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India vs Australia, Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2023, 4th Test - Full Scorecard
02
nd Innings
India
571/10
(178.5 OV)
RR 3.19
BATTING
R
B
4s
6s
Rohit Sharma
c Marnus Labuschagne b Matthew Kuhnemann
35
58
3
1
Shubman Gill
lbw b Nathan Lyon
128
235
12
1
Cheteshwar Pujara
lbw b Todd Murphy
42
121
3
0
Virat Kohli
c Marnus Labuschagne b Todd Murphy
186
364
15
0
Ravindra Jadeja
c Usman Khawaja b Todd Murphy
28
84
2
1
Srikar Bharat
c Peter Handscomb b Nathan Lyon
44
88
2
3
Axar Patel
b Mitchell Starc
79
113
5
4
Ravichandran Ashwin
c Matthew Kuhnemann b Nathan Lyon
7
12
1
0
Umesh Yadav
run out (Peter Handscomb)
0
0
0
0
Mohammad Shami
not out
0
2
0
0
Shreyas Iyer
absent hurt
Total
571/10
(178.5 OV)
RR 3.19
Fall of Wickets
1-74 (Rohit Sharma, 21 ov), 2-187 (Cheteshwar Pujara, 62 ov), 3-245 (Shubman Gill, 78.4 ov), 4-309 (Ravindra Jadeja, 107 ov), 5-393 (Srikar Bharat, 136.4 ov), 6-555 (Axar Patel, 172.3 ov), 7-568 (Ravichandran Ashwin, 176 ov), 8-569 (Umesh Yadav, 176.3 ov), 9-571 (Virat Kohli, 178.5 ov)
BOWLING
O
M
R
W
Mitchell Starc
22
3
97
1
Cameron Green
18
1
90
0
Nathan Lyon
65
9
151
3
Matthew Kuhnemann
25
3
94
1
Todd Murphy
45.5
10
113
3
Travis Head
3
0
8
0
01
st Innings
Australia
480/10
(167.2 OV)
RR 2.87
BATTING
R
B
4s
6s
Travis Head
c Ravindra Jadeja b Ravichandran Ashwin
32
44
7
0
Usman Khawaja
lbw b Axar Patel
180
422
21
0
Marnus Labuschagne
b Mohammad Shami
3
20
0
0
Steven Smith
b Ravindra Jadeja
38
135
3
0
Peter Handscomb
b Mohammad Shami
17
27
3
0
Cameron Green
c Srikar Bharat b Ravichandran Ashwin
114
170
18
0
Alex Carey
c Axar Patel b Ravichandran Ashwin
0
4
0
0
Mitchell Starc
c Shreyas Iyer b Ravichandran Ashwin
6
20
0
0
Nathan Lyon
c Virat Kohli b Ravichandran Ashwin
34
96
6
0
Todd Murphy
lbw b Ravichandran Ashwin
41
61
5
0
Matthew Kuhnemann
not out
0
7
0
0
Total
480/10
(167.2 OV)
RR 2.87
Fall of Wickets
1-61 (Travis Head, 15.3 ov), 2-72 (Marnus Labuschagne, 22.2 ov), 3-151 (Steven Smith, 63.4 ov), 4-170 (Peter Handscomb, 70.4 ov), 5-378 (Cameron Green, 130.2 ov), 6-378 (Alex Carey, 131 ov), 7-387 (Mitchell Starc, 135.3 ov), 8-409 (Usman Khawaja, 146.1 ov), 9-479 (Todd Murphy, 165.3 ov), 10-480 (Nathan Lyon, 167.2 ov)
BOWLING
O
M
R
W
Mohammad Shami
31
3
134
2
Umesh Yadav
25
2
105
0
Ravichandran Ashwin
47.2
15
91
6
Ravindra Jadeja
35
5
89
1
Axar Patel
28
8
47
1
Shreyas Iyer
1
0
2
0
02
nd Innings
India
We are back! The umpires are out in the middle and so are the players of India. It will be Matthew Kuhnemann, the nightwatchman to open the innings alongside Travis Head with very less time left in the day, still a bit of a surprise. Ravichandran Ashwin has been tossed the new ball and is ready to go. Let's play...
... THIRD INNINGS ...
