ravindra Jadeja, Shorter around middle and off, Jadeja lets it be. |
| 99.3 : Cameron Green to Ravindra Jadeja, Play and a miss! A length ball outside off, Jadeja goes for the slash but misses the ball altogether. |
| 99.4 : Cameron Green to Ravindra Jadeja, Shortish on middle, Jadeja hops and somehow manages to keep it down. |
| 99.5 : Cameron Green to Ravindra Jadeja, Shortish around middle, Jadeja plays it towards mid-wicket. Siraj at the non-striker's end looks to steal the run, but is sent back. The fielder has a shy at the non-striker's end but misses. Had that hit, Siraj was a goner. |
| 99.6 : Cameron Green to Ravindra Jadeja, FOUR! Slammed away. Shortish around off, Jadeja pulls this one behind square and finds the gap at deep square leg area. Gets a boundary on the last ball of the over, which means Siraj will be on strike the next over. |
| Pat Cummins is back again. |
| 100.1 : Pat Cummins to Mohammed Siraj, A bouncer just around off, Siraj ducks under it. In fact he was down before Cummins released the ball. |
| 100.2 : Pat Cummins to Mohammed Siraj, Banged short and just outside off, Siraj backs away and then tries to poke at it. Misses. |
| 100.3 : Pat Cummins to Mohammed Siraj, Cummins bangs it short again. Siraj ducks well again. Three more balls for him to survive. Will Cummins dish out a fuller one now? |
| Siraj has been given out caught behind. He goes for the review straightaway. Let's see if there is any wood. |
| 100.4 : Pat Cummins to Mohammed Siraj, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! There is a spike as the ball gets closer to the bat, as shown by the Snicko. After banging three short, Cummins bowls a length ball just outside off, Siraj pokes at it without moving his feet. He ends up nicking it behind and the Aussies celebrate.The finger goes up but Siraj signals the 'T'. Replays roll in and they show a big spike on the Snicko. So, the onfield call will stay. India are bowled out for 244. |
| Right! Australia have got a substantial lead of 94. The final and long session coming your way. How will the Aussie openers go about it. Will the Indians be able to strike early and dent Australia early? We will find out all these answers in a short while. |
| A terrific phase of play for Australia and they have just rattled the Indians have taken a huge lead here. Just brilliant by them to roll over the Indians and take a big lead of 120. Not good from India though. Three run outs in the innings in a Test match is absolutely a timid effort from the Indians. Also, it is TEA time on Day 3. |
| The session started with Pujara and Pant doing well to score a few runs. Pant then got hit one on his left arm and started feeling uncomfortable. He was peppered with a few short balls. He was eventually prized out by Hazlewood. Pujara continued his blockathon and got to his half ton but was soon removed by a Cummins. Indians then lost two more in the form of run outs as Ashwin threw his wicket away, responding very slowly for a single. A few blows from Jadeja towards the end meant that India |
| The Aussies were just brilliant with the ball in this session. In spite of that 50-run stand between Pujara and Pant, they persisted with their short bowling. It paid off and they prized out a few wickets with that line. Their fielding was superb as they got 3 run outs. Cummins was the star for them as he got a 4-fer in this innings. Hazlewood and Lyon too kept things really tight. Lyon didn't get a wicket but was superb in his spell. |
| ... Day 3, Session 3 ... |
| We are back for the final session of Day 3. The Indian players are out in the middle. David Warner and Will Pucovski will open the innings for Australia. Jasprit Bumrah will start the proceedings for India. |
| 0.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to David Warner, LEG BYE! A length ball on the pads, Warner looks to flick but misses and gets hit on the pads. The ball runs towards fine leg as they sneak a leg bye to start off the proceedings for Australia. |
| 0.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Will Pucovski, Length ball outside off, Will lets it go. |
| 0.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Will Pucovski, In the channel outside off, Pucovski is not interested in playing that. |
| 0.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Will Pucovski, Fuller this time around off, Will pushes this one towards cover-point. |
| 0.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Will Pucovski, Length on off, Will defends this towards covers. |
| 0.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Will Pucovski, FOUR! Shot! A shortish ball outside off, Pucovski pulls this one behind square and gets his first boundary of the innings. He was ready for the short ball and pulled it nicely in the gap at deep square leg region. |
| Mohammed Siraj to bowl from the other end. |
| 1.1 : Mohammed Siraj to David Warner, Length around off, Warner defends this on towards mid off. |
| 1.2 : Mohammed Siraj to David Warner, Similar length around middle, Warner hops and defends this out. |
| 1.3 : Mohammed Siraj to David Warner, Another one on middle, Warner blocks this out. |
| 1.4 : Mohammed Siraj to David Warner, Fulish on middle, Warner prods forward and defends this with a straight bat. |
| 1.5 : Mohammed Siraj to David Warner, BEATEN! Lovely ball from Siraj. Pitches on a length around off, straightens as it goes past Warner's tentative push. Misses the outside edge by not much and goes through to Saha. There is still something in the pitch for the fast bowlers. |
| 1.6 : Mohammed Siraj to David Warner, Shortish and around off, pushed towards cover. A fine over from Siraj first up. A maiden. |
| 2.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Will Pucovski, Good length and around off, kept out. |
| 1.6 : Bumrah is having some issue with the landing area. The hammer is out to level the area. We are ready now. |
| 2.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Will Pucovski, Another good length and around off, Will is solid in defense. |
| 2.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Will Pucovski, FOUR! SHOT! Second boundary for Pucovski. Short and wide outside off, Pucovski slams it through the cover region and it races away. The Aussie lead goes over 100. |
| 2.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Will Pucovski, Fullish and around off, a front foot defense towards cover. |
| 2.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Will Pucovski, Length ball around off, pushed towards the off side. |
| 2.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Will Pucovski, Another solid defense from Will as Bumrah lands it around off on a length. |
| 3.1 : Mohammed Siraj to David Warner, Beaten! This one keeps really low. A length ball just outside off, Warner looks to play but it keeps low and goes below the bat to the keeper. |
| 3.2 : Mohammed Siraj to David Warner, Full and outside off, driven towards the cover fielder. |
| 3.3 : Mohammed Siraj to David Warner, Good length and around off, poked towards the cover fielder. |
| 3.4 : Mohammed Siraj to David Warner, In the channel, angling away outside off. Left alone. |
| 3.5 : Mohammed Siraj to David Warner, Warner is underway. A length ball just outside off, Warner strokes it through the cover region and scampers back for a couple. |
| 3.6 : Mohammed Siraj to David Warner, Length ball on middle, Warner tucks it wide of the man at mid on for one. |
| 4.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to David Warner, Length ball around off, worked on the leg side. |
| 4.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to David Warner, Length ball on middle, Warner clips it through square leg for a brace. |
| 4.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to David Warner, Edgy! A length ball just outside off, Warner looks to defend but it goes to second slip off the outside edge. He played with soft hands there, did Warner. |
| 4.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to David Warner, Shortish and around middle, worked to the left of mid on. Ashwin is sharp there. |
| 4.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to David Warner, On middle, worked towards square leg for nothing by Warner. |
| 4.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to David Warner, A sharp bouncer on the last ball. It is around off. Warner does well to get down and sway away. |
| 5.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Will Pucovski, Fuller length around off, Will defends it back to Siraj. |
| 5.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Will Pucovski, Shortish on middle, Will looks to pull but misses and gets hit on the pads. The ball just lobs on the on side. |
| 5.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Will Pucovski, Good running. A shortish length around middle, Pucovski plays it wide of the fielder at mid on and comes back for a brace. Ashwin there was slow in fielding that ball and ends up giving two. |
| 5.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Will Pucovski, Fuller length around off, Pucovski blocks this out on the off side. |
| 5.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Will Pucovski, OUT! CAUGHT! This is a beautiful delivery by Siraj. A length ball around off, shapes away affter pitching. Pucovski looks to defend but is surprised by the movement. The ball takes the outside edge and goes towards Saha, the substitute keeper, who pouches it nicely by diving to his right. Siraj is rewarded for bowling some good lines here. Australia lose their 1st wicket. |
| Marnus Labuschagne is in early again, this time replacing Pucovski. |
| 5.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Labuschagne is underway! A fuller ball on the pads, Labuschagne flicks it through mid-wicket for a brace. End of a successful over from Siraj. |
| 6.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to David Warner, FOUR! Fine shot from Warner. A fuller ball around middle, Warner strokes it through mid on. No chance for the fielder in the ring. That raced away. |
| 6.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to David Warner, Fuller and outside off, poked towards point. |
| 6.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to David Warner, Short and wide, Warner cuts but finds the point fielder. |
| 6.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to David Warner, Landed around off, blocked by Warner. |
| 6.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to David Warner, Fullish and around off, Warner is solid in defense again. |
| 6.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to David Warner, Two to end the over! Full and outside off, Warner drives it through covers for easy two. |
| 7.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Fuller and around off, Labuschagne pushes it back to the bowler. He looks to throw the ball at the stumps and the striker's end but the throw is wayward as it goes to the keeper. A stare from Siraj. |
| 7.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR! Banged short and Labuschagne nails the pull. It is on middle, he swivels and pulls it through square leg for a boundary. |
| 7.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Fuller length around off, Marnus is solid in his defense. |
| 7.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, A fuller length outside off, driven nicely but straight to covers. |
| 7.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Full and on middle, Labuschagne flicks this on but finds backward square leg. |
| 7.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, On a length around off, Labuschagne covers the line and defends this one towards Siraj. |
| Change in bowling. Navdeep Saini gets the ball early in this innings. |
| 8.1 : Navdeep Saini to David Warner, Length on middle, Warner tucks this one towards mid-wicket and takes a quick run. |
| 8.2 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, Length in the channel outside off, Labuschagne leaves that alone. |
| 8.3 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR! Nice shot. A short and wide ball outside off, Labuscagne cuts this one hard through cover-point for a boundary. You can't bowl short and wide to a player like Labuschagne. |
| 8.4 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, On a length around off, angling in, tucked towards mid-wicket. |
| 8.5 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, Length outside off, Labuschagne punches this one towards deep point for a run. |
| 8.6 : Navdeep Saini to David Warner, Fullish outside off, Warner this time drives this nicely straight to the fielder at deep point and exchanges ends. |
| 9.1 : Time for some spin. Here's Ravichandran Ashwin. |
| Ravichandran Ashwin to David Warner, Floated fuller and around off, pushed back to the bowler. |
| 9.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Smith is up and running first ball. A flatter ball around off and middle, it is clipped through square leg for a run. |
| 9.2 : Steven Smith in at number 4 now. Interesting battle coming up between Ashwin and the centurion from the first innings. A leg slip now in place for Smith. |
| 9.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Short and on middle, flicked towards square leg for one. |
| 9.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Another single as Smith pushes this fuller one towards mid on. |
| 9.2 : Warner has been given out LBW. He goes for the review after asking Marnus. Let's see what the replays have got to show. Hot Spot and Snicko shows nothing. Ball Tracker time. Umpire's call on hitting the wickets. Warner has to go. |
| 9.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Edgy! Tossed up and around off and middle, Marnus comes out of his crease and looks to push it towards mid on but it goes off the inner half. towards mid on. |
| 10.1 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, Back of a length around off, Marnus defends that one. |
| 10.2 : Good news for the Indians is that Jadeja is back on the field. |
| Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, Length ball around off, tucked straight to square leg. |
| 10.3 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, Length ball around off, defended on the on side by Marnus. |
| 10.4 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, Fullish around middle, Labuscagne flicks but can't beat the fielder at square leg. |
| 10.5 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, Play and a miss! A length ball outside off, Labuschagne loos to drive but connect thin air as the ball misses his outside edge and goes throught to Saha. |
| 10.6 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, Length on middle, played to mid-wicket for nothing. |
| 9.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to David Warner, OUT! LBW! Umpire's call on hitting the wickets. Ashwin has his man early in his spell. Both the Aussie openers dismissed inside the first 10 overs. A tossed up ball around off and middle, Warner gets down and looks to play the sweep but misses to get hit on the pads. Looks pretty good as the Indians appeal. The umpire takes his time and then raises the finger. Warner signals the 'T' after having a word with his partner at the other end. Hot Spot and Snic |
| 11.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, NOT OUT! A decent review from Ashwin then. That looked like it will miss the leg stump by some margin but that wasn't the case. Loopy ball around the pads, Ashwin swings across the line and misses to get hit on the pad. Indians appeal but it is turned down. Ashwin thinks he has his man as he convinces his not so convinced skipper. Replays later roll on and they show that it would've clipped the leg pole. So, had it been given out, Smith would've been on |
| 11.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Floated around off, defended towards silly mid on. |
| 0.0 : India have gone for a review against Smith. Rahane wasn't convinced but Ashwin forces him to go for the review. No bat involved. Ball Tracker coming up. It is taking a bit of time. The Indians though have taken their field already. Looks like it is waste of a review from the Indians. Well, well. It is umpire's call on hitting the wickets. |
| 11.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Around off, hit straight to silly mid on again. |
| 11.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Floated around off, Smith plays that with soft hand sand gets an outside edge wide of first slip. They take a single. |
| 11.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Floated around middle, Marnus flicks this one to Rohit at silly mid on. |
| 11.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Around off, blocked by Labuschagne. |
| 12.1 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Length around off, bounces sharply as Smith plays it down towards gully. His one hand came off the bat as he played the shot. |
| 12.2 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Fulish around middle, Smith defends this off the front foot. |
| 12.3 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Around off, Smith blocks this one towards the bowler. |
| 12.4 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Slightly short around off, Smith looks to pull but misses and gets hit on the thigh pad. The ball lobs towards gully. |
| 12.5 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Around off, Smith flicks it to square leg. No ball called as Saini has overstepped here. |
| Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Fullish around off, Smith is solid in his defense. |
| 12.6 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Good over this by Saini. A length on middle, Smith flicks it towards mid-wicket for nothing. |
| DRINKS! A good hour after Tea for both the teams. Australia have managed to add 41 runs to their total and have their two main batters playing. India, meanwhile have done well to take two crucial wickets of Pucovski and Warner. They would be hoping to get these two out as early as possible. Interesting final phase coming up. |
| 13.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR! Full toss down the pads and Labuschagne is not going to miss out. He slams it through square leg for a boundary. A gift from Ashwin. |
| 13.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, tossed up and around off, pushed towards the off side. |
| 13.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Turning in froma around off, nuddhed around the corner for one. |
| 13.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Another one that lands in around off, it turns in as Smith flicks it wide of leg gully. Single taken. |
| 13.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Full and around off, kept out. |
| 13.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Poor ball to end the over. Short and wide, Labuschagne goes back and punches it through covers. They take three. 9 off the over and 50 is up for the Aussies. The lead now reads 144. |
| 14.1 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, Good length and around off, kept out. |
| 14.2 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, Edgy! Good stop at gully from skipper though. Short and wide outside off, Labuschagne looks to punch but it goes off the outer half. It goes to the left of Rahane at gully who dives to catch but it falls short. |
| 14.3 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, Edgy again! Good from Saini so far in this over too. A fuller ball just outside off, Labuschagne looks to drive but the ball takes the outside edge. It goes wide of Rahane this time and they take one. |
| 14.4 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Full and on middle, flicked wide of mid on by Smith. A single taken. |
| 14.5 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR! Put away! Short ball on middle, Labuschagne rocks back and pulls it hard through square leg for a boundary. |
| 14.6 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, Short and wide again, punched to deep point for one. |
| 15.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Fuller and on middle, pushed wide of mid on for one. |
| 15.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Tossed up and around middle, pushed through mid on for one. |
| 15.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, A muted appeal but turned down. No review from the Indians this time. Tossed up and just outside off, spins in and beats the front foot defense of Labuschagne. He is hit on the back pad. Looks like there is an inside edge. Not sure. Ashwin and Rahane have a chat but this time they are not going for the DRS. |
| 15.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Flatter and around off, kept out. |
| 15.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Labuschagne comes down the track. Ashwin drags the length back. Labuschagne does well to work it on the leg side for a run. |
| 15.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Looped up on middle, pushed back to the bowler. |
| 16.1 : Jasprit Bumrah is back on. |
| Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Fuller length around off, Marnus defends this one towards mid-wicket. |
| 16.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Length ball around off, again pushed towards mid-wicket. |
| 16.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Bowls a length outside off, Labushagne punches it straight to covers. |
| 16.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR! Nicely done! On middle and leg, Labuschagne flicks this one through the deep square leg area for his 5th boundary of the innings. |
| 16.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Fuller around off, driven straight towards point. |
| 16.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Length on middle, Marnus tucks but finds square leg. |
| 17.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Floated around off, Smith pushes this on towards deep mid-wicket for a run. |
| 17.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Floated around off, Marnus sweeps but finds backward square leg. |
| 17.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Around off, blocked by Marnus. |
| 17.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Flatter around middle, tucked towards deep mid-wicket for another run. |
| 17.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, FOUR! More intent from Smith. He is not letting Ashwin settle here. Ashwin tosses it up and Smith accepts the invite. Doesn't quite get to the pitch but goes through with the shot. It goes high in the air but beyond the reach of the fieler inside the ring. A boundary. |
| 17.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, On middle, pushed to the right of the bowler. Ashwin looks to field but Labuschagne is in the way. Ashwin cannot get down and stop. A single taken. |
| 18.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Full ball around middle, Smith plays it towards mid-wicket. |
| 18.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Similar ball around middle, Smith is solid in his front foot defense. |
| 18.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Length around middle, Smith tucks it away on the leg side for nothing. |
| 18.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Full and around off, driven to mid off. |
| 18.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Full and on the pads, flicked wide of the man at fine leg for a brace. |
| 18.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Good length and around middle, tucked towards mid on. |
| 19.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Floated outside off, pushed towards the cover region for one. |
| 19.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Lands on middle and turns in, pushed towards mid off of the back foot. |
| 19.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Tossed up and on middle, flicked well but straight to mid-wicket. |
| 19.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, On off, kept out by Smith. |
| 19.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Short and wide outside off, Smith punches it through the covers. Rohit gives it a chase and keeps it down to three. They check with the third umpire. It is a clean stop. |
| 19.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Slower through the air and around middle, worked towards square leg for nothing. |
| 20.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Length and around off, keeps a little low. Smith does well to defend. |
| 0.0 : We are hearing that Jadeja is off the field. In fact, he has gone for the scan. |
| 20.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Around middle on a length, kept out. |
| 20.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Landed on a length and on middle, clipped towards mid-wicket. |
| 20.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Another length ball around off, Smith defends. |
| 20.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, FOUR! Drilled through the covers. Lovely shot. Full and outside off, Smith hits it hard through the covers for a boundary. Slightly wide from Bumrah and Smith pounced on it. |
| 20.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Around off, kept out. |
| Mohammed Siraj is back on. 4-1-11-1 from him so far. Can he break this good-looking stand? |
| 21.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Fullish around off, driven nicely bt straight to covers. The fielder there dives to his left and stops a certain boundary. |
| 21.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Length on middle, clipped towards deep square leg for a run. |
| 21.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, Fullish on off, Smith drives it straight down the ground. Ashwin from mid on runs to his left and stops the ball. |
| 21.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, Length around middle, clipped towards fine leg for another single. |
| 21.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, On middle, Marnus defends that one solidly. |
| 21.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, On a length around middle, Marnus drives it straight and Ashwin again does well to stop the ball. |
| 22.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Full and around off, Smith covers the line and defends it towards mid on. |
| 22.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Lovely ball from Bumrah. A length ball outside off, straightens after pitching. Smith looks to defend but gets beaten as the ball goes through. Smith acknowledges the ball here. |
| 22.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Fuller length around middle, Smith punches it straight to mid on. |
| 22.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Again on the stumps, kept low but Smith is watchful and blocks this out. |
| 22.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Fuller on middle, clipped to mid-wicket. The ball kept low on this occasion too. |
| 22.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Again a fuller length on middle, Smith blocks this out. |
| 23.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Beaten! a length ball outside off, Labuschagne looks to poke but the ball gets past his outside edge through to Saha. |
| 23.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Fuller ball around off, Marnus drives it straight where Siraj does well to dive to his left and stop the ball. |
| 23.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Full and around off, poked towards point. |
| 23.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Fuller on middle, Marnus flicks this one through the gap at mid-wicket and comes back for three. Ashwin runs and chases the ball but still gives three more. 50 partnership up between these two. |
| 23.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, Length around off, shoots up after pitching. Smith is hurried there but defends this one on the off side. |
| 23.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, Fuller and around off, flicked towards mid-wicket. |
| 24.1 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, Length around off, defended towards covers. |
| 0.0 : Navdeep Saini is back again. 4-1-15-0 are his numbers so far. |
| 24.2 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, Fuller on middle, flicked by Labuschagne towards deep square for a run. |
| 24.3 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Fuller around off, Smith plays it down towards mid off. |
| 24.4 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Around off pole, Smith covers the line plays it back to the bowler. |
| 24.5 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Similar ball on off, played towards mid off. |
| 24.6 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, FOUR! SHOT! Fuller and around off, Smith lean on and creams this one through the covers for a boundary. To make things worse, it's a No ball as Saini has overstepped. |
| Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Good length and around off, pushed towards point. |
| 25.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Fuller on middle, flicked towards deep square for a run. |
| 25.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, Fuller around off, pushed straight to covers. No ball called as Siraj oversteps here. |
| Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, Length around off, pushed towards point for nothing. |
| 25.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, On a length on middle, flicked straight to backward square leg. |
| 25.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, On off, Smith just defends this one on the off side. |
| 25.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, Fuller again on the off stump, Smith drives it towards covers |
| 25.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, A length on middle, flicked towards deep square leg for a brace. The fielder at square leg dived to stop that one but failed to do so and they take a couple. |
| 26.1 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, Angled in from around off, Marnus looks to pull but he is early in the shot. It keeps low as well and hits him on the body. |
| 0.0 : Nathan Lyon is sitting with his pads on. Indication that if the Aussies lose a wicket here, he will be the man who will walk out to bat. |
| 26.2 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, Good length and just outside off, punched towards cover. |
| 26.3 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, Full and around off, Marnus digs it out towards the right of Gill at covers. He fumbles and gives away a single. |
| 26.4 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Shortish and on middle, kept out. |
| 26.5 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Fuller and around middle, pushed to mid on. |
| 26.6 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, In the channel outside off, left alone. |
| 27.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Length on middle, flicked towards mid-wicket. |
| 27.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Length around off, Marnus defends this one out. |
| 27.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Fuller and around off, pushed towards the bowler. |
| 27.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Length on middle, Marnus plays it towards silly mid on. |
| 27.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Around middle, pushed towards square leg for nothing. |
| 27.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, A solid defense from Labuschagne to a length on middle to finish the over. |
| 28.1 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Bowls a fullish ball down the leg, Smith misses his flick and the ball goes through to Saha. |
| 28.2 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, On middle, Smith defends this one towards mid-wicket. |
| 28.3 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Shortish outside off, Smith punches it through to deep point and takes a run. |
| 28.4 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, Around off, Marnus blocks this out. |
| 28.5 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR! SHOT! Fuller ball on middle, Labuschagne flicks this one through the mid-wicket area and finds a boundary. 100 up for Australia with that shot. |
| 28.6 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, Fuller ball on middle, pushes wide of mid-wicket and takes a run. With that it's STUMPS ON DAY 3. |
| The Aussie bowlers were superb with the ball. It was Cummins who gave them the breakthrough and ended with a 4-fer, picking the last man as well. Cummins, Starc and Hazlewood tested the Indians with sharp bouncers and gave them a few bruises too. Jadeja got hit on his thumb and had to go for the scans during the final session. Overall, it was an excellent bowling performance from the Aussies. |
| Right! That ends the moving day and you can say it has moved well and truly, in Australia's direction. A lead of 197, 8 wickets in the bag and two entire day's play left. You would assume the Aussies have their noses well ahead in this game now. Can India bounce back on Day 4? Or will Australia be able to strengthen their position further in the game? We will find out all these on Day 4. The action will begin on Sunday, 10th January 2021 at 1000 local (2300 GMT, PREVIOUS DAY). Join us for the sa |
| An excellent session for the Aussies. They take the honours of winning the day with superb performance throughout the day. While they have lost two wickets in this session, Labuschagne and Smith have stretched the lead close to 200 already. |
| Earlier in the day, the Aussie bowlers tied the Indian overnight batters in the first session. Rahane eventually fell but Pant along with Pujara added 50-plus, with both the batters showing some intent in the middle. However, once Pant was dismissed, it was the case of one following the others. Their three batters were run out and that didn't help their cause one bit. Jadeja hit a few boundaries before Siraj was dismissed, with Australia getting a 94 run lead. |
| After that, the Indians bowled well to get rid of the two Aussie openers for a low score but Labuschagne and Smith were in the thick of things again and did exceptionally well to add 50-plus. They didn't let the Indians control things as they scored briskly and kept the scoreboard ticking. They both are unbeaten and have taken Australia towards a very good lead already. |
| Cheteshwar Pujara is caught for a quick chat. He says the plan was to build a partnership today and carry on from there, but they lost a couple of wickets that dented them. Also praises Australian bowlers for bowling good lines and lengths. But reckons one needs to spend a long time at the crease and then scoring can become easy. Adds that it does look like a flat wicket but it isn't that easy to score runs. Also says losing Jadeja is a big loss for them, but is hopeful he will be fit for Day 4. |
| ... DAY 4, SESSION 1 ... |
| The moving day of the 3rd Test between India and Australia at the iconic SCG belonged to the hosts. First they decimated India for 244 runs, taking a lead of 94 runs in the process. |
| The lead is close to 200 runs and with 8 wickets still, at their disposal, Australia would look to play the attacking game. The question is how many more will Australia add? What score will they feel safe for declaration? For India, wickets are must and they would need that quickly in the morning session. How will the game pan out? We will find out as the session unfolds shortly. |
| For India, it was all but poor batting, in their first essay, which made them play the catching game for the rest of the day. Only Pujara and Gill managed to get to their 50s and some lower-order hitting by Jadeja ensured that India concedes a lead of less than a hundred. It was Pat Cummins, who rocked India constantly. He finished with a 4-fer and the rest of the bowling unit supported him well. |
| Coming out to bat for the second time, the hosts though lost a couple of quick wickets, as both their openers were sent packing. Once again the master and his disciple were at work as they added a 68-run stand to see off a successful day for Australia. |
| Pitch Report - Glenn McGrath says that the pitch has lot of footmarks and the tinge of green has disappeared. Reckons that it's a good batting pitch, but there is a spot in the pitch where the variable bounce comes into the picture, where the Aussie bowlers bowled consistently. |
| INJURY UPDATE - Ravindra Jadeja has been ruled out of the remainder of this Test as well as the series as he has a fractured and dislocated left thumb. Rishabh Pant's injury is not that serious so will he come out to keep wickets? No, Wriddhiman Saha will keep wickets but Pant would be available to bat. |
| 29.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Bumrah starts with a length ball on off, Labuschagne clips it to mid on first up. |
| 28.6 : We are all set to begin the action on Day 4. The two unbeaten batsmen for Australia, Steven Smith and Marnus Labuschagne walk in to resume their innings. The Indian players too are out on the field and ready to go. Jasprit Bumrah to start the Day 4 for India. |
| 29.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, DROPPED! A chance goes abegging! India needed that desparetely and the fielder there drops a sitter there. Length and on middle, Labuschagne clips it uppishly towards square leg where Vihari goes for the catch but spills it in the end. A single taken. |
| 29.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Length and around off, Smith blocks it out off the back foot. |
| 29.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Another length ball on off, Smith blocks it to short mid-wicket this time. |
| 29.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Another good length ball on off, Smith pushes it to the off side. |
| 29.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, A single to end the over! Good length on the pads, Smith clips it through square leg and gets a single. |
| Who will bowl from the other end? Mohammad Siraj it will be to start from the other end on Day 4. |
| 30.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, Length and on off, Smith is solid as he blocks it to the off side. |
| 30.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, Good length and down leg, Smith makes a leave this time. |
| 30.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, Full on middle, Smith pushes it off the back foot towards mid-wicket. |
| 30.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, Length and on the pads, Smith helps it on its way to fine leg for a single. AUSTRALIA LEAD BY 200 RUNS! |
| 30.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Good length and around middle, Labuschagne clips it towards square leg where the fielder puts in a dive to field it. |
| 30.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Back of good length on off, solidly defended off the back foot towards mid on. |
| 31.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Length and on off, Smith pushes it to the off side. |
| 31.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Length and on off, Smith turns it to the leg side off the back foot this time. |
| 31.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Another length delivery on the pads, Smith flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| 31.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Short of good length on off, Smith plays it to mid on off the back foot. |
| 31.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Slightly fuller and on off, Smith pushes it to short cover this time. |
| 31.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Length and on the pads, Smith flicks it to the man at square leg. |
| 32.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Another good length ball on the pads, Marnus clips it to the man at square leg this time but all along the carpet. |
| 32.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Length and on middle, pushed to mid on by Labuschagne. |
| 32.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, A big appeal there but nothing from the umpire. Length and on middle and leg, Labuschagne looks to clip it to the leg side but is beaten. The ball raps him on the pads and there is an appeal from the bowler but nothing from the umpire. Maybe going down leg as well height might be an issue there. |
| 32.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Length and on off, blocked off the back foot this time. The ball kept a bit low there. |
| 32.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Length and on off, punched off the back foot towards covers. |
| 32.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Length on the pads, clipped towards the leg side for a single. |
| 33.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Length and around the stump line, Labuschagne pushes it to mid on. |
| 33.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, BEATEN! Beautiful line for Bumrah! Nervy moment for Labuschagne on 49. Length and just outside off, Marnus looks to have a poke at it but is beaten on the outside edge. |
| 33.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, There comes the 50 for Marnus Labuschagne! His 10th in the format! Full and on off, Marnus drives it through mid on where the fielder fumbles to allow the batsmen to cross ends and help Labuschagne get to his milestone. |
| 33.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Length and on the pads, clipped to the leg side by Smith. |
| 33.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Good length and on the pads, Smith clips it to square leg where Vihari fields it. |
| 33.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, On off, Smith blocks it out solidly to the off side. |
| 34.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Fullish around off, Marnus pushes this one towards covers and sets off for a run, but returns after Smith says a loud 'NO'. |
| 34.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Beaten! Lovely ball from Siraj. A length ball outside off, shapes away after pitching. Labuschagne goes for the poke but gets beaten on that as the ball goes through to Saha. |
| 34.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Length around off, Labuschagne pushes this one on the off side. |
| 34.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Around middle, tucked away behind square on the leg side for a run |
| 34.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, Fuller around off, Smith fends it back to the bowler. |
| 34.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, Similar ball around off, Smith covers the line and blocks this towards the bowler. |
| 35.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Fuller around middle, Labuschagne flicks this one towards mid-wicket. |
| 35.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Fuller this time around off, Marnus plays it towards the fielder at covers. |
| 35.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Around off, Labuschagne defends this one on the off side. |
| 35.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Length ball on middle, Marnus blocks this one towards Bumrah. |
| 35.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Length ball around middle, played towards mid on. |
| 35.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Good over by Bumrah this. A length ball around off, Marnus is solid in his front foot defense. |
| 36.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, Back of a length around middle, flicked to the square leg. |
| 36.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, Length around off, Smith blocks this one towards mid-wicket. |
| 36.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, Good running. A shortish ball outside off, Smith pushes it softly towards covers and goes for a quick run. The fielder has a shy at non striker's end but misses and Smith is well in. |
| 36.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR! LOVELY SHOT! It just gets easy to hit down the ground! Fuller and around off, Labuschagne stays still as he drives it through mid off. The bowler there tries to stop by going to his left but fails to do so as the ball goes onto meet the fence at long off. Excellent timing on that one. |
| 36.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Back of a length around off, Labuschagne defends this on the on side. |
| 36.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Short ball to finish the over. Shortish outside off, Labuschagne initially looks to play but later sways away from it. Good change up this by Siraj. |
| 37.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Tossed up on the pads, clipped towards square leg for a single. |
| 37.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Another floated one on middle Labuschagne pushes it to mid on. |
| 0.0 : Ravichandran Ashwin to bowl now. 6-0-28-1 for him so far. |
| 37.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Now he pushes this tossed up ball on middle, Marnus clips it to mid-wicket. |
| 37.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, An appeal for LBW turned down! Tossed up around off, Labuschagne goes for the paddle sweep but misses it to get rapped on the pads, An appeal follows from Ashwin but nothing from the umpire. |
| 37.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Floated on leg, clipped to the leg side. |
| 37.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Tossed up on off, Labuschagne looks to defend it out but the ball goes off his outside edge and towards third man for a couple of runs. |
| 38.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, Fuller around off, driven straight to mid on. |
| 38.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, Length ball around off, Smith pushes this one towards covers. |
| 38.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, Fuller on middle, Smith flicks this one to deep mid-wicket and exchanges ends. |
| 38.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Back of a length around off, tucked away towards square leg. |
| 38.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Length around middle, Labuschagne shuffles and tucks this towards fine leg for a run. |
| 38.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, Shortish but down the leg side, Smith sways away and lets it go through. |
| 39.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Tossed up on middle and leg, Smith clips it to short mid-wicket. Was in the air for sometime there. |
| 39.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Flatter around middle, clipped through mid-wicket for a single by Labuschagne. |
| 39.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Fuller and on off, driven to short mid on. |
| 39.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Tosed up on the pads, Smith turns it to the leg side for a single. |
| 39.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR! Nicely driven! Tossed up and around off, Labuschagne uses his feet as he gets to the pitch of the ball and then lofts it uppishly towards long off for a boundary. |
| 39.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Floated on off, Marnus is solid on the front foot as he blocks it out with a straight bat. |
| 40.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, Back of a length around off, Smith hops and fends it towards covers. |
| 40.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, Fuller this time on middle and leg, Smith shuffles and flicks it to square leg. Vihari there dives to his left and stops the ball. |
| 40.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, Length on middle, played down to mid on. |
| 40.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, Short now on middle and leg, Smith sways away and ducks under it. |
| 40.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, Short on middle, Smith goes for the pull, but keeps it down towards fine leg and takes a run. |
| 40.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Length ball on off, Labuschagne defends it back to Siraj. Lead is now 220. |
| 41.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Tossed up ball on off, Smith uses his feet and plays it to short mid on. |
| 41.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Flatter on off, Smith punches it to the off side this time. |
| 41.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Tossed up on the pads, Smith clips it to mid-wicket. Smith has started to use his feet there. |
| 41.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Floated on middle, Smith turns it to the leg side. |
| 41.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Fuller on off, Smith keeps it out right under his eyes there. |
| 41.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Flatter and turning into middle and leg, Smith helps it to the leg side for nothing. |
| 42.1 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, Length and on off, Labuschagne pushes it off the outer half of the bat towards gully for a single. |
| 41.6 : Navdeep Saini to bowl now. His numbers are 7-1-28-0 so far. |
| 42.2 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Back of a length on off, Smith stands tall and bunts it out. |
| 42.3 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Another back of a length ball on off, Smith is solid on the back foot as he dead bats it onto the pitch. |
| 42.4 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, A play and a miss! Length and outside off, Smith tries to force it through the off side without any footwork but is beaten on the inside edge there. |
| 42.5 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Length and on the pads, Smith flicks it to the leg side this time. |
| 42.6 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Length and on the pads, Smith clips it to mid-wicket. |
| 43.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Tossed up on off, Marnus plays it from within the crease. |
| 43.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Flatter on off, pushed to covers. |
| 43.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Floated on middle, Labuschagne sweeps it through square leg for a single. |
| 43.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, On the pads, Smith clips it to short fine leg. |
| 43.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, On off, kept out. |
| 43.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Floated on off, pushed to short leg this time. |
| 44.1 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, Length around of, pushed on the leg side by Marnus. |
| 44.2 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, Three taken. A shortish ball outside off, Labuschagne drives this on the up through the cover point area. Agarwal the substitute chases the ball and pulls it back in time. |
| 44.3 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Length around off, Smith plays it towards cover. |
| 44.4 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, On a length around off, Smith guides this one to point for nothing. |
| 44.5 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Fuller this time around off, Smith blocks this one towards covers solidly. |
| 44.6 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Fuller length just outside off, Smith prods forward and blocks it back to the bowler. |
| 45.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Tossed up on the pads, Labuschagne clips it to short fine leg. |
| 45.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, On off, pushed to the bowler. |
| 45.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR! Innovative shot! 100-run stand is up between the two, Ashwin floats one on off, Labuschagne brings out the reverse sweep and gets a boundary at third man. |
| 45.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, On off, pushed through the off side for a single this time. |
| 45.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Floated on the pads, clpped through mid-wicket for a couple of runs. |
| 45.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Floated on off, pushed back to the bowler. |
| 46.1 : Navdeep Saini to Marnus Labuschagne, OUT! CAUGHT! Taken down the leg side! The substitute keeper Saha takes a sensational take! A crucial stand is broken. Bowls a fast one on a length on leg, Labuschagne as he does so well looks to help it on its way to the leg side but the extra bit of bounce there means the ball goes off the edge and towards the left of the keeper. Saha, the substitute keeper dives full length to that side to pouch it. Can India capitalise on this opening? |
| 0.0 : Matthew Wade is the new man in. |
| 46.2 : Navdeep Saini to Matthew Wade, Full on middle, Wade clips it to square leg. |
| 46.3 : Navdeep Saini to Matthew Wade, Full on off, Wade drives it off the front foot towards mid off. |
| 46.4 : Navdeep Saini to Matthew Wade, FOUR! Elegantly done! Full and straight outside off, Wade comes on the front foot and then drives it through mid off for a boundary. He gets off the mark there. |
| 46.5 : Navdeep Saini to Matthew Wade, Length and outside off, Wade makes a leave there. |
| 46.6 : Navdeep Saini to Matthew Wade, Length and angled into the pads, Wade somehow manages to fend it to the leg side. A successful over for India and Saini. |
| 47.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Tossed up on off, Smith plays it with soft hands towards point for a quick single. |
| 47.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Matthew Wade, Tossed up on off, Wade punches it off the back foot towards covers. |
| 47.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Matthew Wade, Another tossed up ball on off, Wade pushes it to covers. |
| 47.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Matthew Wade, Outside off, left alone. |
| 47.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Matthew Wade, Another ball outside off, Wade does not offer a shot to it. |
| 47.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Matthew Wade, Floated on off, Wade brings out the front foot defensive stroke there. |
| 48.1 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Length and on off, pushed to covers. |
| 48.2 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Back of a length on off, tapped to point by Smith. |
| 48.3 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, FOUR! Handsomely done! Length and outside off, Smith watches the ball and then creams the drive through cover-point to fetch a boundary. |
| 48.4 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Back of a length on off, pushed to the bowler off the back foot. |
| 48.5 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Fuller and on off, Smith clips it through mid-wicket and gets a single. |
| 48.6 : Navdeep Saini to Matthew Wade, OUT! CAUGHT! EDGED AND GONE! Wade's poor run continues as Saini has his second of the innings. Beautifully bowled there by Navdeep Saini. bowls a length ball and gets it rear up a bit around off, Wade looks to defend it off the back foot but ends up getting a thick outside edge which is pouched safely by the substitute keeper, Saha. |
| 49.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Good length and on off, Smith defends it out off the front foot this time. |
| 49.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Length and on off, pushed to the on side by Smith. |
| 49.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, FOUR! Crunched! No matter what happens on the other end Smith will continue what he does the best, score runs. Full and on off, Smith leans in to the drive and creams it through covers for a boundary. |
| 49.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, On a length and on off, Smith pushes it to mid on. |
| 49.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, On a length and on off, Smith plays it to mid on once again. |
| 49.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, On a length and on off, blocked off the crease to the off side by Smith. |
| 0.0 : Who will come out now to bat? Cameron Green comes in at number 6. Bumrah is back into the attack as he replaces Ashwin from this end. |
| 50.1 : Navdeep Saini to Cameron Green, Length and on middle, Green looks to clip it to the leg side but the ball goes of the leading edge towards covers. Lucky for him it goes along the ground. |
| 50.2 : Navdeep Saini to Cameron Green, Good length and on off, kept out to the off side by Green. |
| 50.3 : Navdeep Saini to Cameron Green, Length and outside off, left alone by Cameron Green. |
| 0.0 : DRINKS! The duo of Smith and Labuschagne continued on their merry ways. The latter completed his 10th half ton, but was soon out to Saini caught down the leg. An interesting battle between Ashwin and Wade is on the cards in the next hour and so. |
| 50.4 : Navdeep Saini to Cameron Green, Off the mark is Green! Length and angled into middle, Green clips it through square leg for a single. |
| 50.5 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, On a length and on off, Smith plays it to mid-wicket. |
| 50.6 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, A short of good length on off, a sharp rise there a Smith is surprised there. In the end, he does well to fend it onto the pitch there. |
| 51.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Cameron Green, In the channel outside off, left alone by Green. |
| 51.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Cameron Green, BEATEN! Beautiful delivery by Bumrah. A length ball around off, straightens after pitching and goes through to the keeper beating the outside edge of Green. |
| 51.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Cameron Green, Fuller around middle, blocked solidly by Green. |
| 51.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Cameron Green, Length around off, Green prods forward and plays it towars mid on. |
| 51.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Cameron Green, FOUR! EDGY! A fuller length around off, Green looks to play it on the leg side, but gets an outside which goes to the left of Pujara at wide first slip towards the third man fence. The pitch has started doing its trick here. AUSTRALIA LEAD BY 251 RUNS! |
| 51.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Cameron Green, Length ball around off, pushed towards point for nothing. |
| 52.1 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, FIFTY FOR STEVEN SMITH. A short ball around off, Smith pulls this one through square leg and collect a run. 2nd fiffty for Smith in the match and he would like to continue. |
| 52.2 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Length and on the pads, Smith clips it to fine leg for a single. He moves to 49 with that. |
| 52.3 : Navdeep Saini to Cameron Green, Length and on off, played to point where the fielder cuts it off. |
| 52.4 : Navdeep Saini to Cameron Green, Length and on off, Green defends it off the inner half of the bat towards square leg. |
| 52.5 : Navdeep Saini to Cameron Green, Short of good length and on off, Green stands tall and fends it back to the bowler. |
| 52.6 : Navdeep Saini to Cameron Green, FOUR! Beautifully driven! Full and around off, Green comes on the front foot and then drives it through mid off as the ball beats the fielder there to go to the long off boundary. |
| 53.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, FIFTY For Steve Smith. His second of the match. He is back in his original form and how. A shortish ball around off, pulled through towards deep square leg for a run. He would like to continue the same way and convert it into another ton. The longer he bats the more Australia extend the lead. |
| 53.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Cameron Green, Fuller length around off, blocked on the off side by Green. |
| 53.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Cameron Green, Overthrows! Length and on off, Green pushes it to mid off and takes off for a run, Smith sends him back as the fielder has a shy at the keeper's end. He misses it and the ball goes to fine leg. The batsmen take a single in the end. |
| 53.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Short on middle, Smith pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 53.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Cameron Green, On off, Smith keeps it out. |
| 53.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Cameron Green, On a length on off, Smith defends it to the side of the pitch on the leg side. |
| 54.1 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Length around off, Smith fends this out. |
| 54.2 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Back of a length on middle, Smith pushes it back to Saini. |
| 54.3 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Length ball around off, Smith plays it back to the bowler. |
| 54.4 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Length around off, Smith defends this one towards mid off. |
| 54.5 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, A length ball coming in around off, Smith covers the line and blocks it back to the bowler. |
| 54.6 : Navdeep Saini to Steven Smith, Length ball around middle, tucked towards mid-wicket for nothing. |
| 55.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Floated on off, Green keep it out right under his eyes. |
| 55.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, On off, kept out to the bowler. |
| 0.0 : Ravichandran Ashwin is back on. 12-1-46-1 from him so far. |
| 55.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Fuller on off, pushed to the bowler. |
| 55.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Tossed up on middle, Green does well to push it down to the bowler. |
| 55.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Coming from round the wicket to Green. Tossed this one up on off, Green is solid in defense. |
| 55.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Floated on middle and leg, clipped towards the leg side for a single by Green. |
| 56.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, Length and on off, Green plays it to straightish mid on this time. |
| 56.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, On a length on off, Green pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 56.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, Short of good length but not short enough to pull. Green still goes with it and takes the blow onto his body. |
| 56.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, Fuller and on off, Green defends it out to the leg side. |
| 55.6 :  Mohammad Siraj replaces Navdeep Saini from this end. 14-2-31-1 are his numbers so far. |
| 56.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, On a good length on off, Green gets on top of the bounce and pushes it to the off side. |
| 56.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, Green is standing way outside his crease to negotiate the extra zip there. Length and on off, Green plays it to mid on to see off the over from Siraj. |
| 57.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Tossed up on off, clipped to short fine leg. |
| 57.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Tossed up on middle and leg, clipped past short leg and towards mid-wicket. |
| 57.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Another loopy ball on middle, Smith flicks it to mid on. |
| 57.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, On off, Smith keeps his bat and pad together as he defends it out. |
| 57.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Flatter and on off, Smith rocks back and manages to punch it back to the bowler. |
| 57.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Flighted on the pads, Smith clips it towards fine leg and gets a brace this time. AUSTRALIA LEAD BY 262 RUNS! |
| 58.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, Back of a length around off, defended towards mid-wicket. |
| 58.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, On a length around off, played back to the bowler by Green. |
| 58.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, Fuller around off, Green prods forward and drives it towards mid off. |
| 58.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, Length on middle, Green pushes this past silly mid on and takes off for a run but returns as his partner says 'NO'. |
| 58.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, Length around middle, Green clips this through deep square leg and comes back for a brace. |
| 58.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, Length ball outside off, Green pushes and hits it straight to gully. |
| 59.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Carrom ball outside leg, clipped on the leg side for a run. |
| 59.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Fuller this time around off, driven straight back to Ashwin. |
| 59.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Floated around middle, Grren comes down the track and defends this one back to Ashwin. |
| 59.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Fuller and outside off, Green drives it to covers for a single. |
| 59.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, GREEN IS SAFELY IN! Floated on middle, Smith whips it towards mid-wicket and gets a brace as the fielder throws the ball to the bowler there. Ashwin whips the bails off and asks the question as the umpire takes it upstairs. Replays come in and Green is safe there as he makes his ground. |
| 59.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, On leg, Smith helps it to short fine leg for a dot. |
| 59.4 : Run out check sent upstairs! Green looks ok as he gets in time inside the crease. |
| 60.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, Length around off, blocked solidly on the off side by Green. |
| 60.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, Fullish ball outside off, driven straight to mid off. |
| 60.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, Good length around middle and off, Green blocks this out on the off side. |
| 60.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, Back of a length around off, Green stands tall and hits it back to the bowler. |
| 60.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, On middle, Green tucks this one towards short mid-wicket. |
| 60.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, Length around off, played down to mid on for nothing. Good over this by Siraj. |
| 61.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Fuller on off, Smith pushes it to mid on. |
| 61.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Tossed up on middle and leg, Smith tucks it to fine leg and scampers for a single. |
| 61.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, On off, blocked by Green. |
| 61.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Another tossed up ball on off, Green is happy to keep it out. |
| 61.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Floated on leg, Green helps it on its way to the fine leg region for a single. |
| 61.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Fuller on middle and leg, pushed back to the bowler there by Smith. |
| 62.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, Bowls a fullish ball on middle, Green drives it straight to mid on. |
| 62.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, Length around middle, flicked towards the fielder at mid-wicket. |
| 62.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, FOUR! Nicely driven. A fullish ball around off, Green lunges forward and drives this past mid off for a boundary. Excellent shot this by Green |
| 62.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, Fuller length around off, Green prods forward and defends this one towards mid off. |
| 62.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, That was close. A fuller length ball around middle and leg, Green looks to flick but misses and gets hit on the pads. Loud appeal from the bowler but nothing from the umpire. Rahane is not interested in taking the review and rightly so as replays show there was some bat there. A good ball this from Siraj. |
| 62.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, Length ball around off, Green drives this one towards covers and thinks for a run but returns back. Vihari there has a shy at the striker's end but hits Green there and immediately apologizes. |
| 63.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Flatter and going down leg, Smith looks to pull it but misses it. Good take there by Saha. |
| 63.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Flatter outside off, Smith slaps it through covers for a single. |
| 63.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, On off, kept out off the back foot by Green. |
| 63.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Floated on middle and leg, clipped to short fine leg. |
| 63.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Tossed up outside off, Green blocks it from within the crease. |
| 63.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Full on leg, Green clips it through mid-wicket and gets a single. THAT WILL BE LUNCH ON DAY 4! AUSTRALIA LEAD BY 276 RUNS! |
| Yet another session belongs to Australia in this Test. They have been relentless with the bat as well as the ball though out the 4 days of this Test. India slowing getting out of this Test here. |
| The session began with Smith and his disciple Labuschagne milking runs at will. The latter though was given a life early on in the session and he capitalised by getting to his 10th half ton as well as bringing up another 100-run stand with Smith. Though just when it felt that Labuschagne will continue to get to his three-figure mark he departed edging one behind. Wade as usual was not at his best as he too departed quickly. The highlight was once again Steven Smith. The batting maestro once agai |
| India's bowling was toothless barring a few good overs from Saini where he managed to break the 100-run stand between Smith and Labuschagne by scalping the latter. He further went onto take the wicket of Wade to keep India in the hunt. Ashwin has bowled tirelessly but has failed to get any wickets barring that one wicket he had on Day 3. Siraj and Bumrah have not looked threatening at all as both Smith and Green have managed to play them out. Looks to be another long day in the field for them as |
| Right then! The lead for Australia is 276 runs and they are not done yet. How many more will they add? When will India come out to bat? What will be a match winning score from Australia's point of view? All these answers and many more coming on the other side of this lunch break. Do join us for the second session in a while. |
| ... DAY 4, SESSION 2 ... |
| 64.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, Length and on off, pushed to mid on by Green there. |
| 64.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, Good length and around off, Green pushes to the off side for a single. |
| 0.0 : We are all set for the action to start post Lunch. The two Australian batsmen Steven Smith and Cameron Green walk out to the middle. The Indian players too are ready on the field as they take their respective fielding positions. Mohammad Siraj to start the session. 18-4-37-1 for him so far. |
| 64.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, SIX! That's gone the distance! Short and on middle, Smith pulls it fine over fine leg and gets a top edge on it. The ball sails over the fence for a biggie. Looks to be the norm of the session though. |
| 64.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, FOUR! Helped on its way! Full and angled into the pads, Smith flicks it through square leg and gets a boundary now. |
| 64.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, Another fuller one off, clipped towards mid-wicket for a single. |
| 64.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, Full on off, kept out off the front foot by Green. |
| Who will bowl now? Ashwin to bowl from the other end. |
| 65.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Full on leg, pushed to mid on. |
| 65.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, FOUR! On the charge here! Tossed up on middle, Swith sweeps it towards deep square leg and gets a boundary. 50-run stand comes up between these two. |
| 65.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Floated on leg, clipped to fine leg for a single. |
| 65.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Floated on middle. pushed to the bowler. |
| 65.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Another tossed up ball this time on off, Green pushes it to the off side now. |
| 65.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Tossed up on leg, tucked towards short leg there. |
| 66.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, Length around off, defended solidly towards covers by Smith. |
| 66.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, Length on the pads, clipped thorugh deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 66.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, Length around middle, Green tucks this one towards deep square for another run. |
| 66.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, FOUR! Helped on its way. A fuller ball on the pads, Smith tucks this one fine towards the fine leg boundary. He is now looking to score runs at a good pace. |
| 66.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Steven Smith, Length on middle, flicked towards square leg for a run. The fileder dives and stops the ball but could not prevent the single. Australia now lead by 300 runs. |
| 66.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, Fulller length on middle, Green defends this on towards mid on. |
| 67.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Tossed up on off, Smith comes to the pitch of the ball and then pushes it to covers for a single. |
| 67.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Tossed up on off, pushed back to the bowler by Green. |
| 67.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Flatter on off, punched off the back foot towards covers for a single. |
| 67.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, OUT! LBW! THREE REDS! Just what India wanted and the technology comes to their assistance there. Ashwin bowls a nice tossed up ball around off, gets it to turn a bit towards Smith. Steven there comes on the front foot to defend but the ball spins past him and raps him flush on the pads. Ashwin appeals and there is a shake of head from the umpire. Rahane signals 'T' immediately. Replays roll in. Firstly it is a fair delivery as Hot Spot does not show |
| 67.3 : Review Time! India have taken a LBW review against Steven Smith. It is a fair delivery. Nothing on Hot Spot as Snicko too confirms it. Hawk Eye comes in and it is Three Reds! |
| 67.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Tim Paine, On off, Paine keeps it out off the front foot. |
| 67.4 : Who walks in next? Australian captain Tim Paine is now at the crease. |
| 67.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Tim Paine, Another floated ball on off, Paine watchfully keeps it out once again. A successful over for Ashwin and India there. |
| 68.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, Length ball around middle, Green looks to turn that one on the leg side but misses and gets hit high on the pads. |
| 68.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, Fuller around middle, clipped straight to short mid-wicket. |
| 68.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, Back of a length around middle, turned towards mid-wicket for nothing. |
| 68.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, Shortish around off, Green stands tall and blocks this out. |
| 68.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, Similar ball around off, defended towards covers. |
| 68.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, Length ball around off, comes back in after pitching. Green looks to cut but it hits the inner part and goes towards point. |
| 69.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Tim Paine, Full and on off, Paine pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 69.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Tim Paine, Another fuller one on middle, clipped to mid on. |
| 69.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Tim Paine, Flighted on middle and leg, Paine flicks it to the leg side. |
| 69.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Tim Paine, On middle and leg, Paine keeps it out off the back foot. |
| 69.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Tim Paine, Fuller on leg, flicked through mid-wicket for a couple. |
| 69.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Tim Paine, On off and middle, Paine pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 70.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, Shortish around middle, Green stands tall and blocks it back to the bowler. |
| 70.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, FOUR! Nicely played. A length ball around off, Green plays that with soft hands to the left of the fielder at wide first slip,beats him and the ball races away to the third man fence. The key was that he played with soft hands there. |
| 70.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, Length around off, pushed towards point for quick single. |
| 70.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Tim Paine, Fuller length on middle, Paine prods forward and defends it back to the bowler. |
| 70.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Tim Paine, Length ball around off, Paine punches this one through the covers and comes back for a couple. Vihari from covers chases the ball and returns it back but could not prevent two runs. |
| 70.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Tim Paine, Length on middle, clipped towards mid-wicket where the fielder dives to his right and stops the ball. Good fielding there. |
| 71.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Tossed up on off, kept out towards mid-wicket. |
| 71.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Floated on off, Green skips down a bit and looks to push it out but the ball hits the pad and goes to the off side. |
| 71.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Tossed up on off, Green stays on the back foot as he blocks it out. |
| 71.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Tim Paine, On off, kept out off the front foot. |
| 71.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Tim Paine, Fuller one on middle, Green plays it to wide long on for a single. |
| 71.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Darted on leg, clipped to backward square leg for a single. |
| 72.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Cameron Green, Fuller ball on middle, Green plays it back to Bumrah. |
| 72.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Cameron Green, Play and a miss. A length ball just outside off, Green looks to guide it towards point but the ball straightens and goes past his outside edge through to Saha. Nice ball by Bumrah there. |
| 72.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Cameron Green, Fullish outside off, driven straight to covers. |
| 71.6 : Jasprit Bumrah comes on now. 15-3-40-0 from him so far. |
| 72.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Cameron Green, Length ball around off, Green defends this one on the off side. |
| 72.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Cameron Green, Just short. A back of a length ball around middle, Green looks to work it on the leg side, but gets a leading edge that falls short of the fielder at covers. Vihari dived forward but the ball fell just short of him at covers. |
| 72.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Cameron Green, Length around off, blocked by Green on the leg side. |
| 73.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Tim Paine, Tossed up and following the batsman there, Paine pushes it to mid on. |
| 73.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Tim Paine, Tossed up on middle, nudged towards mid-wicket for a single. |
| 73.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Fuller on off, pushed down the ground to long on for a single. |
| 73.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Tim Paine, Floated on off and middle, Paine clips it towards long on for a single. |
| 73.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Flatter on off, punced towards covers off the back foot. |
| 73.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, FOUR! Green pushing it on! Floated on the pads, Green skips down a bit and then lofts it towards wide long on for a boundary there. |
| 74.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Tim Paine, Length ball on middle, Paine blocks it out off the back foot. |
| 74.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Tim Paine, Another fuller one on off, Paine pushes it to gully and looks for a run but then aborts. |
| 74.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Tim Paine, Edged and past the slips! Length ball outside off, Paine pushes at it only to get a thick outside edge, Rohit at wide slip goes for the catch but fails to hold onto it. The ball goes to third man for a couple. |
| 74.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Tim Paine, Good length and on off, pushed to covers off the back foot. |
| 74.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Tim Paine, FOUR! GLORIOUS! Full and slightly overpitched around off, Paine leans into it and then drives it through covers as the ball races to the fence there. |
| 74.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Tim Paine, FOUR! Consecutive hits! This is delicately played! Length and around off, Paine just pushes at it with soft hands. The ball goes off the outside edge past the gully fielder and into the fence at third man for a boundary. |
| 75.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Floated on leg, Green clips it off the back foot to the leg side. |
| 75.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Flatter outside off, Green cuts it through backward point for a single. |
| 75.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Tim Paine, On off, pushed to silly mid on. |
| 75.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Tim Paine, FOUR! Runs coming thick and fast here for Australia! Full and on off, Paine paddles it fine towards fine leg and the ball goes onto meet the fence at fine leg there. |
| 75.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Tim Paine, FOUR! Paine at his best! Flatter and outside off, Paine rocks onto the back foot and cuts it powerfully through cover-point for a boundary. |
| 75.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Tim Paine, Floated on off, defended off the back foot this time by Paine. |
| 76.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Cameron Green, Play and a miss. A fuller length ball just around off, Green goes for the drive but only connects with thin air as the ball goes past his outside edge. That was so close to the outside edge. |
| 76.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Cameron Green, Fuller again outside off, pushed to the left of the fielder at cover and takes a run does Green. |
| 76.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Tim Paine, Length ball on middle, Paine blocks it back towards Bumrah. |
| 76.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Tim Paine, Back of a length on middle, Paine stands tall and defends this one back to the bowler. |
| 76.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Tim Paine, Around middle and leg, turned towards mid-wicket for nothing. |
| 76.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Tim Paine, Fullish just around off, Paine drives this one nicely but the mid on fielder gets around and stops it. Good over this from Bumrah. |
| 77.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Tossed up outside off, Green makes some room and looks to go over the off side but he gets an underedge that runs past the stumps towards fine leg for a single. |
| 77.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Tim Paine, Tosed up and a bit quicker too as Paine does well to get his bat down in time. |
| 77.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Tim Paine, Floated on leg, Paine goes for the reverse sweep but get it only as far as point. |
| 77.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Tim Paine, On middle and leg, kept out to the leg side. |
| 77.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Tim Paine, Another fuller one on leg, Paine pushes it to mid-wicket. |
| 77.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Tim Paine, FOUR! This time Paine nails it! Floated on leg, Paine goes for the reverse sweep and gets it off the middle of the bat this time. The ball goes uppishlly through gully and into the fence at third man for a boundary. 250 comes up for Australia! |
| Navdeep Saini is back on. 14-2-47-2 from him so far. |
| 78.1 : Navdeep Saini to Cameron Green, Starts off with a back of length around middle, blocked towards mid-wicket by Green. |
| 78.2 : Navdeep Saini to Cameron Green, Length outside off, Green pushes this one towards covers. |
| 78.3 : Navdeep Saini to Cameron Green, Shortish around off, Green guides it towards gully. |
| 78.4 : Navdeep Saini to Cameron Green, FOUR! SHOT! Shotish ball around off, Green rocks back and pulls this one behind square on the leg side for a boundary. AUSTRALIA LEAD BY 350 RUNS! |
| 78.5 : Navdeep Saini to Cameron Green, Length on middle, Green again tucks this one past the fielder at square leg and comes back for a brace. 50 partnership up between these two now. |
| 78.6 : Navdeep Saini to Cameron Green, Fullish around middle, flicked towards mid-wicket for nothing. |
| 79.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Tim Paine, Tossed up outside leg, Paine tries to pat it to the leg side but is beaten there. The keeper too fails to gather it as the batsmen sneak a bye there. |
| 79.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, On leg, tucked to the leg side this time. |
| 79.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, On middle, Green looks to tuck it to the leg side but gets a leading edge towards cover-point for a single. |
| 79.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Tim Paine, On the pads, clipped to mid-wicket. |
| 0.0 : DRINKS! Australia have upped the scoring after the Lunch break as expected. Smith and Green started off well in the first couple of overs. Smith, though was once again out to his nemesis Ashwin for 81 against the run of play. The skipper Paine has joined Green at the crease and the duo have put 50 runs in no time. Australia have increased their lead by 350. Let's see if the declaration is near? |
| 79.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Tim Paine, FOUR! Paine settling in nicely! Ashwin tosses one up on leg, Paine gets inside the line and looks to slog it but gets a glove on it as the ball races past the keeper and into the fence at fine leg for a boundary. |
| 79.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Tim Paine, On middle, clipped to the leg side this time. |
| 80.1 : Navdeep Saini to Cameron Green, Shortish around off, Green cuts this away towards gully. |
| 80.2 : Navdeep Saini to Cameron Green, Length on middle, Green blocks this one out towards mid on. |
| 80.3 : Navdeep Saini to Cameron Green, On a length around off, Green pushes it towards covers and calls his partner for a quick run. |
| 80.4 : Navdeep Saini to Tim Paine, Fullish around middle, flicked off the inner part of the bat towards mid on for nothing. |
| 80.5 : Navdeep Saini to Tim Paine, Back of a length around off, Paine pushes it towards covers, thinks for a run but decides against it. |
| 80.6 : Navdeep Saini to Tim Paine, Similar ball around off, Paine stands tall and blocks this one on the off side. |
| 0.0 : The second new ball is available now. India have not opted for it yet. |
| 81.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, Length ball around off, played back towards Siraj. |
| 0.0 : Mohammad Siraj is back on. 22-5-63-1 so far from him. |
| 81.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, Length ball drifting down the leg side, Paine looks to tuck but gets hit on the pads and the ball races away towards fine leg. They take a couple before the fielder returns the ball back. Leg bye signalled by the umpire. |
| 81.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, Length around middle, Green does well to block it out. |
| 81.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, Length ball on middle, Green tucks this one towards deep mid-wicket for a single. Moves on to 47 now. |
| 81.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Tim Paine, Back of a length around middle, Paine works this towards square leg for a run and gives back the strike to Green. |
| Slight halt in play. Siraj is facing issue with his landing area as the groundsman comes out with the hammer. Taps the surface and it seems we are ready to continue now. |
| 81.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, Shortish around leg, Green looks to tuck but the ball hits the thigh pad goes towards fine leg. They take a leg bye. |
| 82.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Cameron Green, In the channel outside off, left alone by Green. |
| 0.0 : India finally take the second new ball. Jasprit Bumrah too is back on. 18-4-51-0 for him so far. |
| 82.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Cameron Green, BEATEN! Lovely stuff from Bumrah. A length ball outside off, shapes away after pitching. Grren looks to push at it but gets beaten all ends up. That ball kept a little low too. |
| 82.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Cameron Green, Now bowls an inswinger on middle and leg, Green looks to flick but gets hit on the pad. A bit of appeal but the ball was sliding down leg. |
| 82.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Cameron Green, Outside off again on a length, Green lets it go. |
| 82.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Cameron Green, FOUR! Maiden Test Fifty for Cameron Green. A length ball shapes away after pitching, Green looks to play at it with hard hands, but gets an outside edge which flies to the right of Rahane at gully towards the third man boundary. A good knock this by Cameron Green. |
| 82.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Cameron Green, Fuller and down the leg, Green looks to flick but misses and the ball goes through to Saha. |
| 83.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Tim Paine, Length and outside off, Paine watches it and then makes a leave. |
| 83.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Tim Paine, Short of good length outside off, Paine slaps it through cover-point for a single. |
| 83.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, Good length and outside off, Green times his drive sweetly but fails to get it past the fielder at covers. |
| 83.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, SIX! BRUTAL! Length ball on off, Green makes room by coming down the track and then lofts it high and over mid-wicket for a biggie. |
| 83.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, Sensible batting from Green! Takes a single after a biggie as he pushes this length delivery around off to point. |
| 83.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Tim Paine, Length and down the leg side , Paine looks to tuck it fine but fails to do so. The keeper does the rest. |
| 84.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Cameron Green, A bumper outside off, Green ducks under it. |
| 84.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Cameron Green, BEATEN! What a ball. A length ball around off, shapes away a little after pitching. Green looks to drive on the up, but the ball misses the outside edge and goes through to Saha. |
| 84.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Cameron Green, Length down the leg side, Green works it towards deep square for a run. |
| 84.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Tim Paine, Fullish around middle, Paine is solid in his defense. |
| 84.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Tim Paine, Length ball but again down the leg side, Paine looks to tuck that one but misses and the ball goes through to Saha. Bumrah spraying it down the leg too many times here. |
| 84.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Tim Paine, Length around off, pushed towards point for a run to end the over. |
| 85.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Tim Paine, Length and on off, pushed to covers for a single. |
| 85.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, On a length around off, pushed towards point for a single. |
| 85.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Tim Paine, Length outside off, Paine looks to play on the off side, but gets an inside edge towards square leg and they take a run. |
| 85.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, Outside off, Green punches this one towards deep point and comes back for a brace. |
| 85.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, SIX! MASSIVE! A length ball in the slot, Green clears his front leg and slogs this one over the long on boundary for his second maximum of the innings. The intent is clear here from Green and Australia. He has been given the license to go for the kill by his skipper. |
| 85.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Cameron Green, SIX! Consecutive maximums for Green. A fuller length ball around off, Grren again goes for the slog, this time it doesn't come of the middle of the bat but has enough power to clear the ropes at the long on boundary. Declaration coming up soon? Australia now lead by 395 runs. |
| 86.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Tim Paine, Short and wide outside off, Paine punches this one through to deep point for a single. |
| 86.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Cameron Green, Bouncer now on middle and leg, Green sits under it. |
| 85.6 : Slight delay in play. There seems to be an issue near the boundary ropes as the umpires Paul Reiffel and Paul Wilson walk to look what the issue is. Maybe the behaviour of the crowd there is an issue. Not easy to figure out what happened there. A long discussion between umpires and the security ofiicials there. The 4th umpire too is out there and they are taking a look into the matter. The security officials have a conversation with people from the crowd as they ask the one whole group of sp |
| 86.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Cameron Green, Beaten! Length ball outside off, Green looks to cut but misses and the ball goes through to Saha. |
| 86.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Cameron Green, FOUR! SHOT! A full ball on middle and leg, Green clears his front leg and smashes this past the bowler straight down the ground for another boundary. The lead now goes past 400. |
| 86.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Cameron Green, SIX! WHAT A SHOT! A shortish ball outside off, Green shuffles and pulls this over the ropes at deep square leg. That was a massive hit as it went way over the ropes into the stands. Green now moves onto 84. Can he get his hundred here? |
| 86.3 : Review Time! Green has taken the review there, He is adjudged caught behind. Looks to be out there, Lets see what the replays have to say. Hot Spot shows nothing but the Snicko detects a spike there. An entertaining knock for Green comes to an end. |
| 86.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Cameron Green, OUT! CAUGHT! Right at the stroke of Tea Green departs! End of an entertaining knock comes to an end. Bumrah finally has a wicket to his name in the second innings. Bowls a good length ball around off, Green looks to smash that through the off side but ends up getting an inside edge to the keeper. Saha takes it and goes up in an appeal. The umpire raises his finger there. After discussing with the skipper Green takes the review. Replays roll in and there is |
| AUSTRALIA HAVE DECLARED WITH A LEAD OF 406 RUNS! The target for India is 407 runs! Still around 40 overs remain in the day's play. Will India take the aggressive approach and go for the kill here or will the take a backseat and play safe. Join us for the final session after this short break. |
| An entertaining and a fast session comes to an end. Australia came out to bat post Lunch with an intention of going for the declaration. Smith and Green began on that note as Smith departed to Ashwin once again but Green and Paine joined forces as they brought up a 50-run stand. Cameron Green in the process brought up his maiden Test fifty as he seemed to have enjoyed his batting carted the pacers over the fence. Until he was undone by Bumrah as he fell just 16 runs short of what could have been |
| India's bowling was nothing to talk about as Ashwin and Bumrah both got a wicket each in the session. Ashwin took the prized scalp of Steven Smith as he had him trapped in front and had him sent packing. Siraj and Saini both were carted as runs started to flow. Once the second new ball was taken it was easy for Australian batsmen to go about their stokes. Indian bowlers lost the plot there but just at the stroke of Tea they managed to send Green back. |
| 0.1 : We are back with India's Second innings and the final session of Day 4. The two openers for India Rohit Sharma and Shubhman Gill walk out to bat. The Australian players are ready. Starc to start with the ball for them. Here we go... |
| Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, Sharma and India are underway! Short and on middle, Rohit pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a couple. |
| 0.2 : Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, Another back of a length ball on middle, Rohit helps it on its way to fine leg for a single. |
| 0.3 : Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Length and on leg, Gill is off the mark too as he clips it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 0.4 : Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, On off, Sharma blocks it to the off side. |
| 0.5 : Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, Short of good length on off, Sharma taps it to point. |
| 0.6 : Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, Good length and on middle, Sharma blocks it off the front foot there. |
| 1.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Shubman Gill, Length and on leg, Gill forces it off the back foot towards mid-wicket. |
| 0.6 : Who will it be from the other end with the ball? Josh Hazlewood it will be. |
| 1.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Shubman Gill, Good length and on off, Gill stands tall and pushes it to mid off. |
| 1.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Shubman Gill, Length and on leg, Gill turns it past short leg this time. |
| 1.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Shubman Gill, Length and on off, pushed to point by Gill. |
| 1.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Shubman Gill, Fuller on off, driven to mid off from Gill. |
| 1.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Shubman Gill, An appeal but nothing from the umpire. Length and angled into off, Gill fails to tuck it to the leg side as he gets hit on the pads. There is an appeal but nothing from the umpire. |
| 2.1 : Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, Back of a length ball on off, Sharma blocks it off the back foot. |
| 2.2 : Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, Length and on leg, Sharma looks to tuck it to the leg side but he misses as the ball goes off his thigh pad towards covers. |
| 2.3 : Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, Full on off, Sharma presents a straight drive but Starc fields it in his followthrough. |
| 2.4 : Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, Good length on off, Sharma blocks it to the leg side. |
| 2.5 : Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, Length and on off, Sharma looks to flick it but the ball takes the outside edge and runs to the third man region for a couple. |
| 2.6 : Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, Length and on off, pushed to covers by Sharma. |
| 3.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Shubman Gill, Back of a length around off, pushed towards covers by Gill. |
| 3.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Shubman Gill, Fuller and around middle, Gill looks to flick at but gets an outside edge, which runs through between gully and point. They take a couple before the fielder returns the ball back. |
| 3.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Shubman Gill, Length around off, defended solidly by Gill towards the bowler. |
| 3.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Shubman Gill, On a good length around off, Gill stands tall and blocks it on the pitch. |
| 3.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Shubman Gill, Fuller around middle and off, Gill looks to drive but gets an inside edge which runs towrads the fine leg fielder. A run taken. |
| 3.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, Length ball jagging back in, Rohit tucks this towards deep square for a run. |
| 4.1 : Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! Nicely played. A fuller ball outside off, Rohit drives this one past the fielder at gully towards the fence at third man. First boundary for Rohit. |
| 4.2 : Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, Shortish around off, Rohit hops and plays it in the gap at point and comes back for a brace before the fielder returns the ball back. |
| 4.3 : Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, Length ball around middle, tucked away towards deep square leg for a single. |
| 4.4 : Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Fuller and angling across the right hander, Gll lets it go through to Paine. |
| 4.5 : Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Sprays this length ball down the leg side, Gill looks to flick but misses and the keeper collects the ball. |
| 4.6 : Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Shortish around middle, Gill looks to leave that initially but then pulls it down towards deep square leg for a run |
| 5.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Shubman Gill, Fuller length on middle, Gill prods forward and blocks this out. |
| 5.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Shubman Gill, Shortish around off, Gill rocks back and pulls this one towards deep square leg for a single. No trouble for Gill in playing the short ball. |
| 5.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, Length and outside off, Rohit shoulders arms to this one. |
| 5.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, Fuller length on middle, Rohit defends this one towards short mid-wicket. |
| 5.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, Length just around off, Rohit is behind the line of the ball and defends this one towards covers. |
| 5.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, Fuller this time outside off, tempting Rohit for the drive. However Rohit lets it go. |
| 6.1 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, Length and on off, blocked from the crease. |
| 0.0 : Pat Cummins comes into the attack. |
| 6.2 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, Good length and on off, Gill pushes it to covers. |
| 6.3 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, On off, kept out by Gill. |
| 6.4 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, Length and on off, Gill pushes it to point. |
| 6.5 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Nicely punched! Back of a length ball on off, Gill punches it through covers and fetches a boundary. |
| 6.6 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, Length and on middle, clipped to the leg side for no run. |
| 7.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, Length and on off, pushed off the front foot towards mid off. |
| 0.0 : Review Time! Rohit is adjudged LBW as he takes the review Let's see what the replays have to say. Hot Spot comes in but nothing on it. Snicko too does not detect an edge. Hawk Eye now comes it and it is missing the wickets. |
| 7.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, Short of good length outside off, Sharma gets it to underedge it past stumps via a pull. A single taken. |
| 7.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Shubman Gil, NOT OUT! Australia lose the review! Gill now survives! Short of good length on off, Gill looks to play at it but is beaten on the inside edge. The ball hits the flap of the pad and goes to the keeper. |
| 7.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, NOT OUT! A good review from Sharma there. Back length ball on off, Sharma looks to flick it. He though misses it to get rapped high on the pad. There is an appeal from Hazlewood and the umpire raises his finger. Rohit takes the review straightaway. Replays roll in. There is nothing on Hot Spot as well as the Snicko. Hawk Eye comes in and it is missing the stumps. |
| 7.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Shubman Gill, On off, kept out. |
| 7.3 : Review Taken! Australia have taken the review. |
| 7.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Shubman Gill, Short on off, Gill pulls it towards mid-wicket for a single. |
| 8.1 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, Length ball around off, pushed straight to covers. |
| 8.2 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, Length ball on off, Gill fends it back towards Cummins. |
| 8.3 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, Fuller on middle, Gill flicks this one towards deep mid-wicket and collects a single. |
| 8.4 : Pat Cummins to Rohit Sharma, Length and outside off, Rohit blocks this out on the off side. |
| 8.5 : Pat Cummins to Rohit Sharma, Fuller and around off, shapes away after pitching. Rohit watches it closely and defends this one towards covers. |
| 8.6 : Pat Cummins to Rohit Sharma, BEATEN! Lovely ball to end the over. A length ball just around off, shapes away sharply after pitching. Rohit looks to play at it but gets beaten all ends up by the movement. |
| 9.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Shubman Gill, Sprays this length ball down the leg side, Gill looks to tuck but misses. |
| 9.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Shubman Gill, Fuller and around off, Gill prods forwards and defends this one solidly towards covers. |
| 9.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Shubman Gill, Again down the leg side, Gill looks to play but the ball goes through to the keeper. |
| 9.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Shubman Gill, Back of a length on middle, Gill pushes this one towards square leg. |
| 9.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Shubman Gill, Length and around middle, Gill plays it towards fine leg for a run. |
| 9.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, Again on middle and leg, Rohit flicks this one towards deep mid-wicket for a single to keep strike. |
| 10.1 : Pat Cummins to Rohit Sharma, Length around off, pushed towards point. |
| 10.2 : Pat Cummins to Rohit Sharma, Beaten on the outside edge. A length ball around off shapes away after pitching. Rohit looks to defend but gets beaten on that one. |
| 10.3 : Pat Cummins to Rohit Sharma, Fuller around off, Rohit plays it with soft hands towards gully. The fielder there dives to his left and stops the ball. |
| 10.4 : Pat Cummins to Rohit Sharma, Length around off, Rohit turns this one towards mid-wicket for nothing. |
| 10.5 : Pat Cummins to Rohit Sharma, Fuller and on middle, Rohit flicks this one nicely towards mid-wicket. the fielder there dives to his left and stops the ball. |
| 10.6 : Pat Cummins to Rohit Sharma, Fuller on middle and off, Rohit clips this past mid-wicket for a run. |
| Nathan Lyon comes on now. |
| 11.1 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Tossed up on off, Sharma blocks it back to the bowler. |
| 11.2 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Tossed up on off, Sharma tucks it to the leg side. |
| 11.3 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Another floated on off, Sharma defends it to the leg side. |
| 11.4 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Fuller on off, flicked through mid on for a single. |
| 11.5 : Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Flatter on off, Gill tucks it to the leg side for a single. |
| 11.6 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Tossed up on off, Sharma blocks it out. |
| 12.1 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, Full on off, Gill pushes it to mid on. |
| 12.2 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, Back of a length on off, Gill pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 12.3 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, BEAUTY! Length and outside off, Gill looks to push it off the back foot but is beaten on the outside edge. |
| 12.4 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Helped on! Full and angled on the pads, Gill flicks it through fine leg for a boundary. |
| 12.5 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, On off, pushed to the off side. |
| 12.6 : Pat Cummins to Shubman Gill, FOUR! EDGED ! Back of a length around off, Gill is stranded on the back foot as he gets an outside edge on his push. The ball runs through gully and into the fence at third man for a single. |
| 13.1 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Tossed up on off, Sharma blocks this out. |
| 13.2 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, On off, flicked to mid-wicket from Rohit. |
| 13.3 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, On off, Sharma keeps it out off the front foot. |
| 13.4 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Floated on off, Sharma defends it. |
| 13.5 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Full and on middle, clipped through long on for a single. |
| 13.6 : Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, On off, Gill pushes it off the back foot to the leg side. |
| 14.1 : Pat Cummins to Rohit Sharma, Fuller on off, Sharma blocks it out from the crease. |
| 14.2 : Pat Cummins to Rohit Sharma, BEATEN! Beauty! Rohit just can't play at it. Length and on off, Sharma looks to force it off the back foot this time but is beaten on the outside edge. |
| 14.3 : Pat Cummins to Rohit Sharma, On off, pushed to the off side. |
| 14.4 : Pat Cummins to Rohit Sharma, BEATEN! Lovely stuff from Cummins! Length ball outside off, Rohit goes to have a feel of it as he pokes it tentatively but the ball sneaks through to the keeper past the outside edge. |
| 14.5 : Pat Cummins to Rohit Sharma, Length and around off, Sharma defends it out. |
| 14.6 : Pat Cummins to Rohit Sharma, Full and on off, clipped to the man at mid-wicket. |
| Mitchell Starc is back on. 3-0-14-0 from him so far. |
| 15.1 : Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Starc fires in a fuller ball on middle, Gill flicks this one towards deep mid-wicket for a run. |
| 15.2 : Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, On a length on off, Rohit stands tall and defends it back to Starc. |
| 15.3 : Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, Length ball on middle and leg, Rohit looks to tuck but misses and the ball goes off his pads towards fine leg. A Leg Bye taken. |
| 15.4 : Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, In the channel outside off, Gill leaves it alone. |
| 15.5 : Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Again a length ball just outside off, Gill is happy leaving that. |
| 15.6 : Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Fuller this time around middle, Gill plays it towards mid-wicket. |
| 16.1 : Pat Cummins to Rohit Sharma, Length around off, Rohit blocks this out. |
| 16.2 : Pat Cummins to Rohit Sharma, Length ball on middle, Rohit turns this one towards mid-wicket. Thinks for a run but decides against it. |
| The umpires have gone upstairs for a run out check. Lets see what the replays have to show. |
| 16.3 : Pat Cummins to Rohit Sharma, NOT OUT! It is all happening at SCG here. Cummins is bowling venom out there. He lands one on a length and gets it to tail into Sharma. Rohit tries to play the pull towards mid-wicket but is beaten to get rapped on the pads. There is an appeal from Cummins but nothing doing says the umpire. The ball goes to first slip where Steven Smith fields it and has a shy at the keeper's end. He hits and then again there is an appeal this time for a run out. The umpire |
| 16.4 : Pat Cummins to Rohit Sharma, Fuller around middle, flicked towards mid on. |
| 16.5 : Pat Cummins to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! SHOT! Fuller ball outside off, Rohit drives this one gloriously through the cover point region for a boundary. Class shot from Rohit here. |
| 16.6 : Pat Cummins to Rohit Sharma, On a length outside off, Sharma plays that one towards point and thinks for a run, but Gill says a loud 'WAIT'. |
| DRINKS!  Indian openers have done well to survive this passage of play after Tea. They also have kept the scoring rate ticking with Gill playing some lovely shots. Australian pacers have bowled tight lines and have gone past the outside edge of both the batters but have not been rewarded until now. Interesting to see what the approach of the two batsmen will be as we come near to the fag end of the day. |
| 17.1 : Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Length on middle, Gill covers the line and defends this one towards mid off. |
| 17.2 : Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, On a length on middle and off, Gill plays it back towards mid on. |
| 17.3 : Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Fuller and on middle, solidly blocked towards mid-wicket. |
| 17.4 : Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Fuller ball around middle and leg, jags back in sharply. Gill looks to tuck but misses and gets hit on the pads. A loud appeal from Starc but 'NO' says the umpire. Replays show there was an inside edge. Was close had there been no bat there. |
| 17.5 : Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Shortish around off, tucked towards mid-wicket for a run. Pucovski there misfields and allows the batter to cross over. |
| 17.6 : Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, Fuller and on middle, Rohit prods forward and blocks it out. |
| 18.1 : Cameron Green to Shubman Gill, Green starts off with a short ball around off, Gill pulls this one to the lefft of deep square leg and comes back for a brace. |
| 0.0 : Cameron Green comes into the attack now. |
| 18.2 : Cameron Green to Shubman Gill, Length and around off, pushed towards point. |
| 18.3 : Cameron Green to Shubman Gill, On a length around off, shapes away a little, Gill defends this towards mid off. |
| 18.4 : Cameron Green to Shubman Gill, Fuller ball on middle, Gill shuffles and flicks it straight to mid-wicket. |
| 18.5 : Cameron Green to Shubman Gill, Similar ball tails in after pitching, Gill does well to put some bat and plays it towards mid on. |
| 18.6 : Cameron Green to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Smacked down the ground. A shortish ball around off, Gill pulls this one down the ground wide of the fielder at mid on and collects a boundary. Moves onto 30 now. |
| 19.1 : Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! Elegantly played. A fuller ball outside off, Rohit leans on to this one and drives this one thorugh the covers for a boundary. 50-run stand is up between these two. |
| 19.2 : Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, Fuller on middle, blocked towards mid on by Rohit. |
| 19.3 : Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! SHOT OF THE INNINGS. A fullish ball outside off, Rohit leans and drives this one past the cover-point area for the second boundary of the over. That had CLASS written all over it. |
| 19.4 : Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, length around off, blocked on the off side by Rohit. |
| 19.5 : Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma,Back of a length around off, played towards point for nothing. |
| 19.6 : Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, Fuller ball again on off, Rohit punches this one to the left of mid off and takes three more. The fielder from mid off gives it a chase and pulls the ball back in time. 11 runs from the Starc over. |
| 20.1 : Cameron Green to Rohit Sharma, Green lands on off, Sharma hops and plays it to mid-wicket this time. |
| 20.2 : Cameron Green to Rohit Sharma, Full and going down leg, Sharma looks to lay bat on ball but fails to do so. Paine does well to dive to his left and gather it. |
| 20.3 : Cameron Green to Rohit Sharma, Good length on off,Sharma looks to tuck it to the leg side but is beaten there to get rapped high on the pads. |
| 20.4 : Cameron Green to Rohit Sharma, SIX! That is the pick up shot that Sharma plays in limited overs! Short of good length outside off, Sharma picks it from there and deposits it over the ropes at deep square leg for a biggie. |
| 20.5 : Cameron Green to Rohit Sharma, Another length ball around off, Sharma looks to tuck it to the leg side but is beaten to get hit on the pads. |
| 20.6 : Cameron Green to Rohit Sharma, Length and on off Sharma plays the front foot block this time. |
| 21.1 : Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Tossed up on off, pushed to the off side. |
| 0.0 : Nathan Lyon is back on. 2-0-3-0 from him so far. |
| 21.2 : Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, An appeal for caught behind but nothing doing say the umpire. Tossed up on off, Gil looks to defend it out but the ball takes the pad and lobs towards short leg. Wade there goes for the catch but Lyon is hardly interested. |
| 21.3 : Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Tosed up on middle, worked to mid-wicket. |
| 21.4 : Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Flatter on off, pushed to mid-wicket. |
| 21.5 : Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, On off, kept out. |
| 21.6 : Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Fuller on off, pushed to long on for a single. |
| 22.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Shubman Gill, OUT! Caught! Australia get the breakthrough. Length and around off, Gill looks to play this one off the back foot as he stays grounded inside the crease. The ball though shapes a little as it takes the outside edge. There is an appeal and the umpire raises his finger. |
| 0.0 : Gill is adjudged out caught behind and he reviews it. Replays roll in and it seems he has to walk back .Hot Spot shows a spot when bat is near the ball. Gill departs. |
| Who will come out to bat now? |
| Cheteshwar Pujara is the new man in. |
| 22.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length ball on middle, Pujara blocks this one towards mid on. |
| 22.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length ball on middle, Pujara looks to defend but the ball lobs of the inside edge towards square leg. Lucky for Pujara that the ball falls short of the fielder there. |
| 22.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, NOT OUT! Pujara survives. It was length ball around off jags back in and hits Pujara on his pads. Appeal from the Aussies and the umpire obliges. pujara takes the review straightaway. No bat involved as shown by Ultra Edge and Hot Spot. Ball Tracker comes in and shows that the ball missing the stumps. The umpire has to overturn his decision here as the ball was too high. |
| 22.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, length around off, pushed towards covers. |
| 22.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Fuller around middle, blocked towards mid on by Pujara. |
| 23.1 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Tossed up on off, kept out. |
| 23.3 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Floated on leg, pushed to mid on. |
| 23.2 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Tossed up on leg, turned to short fine leg. |
| 23.4 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Floated on off, kept out off the front foot. |
| 23.5 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Tossed up on middle, tucked to short fine leg once again. |
| 23.6 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, On off, defended off the front foot. |
| 24.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length ball around off, Pujara defends this one towards point. |
| 24.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Back of a length on off, pushed straight to point. |
| 24.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length on middle, Pujara turns this one towards mid-wicket. |
| 24.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Short of a length outside off, Pujara shoulders arms to this one. |
| 24.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, On middle, Pujara blocks this solidly off his front foot. |
| 24.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Shortish around off, Pujara blocks this under his eyes. |
| 25.1 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Floated on off, Sharma is well forward in defense this time. |
| 25.2 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Tossed up outside off, Sharma drives it through covers and gets a comfortable three runs as the fielders mop it up in the deep. |
| 25.3 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, FOUR! This time manages to get it to the fence does Pujara. Tossed up on off, Puajra drives it through covers and fetches a boundary. |
| 0.0 : Review time! Pujara is given out lbw and he takes the review. Let's see what the replays have to say. Hot Spot and Snicko both detect nothing when the ball is close to bat. Hawk Eye comes in and it is missing the stumps. |
| 25.4 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, On off pushed to point for a single. |
| 25.5 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Tossed up on off, driven towards long on for a single. |
| 25.6 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tossed up on off, spinning in to Pujara who pads it away. The ball lobs to short leg who takes the catch. |
| 26.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, Fuller ball around off, Rohit prods forward and blocks this out. |
| 26.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, Bumper now by Hazlewood outside off. Rohit looks to pull this one initially but later sways away from it for Paine to collect behind the stumps. |
| 26.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, Fuller around middle, Rohit flicks this one through the gap at mid-wicket and comes back for a couple. The fielder from deep mid-wicket runs and stops the ball and returns it back. |
| 26.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, Length ball outside off, pushed towards cover-point for no run. |
| 26.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, On a length around off, Rohit is solid in his front foot defense. |
| 26.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Rohit Sharma, Short ball now around off, Rohit goes for the pull, but the ball comes of the inner part of the bat and lobs towards mid-wicket. Lucky for Rohit that the ball falls short of the fielder there. Good bowling this by Hazlewood. |
| 27.1 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Loopy around off, Pujara blocks it off the front foot. |
| 27.2 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Another floated one on off, Pujara plays it from within the crease. |
| 27.3 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tossed up on off, Pujara blocks it off the back foot once again. |
| 27.4 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Edged but safe! Tosed up on off, Pujara comes on the front foot to block this out but gets an inside edge onto the pads. The ball dies down onto the pitch there. |
| 27.5 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Floated on middle, Pujara whips it away through mid-wicket and gets three runs with ease. |
| 27.6 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, On off, flicked through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 28.1 : Pat Cummins to Rohit Sharma, Length ball just outside off, Rohit defends this one towards the bowler. The ball kept low slightly. |
| 28.2 : Pat Cummins to Rohit Sharma, Length and on middle, Rohit is compact as he turns this one towards mid-wicket. |
| 28.3 : Pat Cummins to Rohit Sharma, Fuller this time around off, Rohit drives this past Cummins towards mid off for nothing. |
| 28.4 : Pat Cummins to Rohit Sharma, Angles in a length ball around off, shapes away a little after pitching, Rohit keeps this one out. |
| 28.5 : Pat Cummins to Rohit Sharma, Good shot for nothing. A fuller ball outside off, driven nicely but straight to the fielder at cover. |
| 28.6 : Pat Cummins to Rohit Sharma, Back of a length around middle, Rohit turns this one towards square leg and calls Pujara for a quick run. |
| 29.1 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Tossed up around off, punched to covers. |
| 29.2 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Tossed up around middle, Sharma tucks it to square leg for a single. |
| 29.3 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Floated on off, Sharma tucks it to mid-wicket. |
| 29.4 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! Whipped away! 50 for Sharma! Tosssed up on middle, Skips down the track and whips it uppishly towards deep mid-wicket for a boundary. An important innings from him. India wants him to stay and bat out long and deep. |
| 29.5 : Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Tossed up on off, Rohit taps it point for a single. |
| 29.6 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, On off, kept out. |
| 30.1 : Pat Cummins to Rohit Sharma, On a length around off, Rohit stands tall and blocks this towards Cummins. |
| 30.2 : Pat Cummins to Rohit Sharma, OUT! CAUGHT! Sharma departs against the run of play! Rohit looks disappointed there. He got out to a shot which he loves playing and has fetched runs for him but this time it is not to be. Cummins nicely set up the wicket by bowling it on a length on the first ball and now he bowls a short one and invites Rohit to go for the pull. Sharma obliges but fails to get the distance this time as the fielder at fine leg, Mitchell Starc takes it with ease. India once aga |
|  Ajinkya Rahane comes in at number 4 now. |
| 30.3 : Pat Cummins to Ajinkya Rahane, Length ball around off, shapes away a little, Rahane defends this one towards cover. |
| 30.4 : Pat Cummins to Ajinkya Rahane, Again on a length around off, Rahane guides that one towards gully for no run. |
| 30.5 : Pat Cummins to Ajinkya Rahane, Shortish on the pads, Rahane pulls this one towards fine leg and gets off the mark with a single. |
| 30.6 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Almost another one for Cummins. A shortish ball on the body, Pujara hops and tries to fend it, but the ball goes uppishly wide of the fielder at leg gully towards deep fine leg region. They cross over for a run. What a great ball and over this from the World's Number 1 Test Bowler. |
| 31.1 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tossed up on off, Pujara tentatively blocks it out. |
| 31.2 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Flatter on middle, Pujara whips it to the man behind square on the leg side. |
| 31.3 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tossed up on of, Pujara looks to play it off the back foot but gets in a tangle as the ball takes the inside edge and drops near his boots. |
| 31.5 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tossed up on off, Pujara fails to negotiate this one spinnng into him. The ball takes the pads and drops short of silly point fielder. |
| 31.6 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, On off, blocked out. |
| 31.4 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, On off, pushed to the off side. |
| 32.1 : Pat Cummins to Ajinkya Rahane, Fuller and around off, rahane looks to push at this but gets an inside edge towards the slip cordon. Cummins has overstepped there so the umpire calls it a No ball. |
| Pat Cummins to Ajinkya Rahane, Length around off, blocked by Rahane on the on side. |
| 32.2 : Pat Cummins to Ajinkya Rahane, Shortish outside off, Rahane punches this one through the gully area and gets himself a couple. |
| 32.3 : Pat Cummins to Ajinkya Rahane, Length around off, Rahane pushes this one towards covers. |
| 32.4 : Pat Cummins to Ajinkya Rahane, Shortish around off, Rahane pulls this one towards deep square leg and takes a single. |
| 32.5 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, BEATEN! What a jaffa. A length ball around off, shapes away a little after pitching, Pujara there plays for the inwards movement and gets beaten on the outside edge. It was the leg cutter kind of delivery that Cummins has been bowling for that extra shape away from the batsman. |
| 32.6 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, On off, Pujara blocks this one towards mid on. |
| 33.1 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, Floated outside off, Rahane makes a leave. This is the last over before the close of play on Day 4. |
| 33.2 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, Tossed up on off, Rahane pushes to the off side. |
| 33.3 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, Tossed up on off, Rahane defends it to silly mid off. |
| 33.4 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, Loopy on middle, Rahane plays it off the back foot. |
| 33.5 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, Another tossed up ball on middle, Rahane keeps it out off the back foot. |
| 33.6 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, Tossed up on off, Rahane keeps it out. That will be STUMPS ON DAY 4! |
| Australian bowlers were just relentless and unwilling to give up. They started with Starc and Hazlewood and later Cummins and Lyon took over the mantle. Cameron Green too got to bowl after his heroics with the bat. Starc was slightly on the expensive side as Cummins and Hazlewood kept it tight. Lyon asked a lot of questions to the Indian batsmen but failed to get a wicket to his name. |
| What a day of Test cricket we have had today. The last session seemed to be evenly shared but the day belonged to Australia. They were dominant with the bat as well as the ball. Setting a target of 407 runs for India to get an unlikely win the Australian pacers began on the money as the kept tight line and lengths. In the end, they managed to keep India in check with still 309 runs needed with 8 wickets in hand for the visitors for a victory. |
| India began the chase in the final session with needing 407 runs for a win. Initially, they began watchfully with Sharma and Gill. Slowly they started to open up as both played their shots. Soon they brought up their 50-run stand for the second time in this Test. Just when it felt that these two will go on and on. Gill departed pegging India slightly on the back foot. Sharma though continued from one end as Pujara found it difficult to negotiate the turn and bounce from Lyon. Rohit, in the end, |
| Earlier in the day, Australia batted for two sessions and gained a lead of 406 runs. Contributions from Marnus Labuschagne and Steven Smith where they stitched a 100-run stand and later a couple of 50-run stands between Steven Smith and Cameron Green and later Green and Paine saw Australia get to a score of ascendency. The Indian bowling looked toothless and tired as they bowled wayward lines and lengths. Saini, Siraj and Bumrah all were taken for runs as Ashwin the lone spinner in the absence o |
| Right then! Day 4 ends as the game heads to Day 5. First time in this Test series. Australia need 8 wickets while India need 309 runs. Who will take the lead in the series? Or will it end in a stalemate? We will find out on 11th January 2021. The game starts at 1000 local (2300 GMT, Previous Day). Till then cheers and take care. |
| ... Day 5, Session 1 ... |
| Wow finally we have a day 5 finish in this Test series. How many of us would have expected it to happen? The build up of this Test series was Steven Smith against India and it finally came to the party in this Test. Hello and welcome to Day 5 of this 3rd Test between Australia and India. |
| Going into the 5th day, Australia hold all the aces. Having batted brilliantly in both the innings and then with the ball they were just brutal. Exploiting the variable bounce on offer to a good effect. They have set the tone going into the final day. Pat Cummins has lived up to his standard of being the number 1 Test bowler as Hazlewood's accuracy has been pin point. Lyon's tirelessness and Starc's fiery pace has just been too hot to handle for the opposition batsmen. |
| Indian batsmen have task in hand on Day 5. On a wearing pitch offering turn and bounce for spin and variable bounce for the pacers. Having 8 wickets and 309 runs more to get an unlikely win, what would be India's approach? |
| Will this game end in a stalemate? Or will Australia go onto take the lead in this series? Stay tuned as the match unfolds in a short while. |
| Pitch Report - Ajay Jadeja mentions that there will be some footmarks and that should help the off spinner. Glenn McGrath mentions that it is always a tough one for pacers. There will be some variable bounce on offer and the first session is crucial once again. |
| We are set to begin the first session of Day 5. The Australian players are out in the middle. Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane will resume their batting for India. Pat Cummins will start the proceedings for Day 5. |
| 34.1 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Cummins starts on the money! He lands one on a length and gets it outside off, Pujara is well forward in defense. |
| 34.2 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Fuller and on off, Pujara pats it towards mid on off the inner half of the bat and looks for a run which is not there. |
| 34.3 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Short of good length, Pujara looks to duck under it but the ball does not bounce as expected and hits Cheteshwar on the armguard. |
| 34.4 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length on off, Pujara looks to defend it out but gets an inside edge that goes past the outstretched hands of short leg for a single. |
| 34.5 : Pat Cummins to Ajinkya Rahane, On off, pushed to point. |
| 34.6 : Pat Cummins to Ajinkya Rahane, Length and around off, pushed to covers off the back foot by Rahane. |
| Nathan Lyon to bowl from the other end. |
| 35.1 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tossed up on off, Pujara skips out a bit and then strokes it towards covers. |
| 35.2 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Floated on off, Pujara whips this one from outside off towards mid-wicket and gets a comfortable three runs. 100-up for India. |
| 35.3 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, Floated on off, Rahane plays it from within the crease. |
| 35.4 : Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, OUT! CAUGHT! What a catch! That is nothing than a reaction catch. Australia needed it and Lyon delivers it. India disappointed after a failure from their skipper. Tossed up on off, Rahane prods forward to defend but does not play for the extra spin there as the ball takes the inside edge and goes towards short leg who takes a good low catch. Matthew Wade it is there under the helmet. |
| Rishabh Pant is the new batsman in. |
| 35.5 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, Another tossed up ball on off, Pant blocks it out. |
| 35.6 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, On off, Pant comes on the front foot to defend it out. |
| 36.1 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, BEAUTY! Length ball outside off, Pujara looks to defend it from within the crease but the ball just about moves away from him as it beats the outside edge there. |
| 36.2 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, A short on off, Pujara sits under it. |
| 36.3 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, FOUR! Lovely shot! Full and around off, Pujara leans into the drive and hits it through covers to get a boundary. |
| 36.4 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length and outside off, Pujara makes a leave this time. |
| 36.5 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Short of good length and outside off, Pujara pushes it towards backward point for a single. |
| 36.6 : Pat Cummins to Rishabh Pant, Fuller and outside off, Pant pushes it through point and gets a brace to get off the mark. |
| 37.1 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Floated on off, Pujara gets to the pitch of the ball and then whips it to mid-wicket. |
| 37.2 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Floated on off, Pujara offers his front pad in defense as the close in fielder takes the catch but nothing from the umpire. |
| 37.3 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tossed up on off, Pujara pushes it off the back foot this time. |
| 37.4 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tossed up around off, Pujara offers his pad once again in defense and the ball goes off his pads towards the leg side. |
| 37.5 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, On off, pushed to mid on off the front foot. |
| 37.6 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Floated on off, pushed to the off side by Pujara. |
| 38.1 : Pat Cummins to Rishabh Pant, Good length delivery on off, Pant blocks it off the back foot. |
| 38.2 : Pat Cummins to Rishabh Pant, Back of a length on off, Pant defends it out. |
| 38.3 : Pat Cummins to Rishabh Pant, Length delivery on middle, Pant offers a solid defense on this one. |
| 38.4 : Pat Cummins to Rishabh Pant, Bouncer on middle, Pant does well to duck under it. |
| 38.5 : Pat Cummins to Rishabh Pant, Short of a length delivery on middle, Pant looks to pull but gets a top edge. It lands safely towards square leg. The batsmen cross ends. |
| 38.6 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Good length ball on middle, Pujara blocks it off the back foot. |
| 39.1 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, On off, Pant pushes hard at it off the front foot as he gets a thick edge past the lone slip and towards short third man. |
| 39.2 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, Tossed up on off, pushed off the front foot by Pant. |
| 39.3 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, Floated outside off, Pant leaves it alone. |
| 39.4 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, On off, kept out off the back foot. |
| 39.5 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, Flatter and outside off, Pant cuts it behind square on the off side but ends up finding the fielder there. |
| 39.6 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, Loopy around off, pushed to the off side by Pant. |
| 40.1 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Short of good length outside off, Pujara lets it go through to the keeper. |
| 40.2 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, On off, Pujara looks to defend it out but gets it off the inner half towards short leg where it falls just short of the fielder there. |
| 40.3 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Fuller and outside off, Pujara watches the ball and then decides to not offer a shot there. |
| 40.4 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Short of good length down the leg side, Pujara is happy to leave that alone. |
| 40.5 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, On a length and around off, Pujara comes on the front foot and then blocks it out towards point. |
| 40.6 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length and outside off, Pujara leaves it alone for the keeper. Some uneven bounce observed on this ball. |
| 41.1 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, Tossed up on off, Pant keeps it out off the back foot. |
| 41.2 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, Loopy around off, Pant punches it off the front foot to covers. |
| 41.3 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, Flatter outside off, Pant punches it off the back foot towards point this time. |
| 41.4 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, Floated on middle, Pant plays it back to the bowler. |
| 41.5 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, Another one floated on off, Pant pushes it back to the bowler there. |
| 41.6 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, Flatter outside off, Pant cuts it towards point and gets a single. |
| 42.1 : Pat Cummins to Rishabh Pant, Banged in short, Pant pats it to the leg side off the back foot and gets a single this time. |
| 42.2 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Short of good length, Pujara is right behind the line of the ball as he blocks it from within the crease. |
| 42.3 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Bumper on off and middle, it sails well over Pujara there as he looks to sway away from the line of the delivery. |
| 42.4 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Full delivery on off, Pujara drives it through mid off. The fielder chases it and does well to stop it. The batsmen get three runs. |
| 42.5 : Pat Cummins to Rishabh Pant, Back of a length on off, Pant blocks it off the front foot. |
| 42.6 : Pat Cummins to Rishabh Pant, Short delivery on off, Pant pulls it to mid on. |
| 43.1 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tossed up delivery on off, Pujara defends it off the front foot. |
| 43.2 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Flighted ball on middle, Pujara defends it to short leg. |
| 43.3 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Floated delivery on middle, Pujara defends it to mid-wicket. |
| 43.4 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Loopy delivery on off, Pujara offers a solid defense on this one. |
| 43.5 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tossed up outside off, Pujara comes forward and looks to defend but gets hit on the pads. The bowler appeals for lbw but the umpire shakes his head. |
| 43.6 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, On middle, Pujara defends it off the back foot. |
| 44.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Rishabh Pant, Length and outside off, Pant plays it off the front foot towards covers. |
| 43.6 : Josh Hazlewood comes into the attack for the first time on Day 5. 8-3-11-1 are his figures so far. |
| 44.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Rishabh Pant, Short of good length outside off, Pant looks to defend it but gets a soft outside edge that rolls towards gully. |
| 44.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Rishabh Pant, A good shot for nothing. Length and outside off, Pant punches it towards the gap between covers and mid off, Wade from mid off puts in a dive and saves a certain three runs there. |
| 44.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Rishabh Pant, Bumper outside off, Pant sways away from it. |
| 44.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Rishabh Pant, Length and on middle, clipped to the leg side by Pant. |
| 44.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Rishabh Pant, Fuller outside off, Pant comes on the front foot and then pushes it to the off side. |
| 45.1 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tossed up on off, Pujara pushes it to mid on. |
| 45.2 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara. Flatter and outside off, Pujara punches it off the back foot past point for a single. |
| 45.3 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, Tossed up on middle, Pant dead bats it onto the pitch this time. |
| 45.4 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, Floated outside off, Pant does not offer a shot to it. |
| 45.5 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, Floated and around off, Pant pushes it off the front foot towards covers. |
| 45.6 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, Fuller on off, nudged towards mid-wicket by Pant off the front foot. |
| 46.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length and outside off, Pujara pats it to point. |
| 46.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length and on off, Pujara defends it out off the back foot towards point. |
| 46.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Another short of good length ball around off, Pujara pushes it to point. |
| 46.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Good length and around off, Pujara is right behind the ball as he pushes it to the leg side. |
| 46.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, A bumper down leg this time and Pujara is not going to go after it. |
| 46.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, A maiden to finish! Length and on off, Pujara prods forward and then blocks it out. |
| 47.1 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, Play and a miss! Tossed up ball outside off, Pant looks to force it through the off side but the ball spins a hint away and goes past the outside edge. |
| 47.2 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, Flatter around off, Pant turns it towards mid-wicket for a couple this time. |
| 47.3 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, On off, Pant pushes it to the off side off the front foot. |
| 47.4 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Pant takes it on! Floated on off, Pant says enough of blocking as he skips down the ground and lofts it over mid on for a couple of bounces over the ropes for a boundary. |
| 47.5 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, SIX! This one is even better! Pant trying to unsettle Lyon there! Tossed up ball around middle, Pant once again skips down a bit and this time nails it well over the ropes for a biggie. |
| 47.6 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, Floated around off, Pant pushes it towards the off side for a single. |
| 48.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Rishabh Pant, Good length delivery on off, Pant pushes it towards mid off as the ball goes a bit uppish there as Pant takes a quick single. |
| 48.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Full delivery on middle, Pujara flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| 48.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Back of a length on middle, Pujara defends it off the back foot. |
| 48.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Short delivery down the leg side, Pujara lets it go. |
| 48.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Good length ball outside off, Pujara leaves it alone. |
| 48.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Back of a length ball coming into off, Pujara keeps it out. |
| 49.1 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, Tossed up outside off, Pant lets it be. |
| 49.2 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, Fuller outside off, pushed to the off side by Pant. |
| 49.3 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Beautiful! Flatter and outside off, a bit wide too as Pant stays on the back foot and then slaps it through cover-point for a boundary. |
| 49.4 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Pant in T20 mode! Tossed up around off, Pant gets to the pitch of the ball and then lofts it over mid on and into the fence behind for a boundary. |
| 49.5 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, Flatter on off, cuts straight to point. |
| 49.6 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, Floated around off, Pant is well forward in defense on this one. |
| 50.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length and around off and middle, Pujara plays it towards mid-wicket. |
| 50.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Short of good length around middle and leg, Pujara fends it away awkwardly and wide of the man at short leg. |
| 50.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Good length delivery on middle, Pujara keeps it out. |
| 50.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, BEATEN! Short of length ball around off, Pujara is beaten on the back foot defense as the ball goes past the outside edge. |
| 50.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length and outside off, Pujara plays it off the back foot this time. |
| 50.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Good length and around middle, clipped towards square leg now. |
| Marnus Labuschagne is on. |
| 51.1 : Marnus Labuschagne to Rishabh Pant, NO BALL! Labuschagne has overstepped! Tossed up around off, Pant tries to take on the bowler there but gets it off the toe-end towards covers. The fielder there fumbles to allow a single. |
| Marnus Labuschagne to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tossed up on middle, kept out by Pujara. |
| 51.2 : Marnus Labuschagne to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tossed up outside off, Pujara lets it be. |
| 51.3 : Marnus Labuschagne to Cheteshwar Pujara, Flatter outside off, Pujara slaps it towards cover-point off the back foot. |
| 51.4 : Marnus Labuschagne to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tossed up on off, pushed to the off side. |
| 51.5 : Marnus Labuschagne to Cheteshwar Pujara, Flatter outside off, punched to the off side. |
| 51.6 : Marnus Labuschagne to Cheteshwar Pujara, FOUR! Nicely driven! Low full toss on off, Pujara latches onto it as he drives it past mid on and into the fence at long on for a boundary. |
| 52.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Rishabh Pant, EDGED AND FOUR! Just wide of Smith at first slip. Fuller and outside off, Pant goes for an expansive drive through the off side but manages to get a thick outside edge which just goes past the outstretched hands of Smith at first slip. The ball goes to the third man fence for a boundary. |
| 52.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Rishabh Pant, NO BALL! Hazlewood oversteps! Length and around off, pushed from within the crease. |
| Josh Hazlewood to Rishabh Pant, Full and on off, pushed to covers. |
| 52.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Rishabh Pant, Good running and an excellent fielding in the deep! 50-run stand is also up between these two. Short and on off, Pant pulls it through mid-wicket. Gets three as Pucovski does well to keep the ball in play by putting in a dive in the deep. |
| 52.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, On off, kept out. |
| 52.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length and outside off, left alone this time. |
| 52.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length and on off, pushed to the off side this time. |
| DRINKS! It has been an excellent hour for both the teams. India will not be happy as they lost Rahane at the wrong time. Pujara and Pant have played well and stitched a 50-run stand between them. They would look to continue this partnership till Lunch. On the other hand, Australia would look to break this partnership and put pressure on India. |
| 53.1 : Marnus Labuschagne to Rishabh Pant, Tossed up delivery on middle, Pant flicks it towards square leg for a single. |
| 53.2 : Marnus Labuschagne to Cheteshwar Pujara, Floated ball outside off, Pujara shoulders arms to this one. |
| 53.3 : Marnus Labuschagne to Cheteshwar Pujara, Loopy delivery on off, Pujara punches it towards mid off for a single. |
| 53.4 : Marnus Labuschagne to Rishabh Pant, Full delivery on off, Pant flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| 53.5 : Marnus Labuschagne to Rishabh Pant, Tossed up ball on off, Pant plays it to mid off. |
| 53.6 : Marnus Labuschagne to Rishabh Pant, Full on middle, Pant drives it through mid on for a single. |
| 54.1 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, Tossed up delivery on off, Pant defends it off the back foot. |
| 53.6 : Nathan Lyon has change of ends as he comes back on. 17-6-48-1 from him so far. |
| 54.2 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, Flighted ball on off, Pant offers a solid defense on this one. |
| 54.3 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, Loopy delivery on middle, Pant defends it off the back foot. |
| 54.4 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, Floated delivery on off, Pant keeps it out. |
| 54.5 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, On off, Pant pushes it towards the off side. |
| 54.6 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, Tossed up delivery on off, Pant comes down the track and pushes it back towards the bowler. |
| 55.1 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Down the leg side, Pujara leaves it alone. |
| 55.2 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Back of a length on leg, Pujara flicks it towards short fine leg. |
| 0.0 : Mitchell Starc comes on for the first time on Day 5. The ball is reversing. Can he get the breakthrough Australia need desperately? 6-0-27-0 from him so far. |
| 55.3 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length delivery on off, Pujara punches it to point. |
| 55.4 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Short ball down the leg side, Pujara leaves it alone. |
| 55.5 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Down the leg side, Pujara lets it go. |
| 55.6 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Good length ball outside off, Pujara does not bother to play at that. |
| 56.1 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, SIX! That is hammered! Tossed up delivery on off, Pant comes down the track and lofts it over covers for a maximum. |
| 56.2 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, SIX! This is even better! Flighted delivery on middle, Pant comes down the track and lofts it over long on for a biggie. |
| 56.3 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, Short ball on off, Pant cuts it through point for a run. 50-up for Rishabh Pant. He has taken the attack to the opposition there. |
| 56.4 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tossed up delivery on middle, Pujara defends it off the front foot. |
| 56.5 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Floated ball on middle, Pujara blocks it off the back foot. |
| 56.6 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, On off, Pujara offers a solid defense on this one. |
| 57.1 : Mitchell Starc to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Cracking shot! Short and outside off, Pant cuts it through point for a boundary. |
| 57.2 : Mitchell Starc to Rishabh Pant, Back of a length on off, Pant defends it off the back foot. |
| 57.3 : Mitchell Starc to Rishabh Pant, Short delivery on middle, Pant pulls it towards square leg for a single. |
| 57.4 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Short of a length delivery on middle, Pujara keeps it out. |
| 57.5 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Bouncer down the leg side, Pujara ducks under it. |
| 57.6 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length delivery on off, Pujara taps it to point. |
| 58.1 : Cameron Green to Rishabh Pant, Bouncer down the leg side, Pant does well to duck under it. |
| 0.0 : Cameron Green is back into the attack. 2-0-12-0 from him so far. |
| 58.2 : Cameron Green to Rishabh Pant, Good length delivery on off, Pant defends it off the front foot. |
| 58.3 : Cameron Green to Rishabh Pant, Back of a length on middle, Pant keeps it out. |
| 58.4 : Cameron Green to Rishabh Pant, Full on middle, Pant flicks it towards mid-wicket for a single. |
| 58.5 : Cameron Green to Cheteshwar Pujara, Bouncer on middle, Pujara ducks under it. |
| 58.6 : Cameron Green to Cheteshwar Pujara, Good length delivery on middle, Pujara keeps it out. |
| Nathan Lyon has a change of ends once again. 19-7-61-1 from him so far. |
| 59.1 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, DROPPED! Tim Paine is the culprit! Tossed up delivery on off, Pant looks to defend but gets an outside edge. It goes towards the keeper where Tim Paine tries to take the catch but spills it. |
| 59.2 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, Flighted ball on middle, Pant blocks it off the back foot. |
| 59.3 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, Floated delivery on middle, Pant flicks it towards the leg side. |
| 59.4 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, Loopy delivery on off, Pant pushes it towards point for a single. |
| 59.5 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, On middle, Pujara defends it off the back foot. |
| 59.6 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Floated delivery on middle, Pujara comes down the track and pads it away. |
| 60.1 : Mitchell Starc to Rishabh Pant, Length delivery on middle, Pant flicks it through square leg for a single. |
| 59.6 : Mitchell Starc is back on. 8-1-32-0 from him so far. |
| 60.2 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Bouncer on leg, Pujara does well to duck under it. |
| 60.3 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Back of a length on off, Pujara pushes it to point. |
| 60.4 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Good length delivery on off, Pujara offers a solid defense on this one. |
| 60.5 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length delivery on middle, Pujara flicks it through square leg. The batsmen get two runs. |
| 60.6 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Good length ball on off, Pujara defends it off the back foot. |
| 61.1 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, Tossed up delivery on off, Pant drives it to mid off. |
| 61.2 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, Flighted ball on off, Pant pushes it towards point for a single. |
| 61.3 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Loopy delivery on middle, Pujara flicks it towards the leg side. |
| 61.4 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, On middle, Pujara pushes it to mid on. |
| 61.5 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Floated ball on off, Pujara defends it off the back foot. |
| 61.6 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, On off, Pujara keeps it out. |
| 62.1 : Mitchell Starc to Rishabh Pant, NO BALL AND FOUR! Lovely shot! Full delivery on off, Pant drives it through covers for a boundary. Mitchell Starc oversteps! |
| Mitchell Starc to Rishabh Pant, Length delivery on middle, Pant flicks it towards square leg for a single. |
| 62.2 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Good length ball on off, Pujara defends it off the back foot. |
| 62.3 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length delivery on off, Pujara punches it through point for a couple. |
| 62.4 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Full delivery on middle, Pujara flicks it towards fine leg for a single. |
| 62.5 : Mitchell Starc to Rishabh Pant, Full delivery on off, Pant drives it to point where Pucovski does well to stop it. |
| 62.6 : Mitchell Starc to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! That is put away! Short delivery on middle, Pant pulls it through mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 63.1 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tossed up delivery on middle, Pujara comes down the track and pushes it to mid on. |
| 63.2 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Floated delivery on middle, Pujara flicks it to square leg. |
| 63.3 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Loopy delivery on off, Pujara defends it off the back foot. |
| 63.4 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Floated ball on middle, Pujara keeps it out. |
| 63.5 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, On middle and leg, Pujara looks to flick but gets hit on the thigh pad. The bowler appeals for lbw but the umpire shakes his head. |
| 63.6 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, On off, Pujara defends it off the back foot. |
| 64.1 : Pat Cummins to Rishabh Pant, Good length delivery outside off, Pant shoulders arms to this one. |
| 0.0 : Pat Cummins is back on. Australia need wickets and they need it quickly. Pant is stealing the momentum. |
| 64.2 : Pat Cummins to Rishabh Pant, Back of a length on off, Pant keeps it out. |
| 64.3 : Pat Cummins to Rishabh Pant, Good length ball on off, Pant defends it off the back foot. |
| 64.4 : Pat Cummins to Rishabh Pant, Good length delivery on off, Pant looks to defend but gets an outside edge. It goes safely towards gully. |
| 64.5 : Pat Cummins to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Terrific shot! Full ball on off, Pant drives it through covers for a boundary. |
| 64.6 : Pat Cummins to Rishabh Pant, Length delivery on off, Pant defends it off the back foot. |
| 65.3 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, On middle, Pujara flicks it towards the leg side. |
| 65.4 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Loopy ball on middle, Pujara blocks it off the front foot. |
| 65.5 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, On middle, Pujara pushes it to mid on. |
| 65.6 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Floated delivery on middle, Pujara flicks it towards square leg for a single. |
| 65.1 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tossed up delivery on off, Pujara looks to defend but gets an outside edge. It falls short of the first slip fielder. |
| 65.2 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Floated ball on off, Pujara defends it off the front foot. |
| 66.1 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Full delivery on off, Pujara drives it back towards the bowler. |
| 66.2 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Good length delivery on off, Pujara defends it off the back foot. |
| 66.3 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Back of a length on off, Pujara keeps it out. |
| 66.4 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Good length ball on off, Pujara offers a solid defense on this one. |
| 66.5 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Bouncer outside off, Pujara sways away from it. |
| 66.6 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length ball on off, Pujara keeps it out. |
| 67.1 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, Tossed up delivery on off, Pant defends it off the front foot. |
| 67.2 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, Floated outside off, Pant leaves it alone. |
| 67.3 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, Flighted delivery on off, Pant pushes it through point for a single. |
| 67.4 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, On middle, Pujara defends it off the back foot. |
| 67.5 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tossed up ball on off, Pujara comes forward and pads it away. |
| 67.6 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, FOUR! Good use of the feet! On middle, Pujara comes down the track and flicks it through mid-wicket for a boundary. 100-run stand is up between Pujara and Pant! 200-up for India. 205 needed for a win for India. Australia need 7 wickets. With Jadeja not batting then just 6 more wickets. |
| 68.1 : Pat Cummins to Rishabh Pant, Back of a length on off, Pant defends it off the back foot. |
| 68.2 : Pat Cummins to Rishabh Pant, Good length delivery on off, Pant keeps it out. |
| 68.3 : Pat Cummins to Rishabh Pant, BEATEN! Full and outside off, Pant looks to defend but misses it. |
| 68.4 : Pat Cummins to Rishabh Pant, Bouncer on middle, Pant does well to duck under it. |
| 68.5 : Pat Cummins to Rishabh Pant, Length delivery on off, Pant defends it off the back foot. |
| 68.6 : Pat Cummins to Rishabh Pant, Back of a length on off, Pant keeps it out. |
| 69.1 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tossed up delivery on middle, Pujara comes down the track and pushes it to mid on. |
| 69.2 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Flighted delivery on middle, Pujara defends it out. |
| 69.3 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Floated ball on off, Pujara comes down the track and pads it towards the off side. |
| 69.4 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, FOUR! Nicely played! Short delivery on off, Pujara punches it through covers for a boundary. |
| 69.5 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, On middle, Pujara flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| 69.6 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tossed up delivery outside off, Pujara comes forward and pads it away. THAT WILL BE LUNCH ON DAY 5! |
| Getting Rahane early put Australia slightly ahead in this Test on Day 5 but Rishabh Pant's attacking batting has brought back the momentum in India's favour. Australia would be ruing two dropped chances against the southpaw there off Lyon which came to haunt them later in the session. |
| Right then! The game is nicely poised at this stage with India needing 201 runs to get an unlikely win. The key for them here is Rishabh Pant as after him only Vihari is the specialist batsman left. Ashwin can bat a bit but Jadeja being unavailable means that the responsibility falls on the shoulders of the pair of Pujara and Pant. The question is how long can they continue in the same manner? Will Pant and Pujara see India home with a win or will Australia come back stronger and sharper in the |
| A brilliant session for India after losing Rahane early in the session. Rishabh Pant came out all guns blazing as he had a liking to Nathan Lyon. He not even spared the pacers as he managed to find a boundary in an over on a regular basis. In the process, he went onto get past his fifty in quick time. Pujara, on the other hand, has been his usual best. Blocking, blocking and blocking. He has held one end up as Pant is taking on the Australian bowlers at the other end. They have also brought up t |
| The Australian bowlers tried everything from short balls to fuller length balls but to no avail. The wicket of Rahane was the lone success they have had in the session. Lyon was expected to dictate terms but he was taken to the cleaners by Pant as Starc looked off colour in his short spell. Cummins and Hazlewood bowled beautifully as they beat the outside edge of both the batsmen on a number of occassions but failed to scalp either of them. |
| ... Day 5, Session 2 ... |
| We are back for the second session of Day 5. The Australian players are out in the middle. Cheteshwar Pujara and Rishabh Pant will resume their innings for India. Mitchell Starc will start the proceedings for this session. |
| 70.1 : Mitchell Starc to Rishabh Pant, Length and on off, Pant pats it down to mid off. |
| 70.2 : Mitchell Starc to Rishabh Pant, Short ball on off, Pant looks to pull but misses to get hit onto the helmet. The ball goes through gully for a couple of leg byes. |
| 70.3 : Mitchell Starc to Rishabh Pant, A short one again on middle, Pant plays the short arm jab to fine leg for a single. |
| 70.4 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Short and outside off, Pujara drops his wrists and lets the ball go through to the keeper. |
| 70.5 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length and down leg, Pujara lets it through to the keeper once again. |
| 70.2 : Mandatory concussion check. The physio is out there as Pant gets hit on the helmet. He is fine to continue now. |
| 70.6 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length and down leg once again from Starc as Pujara leaves it alone. 198 more required for a win for India. |
| 71.1 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, Fuller on off, pushed through to long on for a single. |
| 0.0 : Nathan Lyon to bowl from the other end. |
| 71.2 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Full toss on leg, Pujara flicks it straight to the man at mid-wicket. |
| 71.3 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Once again tossed up on off, Pujara prods forward and defends it to the leg side. |
| 71.4 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Flatter on off, pushed through to the off side for a single by Pujara. |
| 71.5 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, Floated around off, Pant gets to the pitch of the ball and defends it out. |
| 71.6 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, Fuller outside off, Pant strokes it to point there. |
| 72.1 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, FOUR! Up and over! Safe shot! Short and outside off, Pujara cuts it uppishly over short third man and into the fence at third man for a boundary. |
| 72.2 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Short and down leg, Pujara does not play at it. |
| 72.3 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Short one on middle, Pujara looks to go for the pull but backs out at the last instance as the ball goes to the keeper. |
| 72.4 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Short of good length on off, kept out off the back foot this time. |
| 72.5 : Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length and on middle, clipped to mid-wicket for a single. 6000 Test runs for Pujara! |
| 72.6 : Mitchell Starc to Rishabh Pant, Short of good length on off, Pant helps it to fine leg for a single. |
| 73.1 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, Tossed up around off, too close to cut as Pant goes with his shot. The ball takes the edge and goes on the bounce to first slip. |
| 73.2 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, On off, kept out. |
| 73.3 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, Floated on middle, pushed to the leg side for a single. |
| 73.4 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Floated on off, defended out by Pujara. |
| 73.5 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Another tossed up ball on off and Pujara is happy to keep it out. |
| 73.6 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Flighted around middle and leg, Pujara flicks it to short fine leg. |
| Cameron Green is back on. |
| 74.1 : Cameron Green to Rishabh Pant, Full delivery on off, Pant drives it through covers. The fielder chases it and does well to stop it just before the ropes. The batsmen get three runs. |
| 74.2 : Cameron Green to Cheteshwar Pujara, Back of a length on off, Pujara defends it off the back foot. |
| 74.3 : Cameron Green to Cheteshwar Pujara, Full delivery on middle, Pujara flicks it towards the leg side. |
| 74.4 : Cameron Green to Cheteshwar Pujara, WIDE! Bouncer down the leg side, Pujara ducks under it. |
| Cameron Green to Cheteshwar Pujara, Full ball on leg, Pujara flicks it to square leg. |
| 74.5 : Cameron Green to Cheteshwar Pujara, Back of a length on off, Pujara pushes it to point. |
| 74.6 : Cameron Green to Cheteshwar Pujara, Full on middle, Pujara pushes it towards mid on for a single. |
| 75.1 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tossed up delivery on off, Pujara comes forward and pads it away. |
| 75.2 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Flighted ball on middle, Pujara comes down the track and flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| 75.3 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Loopy ball outside off, Pujara comes forward and pads it away. Lyon appeals for lbw but the umpire shakes his head. |
| 75.4 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, FOUR! Nicely played! On middle, Pujara comes down the track and flicks it through square leg for a boundary. 50 for Pujara! It has been a brilliant innings from him. |
| 75.5 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, On off, Pujara blocks it off the front foot. |
| 75.6 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tossed up ball on off, Pujara pushes it to mid off. |
| 76.1 : Cameron Green to Rishabh Pant, Length and outside off, Pant leaves it alone. |
| 76.2 : Cameron Green to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Uppish! Short and outside off, Pant swings hard and gets it uppishly over gully and to the third man fence for boundary. |
| 76.3 : Cameron Green to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Another hit to the fence! Length and outside off, Pant flashes hard and gets it over gully as the ball goes to the third man fence for a boundary. |
| 76.4 : Cameron Green to Rishabh Pant, Length and on off, driven to covers. |
| 76.5 : Cameron Green to Rishabh Pant, Good length on off, Pant strokes it back to the bowler. |
| 76.6 : Cameron Green to Rishabh Pant, Full and outside off, Pant shoulders arms to it. Australia need wickets to get a hold of the proceedings here. |
| 77.1 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tossed up on middle, clipped to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 77.2 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, Floated on off, Pant strokes it to long on for a single. |
| 77.3 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tosed up on off, Pujara looks to tuck it to the leg side but misses it as he gets hit on the thigh pad. |
| 77.4 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tossed up and spinning in to Pujara, Cheteshwar clips it to the leg side for a single. |
| 77.5 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Aggression from Pant! Tossed up on off, Pant lofts it through mid on and gets a boundary at long on. Moves into the 90s. |
| 77.6 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! That is just pure aggression! Moves to 97! Floated around off, Pant blasts it through covers for a boundary. |
| 78.1 : Cameron Green to Cheteshwar Pujara, FOUR! That is put away! Three boundaries in three balls for India! That is just aggressive batting from India. They are looking to chase this down. Short delivery on middle, Pujara pulls it through square leg for a boundary. 250-up for India. 157 more needed for a win. |
| 78.2 : Cameron Green to Cheteshwar Pujara, Good length ball on off, Pujara defends it off the back foot. |
| 78.3 : Cameron Green to Cheteshwar Pujara, Back of a length on off, Pujara offers a solid defense on this one. |
| 78.4 : Cameron Green to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length ball on middle, Pujara keeps it out. |
| 78.5 : Cameron Green to Cheteshwar Pujara, Back of a length on off, Pujara defends it out. |
| 78.6 : Cameron Green to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length delivery on off, Pujara pushes it to point. |
| 79.1 : Nathan Lyon to Rishabh Pant, OUT! CAUGHT! You live by the edge of the sword and die by it! Lyon has the last laugh. And look at how excited and relieved he is. He was under a lot of pressure there after being taken for a hit by Pant. He keeps on tossing it up despite taking a hit. He tosses one up around off once again, Pant playing on 97 runs looks to get to the three-figure mark with a hit to the fence. He comes down the track and looks to go over covers. The ball just about spins away a |
| Hanuma Vihari is the new batsman in. |
| 79.2 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, Tossed up delivery on middle, Vihari defends it off the back foot. |
| 79.3 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, Flighted ball on off, Vihari offers a solid defense on this one. |
| 79.4 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, Loopy delivery on off, Vihari keeps it out. |
| 79.5 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, Floated ball on middle, Vihari defends it off the front foot. |
| 79.6 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, On off, Vihari blocks it off the back foot. |
| 80.1 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Good length delivery on off, Pujara defends it off the back foot. |
| 80.2 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Back of a length on off, Pujara keeps it out. |
| 80.3 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length and on off, Pujara blocks it out from within the crease. |
| 80.4 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Short of good length and outside off, Pujara makes a leave. |
| 80.5 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length and seaming back into Pujara, Cheteshwar is taken by surprise as he fends it to the leg side. |
| 80.6 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Outside off, left alone. |
| 0.0 : The second new ball is available now. Will Australia take it straightaway or wait before taking it? Australia have taken the new ball. Pat Cummins is back on. |
| 81.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, Length and on middle, Vihari clips it to mid-wicket. |
| 80.6 : Josh Hazlewood is back on. |
| 81.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, Good length and around off, punched off the back foot for a dot. |
| 81.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, Fuller and around off, Vihari drives but finds cover-point there. |
| 81.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, Down the leg side, Vihari looks to clip it to the leg side but is beaten there as the keeper takes it. |
| 81.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, On a length on off, Vihari blocks it from with in the crease. |
| 81.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, Length and outside off, Vihari prods forward and then makes a leave. A maiden for Hazlewood. |
| 82.1 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, FOUR! Eased down the ground! Full and around off, Pujara eases it down the ground past Cummins and into the long off fence for a boundary. |
| 82.2 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, FOUR! Two in a row! Short and around off, Pujara punches it through point and gets a boundary again. |
| 82.3 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, FOUR! Three in three! Full and around off, Pujara clips it through mid on and gets a boundary at long on now. |
| 82.4 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length on off, flicked to the leg side. |
| 82.5 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Another on a length and on middle, Pujara pushes it to mid on. |
| 82.6 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length and on middle, clipped towards short leg. 12 from the over. 146 more needed for India to win. |
| 83.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, Length and angled into off, Vihari is glued to his crease as he looks to tuck it to the leg side. He misses to get hit on the pads. |
| 83.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, Length and down the leg side, Vihari looks to tuck it to the leg side but misses it. |
| 83.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, Full on middle, Vihari looks to play it to the leg side but gets a soft leading edge which rolls towards point. |
| 83.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, Good length and angled on leg, Vihari gets beaten on the clip there as the ball hits him on the thigh pad. |
| 83.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, Length and on leg, clipped towards square leg. Vihari looks for a single but is sent back by his partner. |
| 83.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, Short and down leg, Vihari sits under it. |
| DRINKS! It has been an excellent hour of play for both the teams. India have lost Rishabh Pant but they still have Pujara out in the middle. Pant missed out on a well deserved century. Vihari needs to support Pujara here. On the other hand, Australia need just one more wicket to get into the Indian tail. |
| 84.1 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Back of a length on off, Pujara defends it off the back foot. |
| 84.2 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length delivery on middle, Pujara flicks it towards mid-wicket for a single. |
| 84.3 : Pat Cummins to Hanuma Vihari, Length ball on middle, Vihari flicks it through square leg for a run. He gets off the mark on the 18th delivery he faced! |
| 84.4 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Back of a length on middle, Pujara flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| 84.5 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Good length delivery on off, Pujara keeps it out. |
| 84.6 : Pat Cummins to Cheteshwar Pujara, Back of a length on off, Pujara offers a solid defense on this one. |
| 85.1 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, Tossed up delivery on off, Vihari pushes it towards covers but picks out the close in fielder, Marnus Labuschagne there. |
| 85.2 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, Floated ball on off, Vihari defends it off the front foot. |
| 0.0 : Nathan Lyon comes back on. 30-9-91-2 from him so far. |
| 85.3 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, On middle, Vihari flicks it towards mid-wicket where Pucovski dives but it goes past him. The batsmen get two runs. |
| 85.4 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, Tossed up delivery on middle, Vihari flicks it towards the leg side. |
| 85.5 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, On off, Vihari defends it off the back foot. |
| 85.6 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, On middle and leg, Vihari flicks it to square leg. |
| 86.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, EDGY FOUR! Good length delivery on off, Pujara looks to defend but gets an outside edge. It goes towards third man for a boundary. |
| 0.0 : Josh Hazlewood is back on. |
| 86.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Back of a length on middle, Pujara keeps it out. |
| 86.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length delivery on middle, Pujara flicks it through square leg for a single. |
| 86.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, Length ball on off, Vihari blocks it off the back foot. |
| 86.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, Full on middle, Vihari flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| 86.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, Full again on middle, Vihari flicks it towards the leg side. |
| 87.1 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tossed up delivery on off, Pujara comes down the track and gets hit on the pads. |
| 87.2 : Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Flighted ball on middle, Pujara comes down the track and pushes it towards mid on for a quick single. |
| 87.3 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, On middle, Vihari defends it off the back foot. |
| 0.0 : The physio is out there to attend to Vihari. He looks to have done some damage to his hamstring while taking that quick single. Physio enquiring with him regarding the issue. Some bandaging done on his thighs. Looks like he won't be able to run now. Hampering India's hopes and adding to the team's injury woes. Will continue for now though but will have to see for how long can he go onto play. |
| 87.4 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, Floated delivery on middle, Vihari flicks it to square leg. |
| 87.5 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, Tossed up ball on off, Vihari defends it off the front foot. |
| 87.6 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, On middle, Vihari defends it off the back foot. |
| 88.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, Short delivery down the leg side, Pujara lets it go. |
| 88.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Cheteshwar Pujara, OUT! BOWLED! Hazlewood is elated! India's number the modern wall for them has fallen. Is that the game for Australia? Looks to be so. Pujara was the only hurdle for them and they have removed it. It needed a peach of a delivery from Hazlewood to bring his side on top in this contest. Bowls a good length ball angling on middle and off, Pujara looks to play the original trajectory but is beaten on the outside edge as the ball shapes away a bit, keeps low |
| Ravichandran Ashwin is the new batsman in. |
| 88.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Ravichandran Ashwin, Back of a length on middle, Ashwin defends it off the back foot. |
| 88.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Ravichandran Ashwin, Length delivery on off, Ashwin keeps it out. |
| 88.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Ravichandran Ashwin, Back of a length on off, Ashwin dabs it to gully. |
| 88.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Ravichandran Ashwin, Length ball on middle, Ashwin pushes it towards mid on for a single. |
| 0.0 : The equation is 44 overs left in the day's play. India need 135 for a win. Australia need 5 wickets. |
| 89.1 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Tossed up delivery on off, Ashwin defends it off the back foot. |
| 89.2 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Flighted ball on middle, Ashwin keeps it out. |
| 89.3 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Loopy delivery on off, Ashwin blocks it off the front foot. |
| 89.4 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Floated ball on off, Ashwin punches it through covers for a run. |
| 89.5 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, BEATEN! Tossed up outside off, Vihari looks to defend but misses it. |
| 89.6 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, On middle, Vihari flicks it through square leg for a run. |
| 90.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, Good length delivery on off, Vihari defends it off the back foot. |
| 89.5 : Ravindra Jadeja is padded up and looks like he will come out to bat at some point in the innings. |
| 90.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, Short ball outside off, Vihari sways away from it. |
| 90.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, Another length ball outside off, Vihari makes a leave. |
| 90.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, Short and down leg, Vihari does not fiddle with it. |
| 90.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, On off, played out to covers off the front foot. |
| 90.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, Length and on off, blocked from the crease. |
| 91.1 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Floated around off, Ashwin pushes it to mid on off the back foot. |
| 91.2 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Floated on middle, Ashwin bunts it onto the pitch. |
| 91.3 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, On off, blocked out from within the crease. |
| 91.5 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Tossed up on off, Ashwin looks to defend it out but ends up getting an inside edge onto the pads. |
| 91.6 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, FOUR! Ashiwn gives the charge there! Tossed up around off, Ashwin lofts it towards wide long on and gets a boundary. |
| 91.4 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, NOT OUT! Ashwin survives! Australia lose a review! Tossed up around off, Ashwin prods forward to defend as the ball spins past his attempted push and takes the pads to lob to short leg who takes the catch and appeals. Paine ponders to take a review and takes it in the end. The replays roll in and Hot Spot and Snicko both fail to detect bat on ball. The umpire checks for LBW too as Hawk Eye comes in. Pitching outside off, Impact in line and Wickets Missin |
| 91.3 : Review time! An appeal for catch! Ashwin is the man in question. Hot Spot shows that there is no spot on that. Snicko detects no spike on it. |
| 92.1 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, Back of a length on off, Vihari defends it off the back foot. |
| 91.6 : Mitchell Starc is back on. |
| 92.2 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, Good length delivery on off, Vihari keeps it out. |
| 92.3 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, BEATEN! Good length delivery outside off, Vihari looks to defend but misses it. |
| 92.4 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, Length delivery on off, Vihari pushes it to point. |
| 92.5 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, Outside off, Vihari shoulders arms to this one. |
| 92.6 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, Good length ball on off, Vihari defends it out. |
| 93.1 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Tossed up delivery on off, Ashwin defends it off the back foot. |
| 93.2 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Floated delivery on middle, Ashwin keeps it out. |
| 93.3 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Flighted ball on middle, Ashwin offers a solid defense on this one. |
| 93.4 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Floated delivery on off, Ashwin blocks it off the front foot. |
| Review time! An appeal for catch! Ashwin is the man in question. Hot Spot shows that there is no spot on that. Snicko detects no spike on it. The umpire checks for a possible LBW too as the Hawk Eye comes on. No problems with pitching and impact there. Wickets...Missing. So Ashwin survives and Australia have just one review left at their disposal. |
| 93.5 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, On off, Ashwin keeps it out. |
| 93.6 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Tossed up delivery on off, Ashwin blocks it off the front foot. |
| 94.1 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, Length and around middle, clipped to mid on by Vihari. |
| 94.2 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, Ona length and around off, Vihari pushes it to point. |
| 94.3 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, Full and on off, pushed to the off side. |
| 94.4 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, Length and around off, Vihari pushes it to covers. |
| 94.5 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, Short one on middle, Vihari ducks under it. |
| 94.6 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, Length and on off, pushed to the off side there. |
| 95.1 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Tossed up delivery on off, Ashwin defends it off the front foot. |
| 95.2 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Floated ball on off, Ashwin keeps it out. |
| 95.3 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Loopy delivery on middle, Ashwin pushes it to mid on. |
| 95.4 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, On middle, Ashwin blocks it off the back foot. |
| 95.5 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Tossed up delivery on off, Ashwin looks to defend but gets an outside edge. It goes safely towards point. The batsmen cross ends. |
| 95.6 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, Floated ball on off, Vihari keeps it out. THAT WILL BE TEA ON DAY 5! |
| Australia's session as has been the norm in this Test. What a remarkable session after being pushed on the back foot by Pant in the first session. The hosts started well after the Lunch as they got rid of the attacking Rishabh Pant just before the new ball was due. Then with the new ball they had the run scoring in check as Hazlewood delivered a peach to get rid of Pujara. Since then they have been right on the money. Lyon has found his mojo back as he kept it tight. Starc was also at his best w |
| India did not start well in the session as Pant just fell short of his century which could have been a match winning one but was cut shot by Lyon. Pujara got to his fifty and continued to play the new ball and just when it looked that he would be going on and on, he was castled by a peach of a delivery from Josh Hazlewood. Vihari struggling for form was dealt a blow when he pulled his hamstring while going for a run. Ashwin has so far held the fort as Jadeja's availablity with the bat is still u |
| So, with 127 runs to win but lack of specialist batsmen might come to hurt India in this Test. Australia just have to do what they do the best. Take wickets and get closer to the win. What will be the final outcome after the final session of the 3rd Test? A win for Australia or a draw. Join us for the final session of this Test in a while. |
| ... Day 5, Session 3 ... |
| We are back for the final session of Day 5. The Australian players are out in the middle. Hanuma Vihari and Ravichandran Ashwin will resume the innings for India. Pat Cummins will start the proceedings for this session. |
| 96.1 : Pat Cummins to Ravichandran Ashwin, NOT OUT! Ashwin was prompt in taking it upstairs. He was well aware of what the ball went off. A dramatic start to the session. A short one on leg, Ashwin tries to fend it away as he takes his eyes off the ball. The ball takes the arm guard and lobs to the leg side. The keeper, Paine runs to the ball and pouches it. He appeals and the umpire raises his finger. Ashwin there immidiately signals 'T'. Replays roll it and Hot Spot does not detect a spot as Sn |
| 96.2 : Pat Cummins to Ravichandran Ashwin, Short of a length delivery on off, Ashwin fends it awkwardly. It lands safely towards point. |
| 96.3 : Pat Cummins to Ravichandran Ashwin, Good length delivery on off, Ashwin defends it off the back foot. |
| 96.4 : Pat Cummins to Ravichandran Ashwin, Length delivery on middle, Ashwin flicks it through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 96.5 : Pat Cummins to Hanuma Vihari, Back of a length on off, Vihari keeps it out. |
| 96.6 : Pat Cummins to Hanuma Vihari, Bouncer on middle, Vihari does well to duck under it. |
| 97.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Ravichandran Ashwin, Length and around off, Ashwin dead bats it to the on side. |
| 0.0 : Josh Hazlewood to bowl from the other end. |
| 97.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Ravichandran Ashwin, Length and around off, Ashwin comes on the front foot and blocks it to mid on. |
| 97.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Ravichandran Ashwin, A nasty short one! Ashwin cannot play at it. A short one around off, it bounces a bit more than Ashwin expected. The ball hits the shoulder and goes to the keeper who takes it and claims a catch. Nothing from the umpire. |
| 97.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Ravichandran Ashwin, Fuller on off, kept out. |
| 0.0 : An appeal for caught behind! Ravichandran Ashwin is the man in question. Hot Spot shows nothing on it. Snicko shows that there is no spike on it. |
| 97.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Ravichandran Ashwin, Another short one angled into the body there as Ashwin drops his wrists and takes the blow onto his chest. |
| 97.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Ravichandran Ashwin, A short one again and Ashwin gets a top edge on the flick. The ball elopes square leg as they take a single. |
| 98.1 : Pat Cummins to Ravichandran Ashwin, EDGED AND OVER THE BOWLER! Length ball on off, Ashwin looks to clip it to the leg side but ends up getting a leading edge that goes over Cummins and towards mid off. |
| 98.2 : Pat Cummins to Ravichandran Ashwin, Length and around off, Ashwin plays it to short leg. |
| 98.3 : Pat Cummins to Ravichandran Ashwin, Short of good length around off, Ashwin clips it to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 98.4 : Pat Cummins to Hanuma Vihari, Length and around off, kept out by Vihari to the off side. |
| 98.5 : Pat Cummins to Hanuma Vihari, Full and down leg, Vihari looks to tickle it fine down the leg side but misses in the end. |
| 98.6 : Pat Cummins to Hanuma Vihari, A short one around off, Vihari watches it and then sits under it. This is testing his hamstring as he has to do the squats to the short deliveries. A more damaging concern for India. |
| 99.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Ravichandran Ashwin, Short on middle, blocked to short leg. |
| 99.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Ravichandran Ashwin, Short and around off, Ashwin goes for the pull but mistimes it to the man there. |
| 99.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Ravichandran Ashwin, Full and around off, Ashwin blocks it out to the off side. |
| 99.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Ravichandran Ashwin, Length and down leg, Ashwin comes inside the line and looks to flick it fine but misses it. |
| 99.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Ravichandran Ashwin, A short one on middle, Ashwin clips it past leg gully and towards fine leg for a single. |
| 99.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, Length and outside off, left alone this time by Vihari. |
| 100.1 : Pat Cummins to Ravichandran Ashwin, Short and down leg, Ashwin raises his bat high in the air, gets away from the line as the ball goes to the keeper. India have played out 100 overs in this innings. |
| 100.2 : Pat Cummins to Ravichandran Ashwin, A short one targetting the ribs, Ashwin looks to fend it away but it hits him right on the rib cage. |
| 100.3 : Pat Cummins to Ravichandran Ashwin, Short and on off, Ashwin fends it away. |
| 0.0 : Ashwin looks in pain. The physio is out there in the middle. Generally he wears a chest guard there but still he has coped a blow of high intensity. Looks fine though after a look from the physio. |
| 100.4 : Pat Cummins to Ravichandran Ashwin, EDGY FOUR! Short and on off, Ashwin looks to fend it away but the ball takes the splice of the bat and goes uppishly through gully and into the fence at third man for a boundary. |
| 100.5 : Pat Cummins to Ravichandran Ashwin, DROPPED! Australia have done that quite in this innings. Short and on middle, Ashwin goes for the pull but hits it in the air towards square leg, Sean Abbott substituting for Will Pucovski goes for it but fails to hold on as the ball pops out of his hands. |
| 100.6 : Pat Cummins to Ravichandran Ashwin, On off, kept out. |
| 101.1 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, Tossed up delivery on middle, Vihari flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| 101.2 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, Full delivery on off, Vihari drives it to mid off. |
| 101.3 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, On middle, Vihari flicks it to square leg. |
| 101.4 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, Tossed up delivery on middle, Vihari pushes it to mid on. |
| 101.5 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, On off, Vihari defends it off the front foot. |
| 101.6 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, On middle, Vihari flicks it through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 102.1 : Pat Cummins to Hanuma Vihari, Fuller and around off, Vihari pushes it to mid on. |
| 102.2 : Pat Cummins to Hanuma Vihari, Short of good length on off, Vihari stands tall and keeps it out on the off side. |
| 102.3 : Pat Cummins to Hanuma Vihari, Fuller on off, Vihari crouches low to defend this one to the off side. |
| 102.4 : Pat Cummins to Hanuma Vihari, A short one down leg, Hanuma ducks under it. |
| 102.5 : Pat Cummins to Hanuma Vihari, Round the wicket now as Cummins bowls a short of good length ball on middle, Vihari fends it to mid-wicket. |
| 102.6 : Pat Cummins to Hanuma Vihari, Back to over the wicket as Cummins bowls a length ball down leg, Vihari leaves it alone. |
| 103.1 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Tossed up on off, pushed to the leg side by Ashwin. |
| 103.2 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Tossed up on off, Ashwin bunts it down to the bowler. |
| 103.3 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, On off, defended well by Ashwin there. |
| 103.4 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Another floated one around off, Ashwin does well to keep it out off the front foot. |
| 103.5 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Loopy around off, watchfully kept out. |
| 103.6 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Tossed up on off, Ashwin pushes it to the off side. |
| 104.1 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, Full delivery on off, Vihari drives it through covers but does not take the single. |
| 0.0 : Mitchell Starc is back on. |
| 104.2 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, Back of a length on off, Vihari pushes it through point for a single. |
| 104.3 : Mitchell Starc to Ravichandran Ashwin, Length delivery down the leg side, Ashwin leaves it alone. |
| 104.4 : Mitchell Starc to Ravichandran Ashwin, Good length delivery on middle, Ashwin keeps it out. |
| 104.5 : Mitchell Starc to Ravichandran Ashwin, Short ball down the leg side, Ashwin leaves it alone. |
| 104.6 : Mitchell Starc to Ravichandran Ashwin, Length delivery on leg, Ashwin looks to flick but misses it. It goes safely towards the keeper. So close to shaving that leg pole. |
| 105.3 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, Tossed up on off, Vihari looks to play it out but the ball takes the inside edge and goes onto the pads. |
| 105.1 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, Tossed up on leg, Vihari pushes it past short leg and does not take the single. |
| 105.2 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, An appeal for LBW but turned down. Tossed up on off, Vihari prods forward and looks to defend it out as the ball hits the pad and goes to silly mid on. There is an appeal but nothing from umpire. |
| 105.4 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, Tossed up on off, pushed to covers. |
| 105.5 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, On middle, kept out safely by Vihari. |
| 105.6 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, Floated on off, Vihari pushes it to the leg side. |
| 106.1 : Mitchell Starc to Ravichandran Ashwin, Short delivery on leg, Ashwin keeps it out. |
| 106.2 : Mitchell Starc to Ravichandran Ashwin, Back of a length on off, Ashwin pushes it through mid off for a single. |
| 106.3 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, Bouncer on leg, Vihari does well to duck under it. |
| 106.4 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, Short ball down the leg side, Vihari leaves it alone. |
| 106.5 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, Back of a length on middle, Vihari defends it to short leg. |
| 106.6 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, Good length ball on off, Vihari pushes it to mid on. |
| 107.1 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Tossed up on middle, turned towards square leg. |
| 107.2 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Floated on off, kept out off the front foot by Ashwin. |
| 107.3 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, On off, Ashwin blocks it out of the front foot. |
| 107.4 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Flighted on leg, Ashwin flicks it to the leg side but does not take a single. |
| 107.5 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, FOUR! A gentle push down the ground! Tossed up on off, Ashwin pushes it down the ground through mid off and gets a boundary at long off. |
| 107.6 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, FOUR! A nice one. Tossed up around off, Ashwin pushes it off the front foot through backward point and gets a boundary. |
| 108.1 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, Length and on off, pushed to point off the back foot. |
| 108.2 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, Short one around off, Vihari sways away from the line of the delivery. |
| 108.3 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, On off, punched back to the bowler. |
| 108.4 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, Good length and on off, Vihari pushes it back to mid on. |
| 108.5 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, Length and outside off, Vihari lets it be. |
| 108.6 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, On off, pushed to mid-wicket. |
| 109.1 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Tossed up on off, pushed to point. No run taken on offer. |
| 109.2 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Floated on leg, tucked to square leg. |
| 109.3 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Floated on off, Ashwin blocks it off the front foot. |
| 109.4 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Full and on leg, pushed to the leg side. |
| 109.5 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Fuller on leg, tucked to short leg. |
| 109.6 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Flatter on leg, tucked to short leg once again. |
| Josh Hazlewood is back on. |
| 110.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, Full on off, pushed back to the bowler. |
| 110.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, Fuller on off, Vihari plays it to mid on now. |
| 110.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, Length and on off, Vihari looks to defend it off the front foot but he gets an inside edge onto his pads in the process. |
| 110.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, Length and on off, clipped to the leg side. |
| 110.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, Length and on off, pushed to the leg side once again. Australia looking for an opening there. |
| 110.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, BEATEN! Length and outside off, Vihari comes on the front foot to block it out but is beaten on the outside edge. |
| Marnus Labuschagne is back on. |
| 111.1 : Marnus Labuschagne to Ravichandran Ashwin, Tossed up outside off, Ashwin makes a leave. |
| 111.2 : Marnus Labuschagne to Ravichandran Ashwin, Floated on off, pushed back to the bowler. |
| 111.3 : Marnus Labuschagne to Ravichandran Ashwin, Flatter and outside off, Ashwin slaps it towards point. |
| 111.4 : Marnus Labuschagne to Ravichandran Ashwin, On off kept out. |
| 111.5 : Marnus Labuschagne to Ravichandran Ashwin, Floated on off, driven towards covers. |
| 111.6 : Marnus Labuschagne to Ravichandran Ashwin, Flatter and outside off, Ashwin hits it to the man at silly point. |
| 112.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, Short and down leg, left alone. |
| 112.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, Length and on leg, clipped to square leg by Vihari. |
| 112.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari. Full and on leg, Vihari clips it through mid-wicket for no run. |
| 112.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, A short one on middle, Vihari fends it awkwardly as the ball takes the handle and drops towards square leg. |
| 112.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, On middle, tailing into Vihari. Hanuma flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| 112.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, Length and outside off, left alone by Vihari. |
| 113.1 : Marnus Labuschagne to Ravichandran Ashwin, Tossed up ball around off, driven straight to covers. |
| 113.2 : Marnus Labuschagne to Ravichandran Ashwin, Full on off, pushed to point. |
| 113.3 : Marnus Labuschagne to Ravichandran Ashwin, Floated on middle, Ashwin defends it off the front foot to covers. |
| 113.4 : Marnus Labuschagne to Ravichandran Ashwin, Floated and spinning away outside off, left alone by Ashwin. |
| 113.5 : Marnus Labuschagne to Ravichandran Ashwin, Tossed up on off, pushed off the back foot to the off side. |
| 113.6 : Marnus Labuschagne to Ravichandran Ashwin, Floated on off, driven towards cover-point for no run. |
| 114.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, Length and going down leg, Vihari looks to leave as the ball takes the pads and goes past the diving keeper towards fine leg. The fielder fields it as the batsmen do not go for a single. |
| 114.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, On off, kept out to the leg side. |
| 114.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, Length and on middle, blocked out from within the crease. |
| 114.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, Short and down leg, Vihari makes a leave by ducking it. |
| 114.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, Length and on off, pushed to the off side off the back foot. |
| 114.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, Full on off, clipped to square leg for a single. 300 up for India. 107 runs needed for India to win. |
| Cameron Green is back on. |
| 115.1 : Cameron Green to Hanuma Vihari, Short and on leg, Vihari lets it be. |
| 115.2 : Cameron Green to Hanuma Vihari, WIDE! Short and down leg, Vihari leaves it. Wided for height. |
| Cameron Green to Hanuma Vihari, Full and on off, pushed to the off side. |
| 115.3 : Cameron Green to Hanuma Vihari, Length and on middle, clipped to short leg. |
| 115.4 : Cameron Green to Hanuma Vihari, Full on off, Vihari goes on the front foot defense this time. |
| 115.5 : Cameron Green to Hanuma Vihari, Fuller and angled on off, pushed off the front foot once again. |
| 115.6 : Cameron Green to Hanuma Vihari, Length and on leg, pushed to mid-wicket. |
| 116.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Ravichandran Ashwin, Length and around leg, left alone by Ashwin. |
| 116.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Ravichandran Ashwin, Banged into the surface, Ashwin does well to fend it out. |
| 116.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Ravichandran Ashwin, Back of a length on off, blocked by Ashwin once again. |
| 116.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Ravichandran Ashwin, Short of good length on middle, Ashwin hops and keeps it out. |
| 116.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Ravichandran Ashwin, A low full toss, pushed to mid on. |
| 116.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Ravichandran Ashwin, FOUR! Jammed it out! Hazlewood goes for the yorker but dishes one onto the pads, Ashwin jams it out through mid-wicket and gets a boundary. |
| 117.1 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, Tossed up delivery on off, Vihari defends it off the front foot. |
| 117.2 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, Floated ball on off, Vihari keeps it out. |
| 0.0 : DRINKS! It has been an excellent hour for India where they have not lost a wicket and are playing safely for a draw. On the other hand, Australia would look to break this partnership as soon as possible and push for a win. Can they get a win? The final hour begins. A minimum of 15 overs needs to be bowled. Nathan Lyon to start the final hour of this Test. |
| 117.3 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, Loopy delivery on middle, Vihari looks to defend it off the back foot as he misses it to get rapped on the pads. There is an appeal but nothing from the umpire. |
| 117.4 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, Flighted delivery on off, Vihari looks to defend but gets hit on the pads. The bowler appeals for lbw but the umpire shakes his head. |
| 117.5 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, On off, Vihari keeps it out. |
| 117.6 : Nathan Lyon to Hanuma Vihari, Tossed up ball on off, Vihari defends it off the back foot. |
| Pat Cummins comes back on. |
| 118.1 : Pat Cummins to Ravichandran Ashwin, Back of a length on middle, Ashwin flicks it towards square leg for a single. |
| 118.2 : Pat Cummins to Hanuma Vihari, Bouncer on middle, Vihari does well to duck under it. |
| 118.3 : Pat Cummins to Hanuma Vihari, Short of a length delivery on middle, Vihari fends it towards the leg side. |
| 118.4 : Pat Cummins to Hanuma Vihari, NO BALL! Pat Cummins oversteps! Full delivery on off, Vihari drives it to mid off. |
| Pat Cummins to Hanuma Vihari, Bouncer on middle, Vihari does well to duck under it. |
| 118.5 : Pat Cummins to Hanuma Vihari, Bouncer on leg, Vihari ducks under it. |
| 118.6 : Pat Cummins to Hanuma Vihari, Good length delivery on off, Vihari defends it off the back foot. |
| 119.1 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Tossed up delivery on off, Ashwin pushes it to mid off. |
| 119.2 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, FOUR! Nicely played! Loopy delivery on off, Ashwin pushes it through covers for a boundary. |
| 119.3 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, On middle, Ashwin flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| 119.4 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Floated ball on middle, Ashwin looks to flick but gets hit on the pads. The bowler appeals for lbw but the umpire shakes his head. |
| 119.5 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, On off, Ashwin defends it off the back foot. |
| 119.6 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, On middle, Ashwin flicks it towards the leg side. |
| 120.1 : Pat Cummins to Hanuma Vihari, FOUR! Short and outside off, Vihari plays an upper cut over third man for a boundary. |
| 120.2 : Pat Cummins to Hanuma Vihari, Bouncer on leg, Vihari does well to duck under it. |
| 120.3 : Pat Cummins to Hanuma Vihari, Bumper on middle, Vihari ducks under it. |
| 120.4 : Pat Cummins to Hanuma Vihari, FOUR! Good length delivery on off, Vihari dabs it with soft hands towards third man for a boundary. |
| 120.5 : Pat Cummins to Hanuma Vihari, Bouncer on leg, Vihari ducks under it. |
| 120.6 : Pat Cummins to Hanuma Vihari, Full delivery on leg, Vihari looks to flick but gets hit on the pads. The bowler appeals for lbw but the umpire denies it. |
| 121.1 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Tossed up on leg, Ashwin blocks it out to the leg side. |
| 121.2 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, On off, defended onto the pitch. |
| 121.3 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, On off, pushed off the front foot towards the leg side. |
| 121.4 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Tossed up outside off, Ashwin looks to defend it to the off side but ends up getting hit onto the pads. There is an appeal but nothing from the umpire. |
| 121.5 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Tossed up ball on leg, fended onto the pitch. |
| 121.6 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Floated on leg, Ashwin looks to tuck it to the leg side but misses it as the keeoer collects it. |
| 122.1 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, Full delivery on off, Vihari drives it to covers. |
| 122.2 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, Short delivery on leg, Vihari fends it towards the leg side. |
| 122.3 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, Length ball on off, Vihari pushes it to point. |
| 122.4 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, Full delivery on off, Vihari looks to flick but gets a leading edge on this one. It goes towards point. The batsmen do not take the single. |
| 122.5 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, DROPPED! Oh Paine what have you done? Why the hell did you go when it was a straight forward catch for David Warner at first slip. Has Australia ruined their chance of getting a win? Starc would feel the unluckiest at the moment. He bowls a fuller on on off, Vihari plays it with a straight bat only to get a thick outside edge. The ball flies at a comfortable height towards first slip where Warner is all set to take the catch before Paine puts in a dive and |
| 122.6 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, Full on off, Vihari defends it out. |
| 123.1 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Tossed up delivery on middle, Ashwin flicks it towards the leg side. |
| 123.2 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Floated ball on off, Ashwin defends it off the back foot. |
| 123.3 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Full delivery on off, Ashwin offers a solid defense on this one. |
| 123.4 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Floated ball on off, Ashwin keeps it out. |
| 123.5 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, On middle, Ashwin defends it off the front foot. |
| 123.6 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Full ball on off, Ashwin pushes it to covers. |
| 124.1 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, BEATEN! Good length delivery outside off, Vihari looks to defend but misses it due to the seam movement on this one. |
| 124.2 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, Back of a length on off, Vihari defends it off the back foot. |
| 124.3 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, Length ball on off, Vihari offers a solid defense on this one. |
| 124.4 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, Down the leg side, Vihari leaves it alone. |
| 124.5 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, Yorker outside off, Vihari looks to dig it out but misses it. |
| 124.6 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, Yorker on middle, Vihari does well to dig it out. |
| 125.1 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Tossed up delivery on middle, Ashwin defends it off the back foot. |
| 125.2 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Floated ball on off, Ashwin keeps it out. |
| 125.3 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Flighted delivery on middle, Ashwin blocks it off the front foot. |
| 125.4 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, On middle, Ashwin flicks it to square leg. |
| 125.5 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Tossed up delivery on off, Ashwin keeps it out. |
| 125.6 : Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Floated delivery on off, Ashwin blocks it off the front foot. |
| 126.1 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, Back of a length on off, Vihari dabs it to gully. |
| 126.2 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, Length delivery on off, Vihari defends it off the back foot. |
| 126.3 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, Full delivery on middle, Vihari flicks it to short fine leg. |
| 126.4 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, Full delivery on off, Vihari keeps it out. |
| 126.5 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, NO BALL! Starc oversteps! Good length delivery on middle, Vihari looks to defend but gets an outside edge. It lands safely towards the slip region. |
| Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, BEATEN! Good length ball outside off, Vihari looks to defend but misses it. |
| 126.6 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, Outside off, Vihari leaves it alone. |
| 127.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Ravichandran Ashwin, Down the leg side, Ashwin looks to flick but misses it. |
| 0.0 : Josh Hazlewood comes back on. |
| 127.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Ravichandran Ashwin, Good length delivery on middle, Ashwin looks to defend but gets an inside edge onto the pads. |
| 127.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Ravichandran Ashwin, Length ball outside off, Ashwin shoulders arms to this one. |
| 127.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Ravichandran Ashwin, Short delivery outside off, Ashwin sways away from it. |
| 127.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Ravichandran Ashwin, Full delivery on middle, Ashwin pushes it through mid on as the ball stops near the ropes at long on but does not take the single. |
| 127.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Ravichandran Ashwin, Length ball on middle, Ashwin pushes it through mid on once again and the ball stops near the ropes at long on but the batsmen do not go for a run. |
| 128.1 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, Back of a length on off, Vihari defends it off the back foot. |
| 128.2 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, Good length delivery on off, Vihari blocks it well. |
| 128.3 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, Full delivery on middle, Vihari pushes it to mid on. |
| 128.4 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, Down the leg side, Vihari leaves it alone. |
| 128.5 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, Good length delivery on off, Vihari pushes it towards the off side. |
| 128.6 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, FOUR! Cracking shot! Short and outside off, Vihari cuts it through point for a boundary. 50-run stand is up between these two. A match saving one for India. This will go down memory lane. |
| 129.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Ravichandran Ashwin, FOUR! That is put away! Short delivery on middle, Ashwin pulls it through square leg for a boundary. |
| 129.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Ravichandran Ashwin, Back of a length on off, Ashwin defends it off the back foot. |
| 129.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Ravichandran Ashwin, Length delivery on off, Ashwin punches it through mid off. The batsmen get two runs. |
| 129.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Ravichandran Ashwin, Length ball on off, Ashwin punches it to mid off. |
| 129.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Ravichandran Ashwin, BEATEN! Full and outside off, Ashwin looks to drive but misses it. |
| 129.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Ravichandran Ashwin, Full on middle, Ashwin pushes it to mid on. 12 deliveries remain in Day 5. |
| 130.1 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, FOUR! Full on leg, Vihari flicks it towards fine leg for a boundary. |
| 130.2 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, Back of a length on off, Vihari defends it to covers. |
| 130.3 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, BEATEN! Good length ball outside off, Vihari looks to defend but misses it due to the inward movement on this one. |
| 130.4 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, BEATEN AGAIN! Good length delivery outside off, Vihari looks to defend but misses it. |
| 130.5 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, Outside off, Vihari shoulders arms to this one. |
| 130.6 : Mitchell Starc to Hanuma Vihari, Length delivery on off, Vihari keeps it out. THE MATCH ENDS IN A DRAW! |
| Australia skipper, Tim Paine says that they created enough chances to go for the win. Mentions that the bowlers bowled well and the dropped catches did not do their cause. He mentions that they are back as a batting unit and the bowlers created opportunities and says that it was a whole-hearted effort from the boys. He says that the young guys coming into the team were just brilliant and they look forward to the Brisbane Test. |
| That is it from this game. It was a hard fought game here in Sydney and this further creates an enviroment for the final Test. There were speculations of the final Test to be played at Sydney only after Indian team's unwillingness to travel to Brisbane. But everything is sorted out as it is confirmed that final Test will be played as per schedule at the Wollongabba in Brisbane on Friday, 15th January 2021. Join us for that at 1000 local (1200 GMT). Till then, take care and cheers! |
| What a Test match we have had! Kudos to Vihari and Ashwin for hanging in there to eke out a draw as the players shake hands with just six balls remaining of the mandatory overs. Special praise for Vihari for showing grit and fight despite suffering a hamstring injury early in his innings. A brilliant 5 days of a Test match, a true entertainment. We have seen rain, run-scoring, collapse, dropped catches, fightback, resilience and what not. Australia would be the most disappointed of the two sides |
| Going into the final session, India needed to play out 35 overs with Vihari and Ashwin unbeaten and 5 wickets in the bag for them. What unfolded was a typical old school style of batting as Vihari and Ashwin managed to keep everything out that was thrown at them. Ashwin though showed a lot of grit and determination as despite taking a lot of blows onto his body he hung around to see India home with a draw. Australia bowling their hearts out there tried everything they could or was in their hand |
| Day 5 started on the right note for the hosts as they sent the Indian skipper back into the hut early but little did they know of what was going to come their way. Out walked Rishabh Pant and what unleashed was as pure brutal innings from him. He took a special liking to Lyon as he carted him all over the place. His attacking innings helped India gain the momentum going into the second session of the final day. He along with Pujara not only kept the Australian attack at bay but took them out too |
| After winning the toss and opting to bat, Australia began poorly with Warner sent packing but then came the rain and it washed out a majority of the day. Only 55 overs were possible as debutant Will Pucovski and Marnus Labuschagne saw off the day for the hosts. The debutant though ended with a score of fifty on Day 1 to hand the hosts the advantage. Further going into Day 2, Australia found contributions from Marnus Labuschagne and Steven Smith as the latter got to his 27th Test ton but the form |
| India's reply in the first innings started with new opening pair of Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill stitching a 70-run stand. Though Rohit departed, Gill showed his mettle as an international player as he brought his maiden Test fifty. Soon after that, he departed to hand Australia the advantage as they lost two quick wickets. Pant and Pujara steadied the ship for the visitors with a 50-run stand but once Pant departed it was a matter of time as India folded for 244 runs handing Australia a 94-run |
| Australia second innings was all about Marnus Labuschagne and Steven Smith as they once again added a 100-run stand as they both got to their respective fifties. Further to go by Cameron Green's maiden Test fifty and Tim Paine's 39 off 52 balls meant that Australia ended with 312 runs as they declared with a lead of 406 runs. Once again the Indian bowlers were on the receiving end as they were milked for runs. Bumrah and Siraj ended with a wicket each while Saini and Ashwin managed to get a |
| India began the chase of 407 on a positive note as Gill and Sharma managed to stitch a 71-run stand for the first wicket. Though Gill departed Sharma got to his first Test fifty as an opener in an overseas Test but he too could not continue as he departed after getting to his milestone. Pujara and Rahane saw of the day for the visitors as they took the game into day 5. Needing 309 runs for victory on Day 5 what unfolded was a sheer cricketing action of the highest level as the game ran down the |
| STEVEN SMITH IS NAMED THE MAN OF THE MATCH! He says that it was a hard-fought game. India fought hard as the bowlers kept running into them. Says that the pitch was placid and there was less uneven bounce than they expected. Mentions that a century is always special at his home ground but says that he would have loved it if they had won. Ends by saying that he just absorbed the pressure and just observed the ball and played at it. |
| India skipper, Ajinkya Rahane says that it was all about character and is really happy with the way they played. Mentions that there are a few things which they need to look at. He says that Rishabh Pant's innings was one of a kind as he played an attacking innings. Praises the efforts of Vihari and Ashwin. Mentions that Pant is fine and injuries are something that they cannot control. On Vihari's availability for the last Test, he mentions that it will be assessed before they take a call for th |
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