Australia will be pretty disappointed as they were in a good positon in this Test after their batting performance. However, their bowlers were also made to work hard by the hosts and in the end they looked tired as well. Nathan Lyon bowled a marathon spell picking up three wickets while Todd Murphy also got three scalps. Matthew Kuhnemann and Mitchell Starc contributed with one each. They now trail by 91 runs and will have to bat really well as the pitch is becoming a bit spin-friendly. They need to avoid any collapses if they want to get a draw out of this as winning this match will require something extraordinary. Stay tuned as Australia's second innings is up next.
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, India finish on a massive total of 571 for 9! If you are thinking why the hosts are heading back after losing just nine wickets, it is because Shreyas Iyer is injured and he could not come out to bat and according to the rules there won't be any concussion substitute for him. This innings well and truly belonged to Virat Kohli who notched up his 28th Test hundred, but it was the young, Shubman Gill who set up the platform with his century early on. India were able to build six half-century or more stands which is the difference as they lead by 91 runs now.
178.5
W
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, OUT! CAUGHT! Virat Kohli holes out in the end and walks back a tad disappointed. Todd Murphy flights it up nicely outside off and Kohli goes for the slog-sweep. Kohli has to reach for it and ends up getting a top edge high in the air toward deep mid-wicket. There are two men in the deep and Marnus Labuschagne who is in front of square settles under it to take a fine catch. Kohli gets out for 186 and India finish with 571/9, leading by 91 runs.
178.4
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Floats it up on a length and on middle, Kohli defends it back to the bowler.
178.3
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Drops it short and around off, Virat Kohli pulls it off the back foot toward deep mid-wicket.
178.2
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, On the pads, tickled away down to fine leg for no run.
178.1
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Shorter one angling across off, Virat Kohli punches it to the right of the bowler who makes the stop.
178
over
178 | 1 Runs | HH: 571/8
177.6
0
Nathan Lyon to Mohammad Shami, Bowled on off and middle, Mohammad Shami gets behind the line to block.
177.5
1
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Flighted delivery on middle and leg, worked away through mid-wicket for a single.
177.4
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Floated up on a length around off, Kohli looks to push at it but gets an inside edge past the stumps.
177.3
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, DROPPED! A difficult chance goes begging! Tossed up around off and turning in, Virat Kohli skips down the track and heaves it flat toward wide long on. Peter Handscomb runs in from deep mid-wicket and dives forward to grab it with both hands but fails to hold on and Kohli breathes a huge sigh of relief.
177.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Flatter one on off stump, Kohli pushes it back to the bowler.
177.1
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Tossed up around off, Virat Kohli attempts the reverse paddle and gets it down to third man but doesn't take the single.
Nathan Lyon is ready to bowl his 65th over which will be the first time as his previous highest was 64 overs in an innings while playing for Australia.
177
over
177 | 2 Runs | HH: 570/8
176.6
0
Todd Murphy to Mohammad Shami, Floated up around off, Mohammad Shami gets a big stride forward and blocks it out.
176.5
1
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Full around middle and leg, worked away in front of mid-wicket for a single.
176.4
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Tossed up around middle, Virat Kohli pushes it back to the bowler.
Mohammad Shami is in next and with still no news of Shreyas Iyer, Shami could be the last man in for India as well.
176.3
W
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, OUT! RUN OUT! A brilliant piece of fielding from Peter Handscomb gets another breakthrough for the Aussies. This is floated, full and on middle, Virat Kohli tucks it with soft hand towards mid-wicket and calls for two straightaway and Yadav responds too. However, Peter Handscomb runs in, picks it up and hits bullseye at the bowler's end with Umesh Yadav nowhere near the crease. The replay confirms the same and India lose their eighth wicket.
Is that a run-out? Australia look really confident and it was a bullet of a direct hit from Peter Handscomb at the bowler's end. The replays roll in and we can clearly see that Umesh Yadav is well short of his crease while coming back for the second run and goes without facing a ball. OUT comes up on the big screen.
176.2
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Tossed up, full and on middle, Virat Kohli blocks it down the pitch.
176.1
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Short and outside off, Virat Kohli opens the face of his bat and gudies it towards backward point.
Umesh Yadav is the new man in.
176
over
176 | 4 Runs | HH: 568/7
175.6
W
Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, OUT! TAKEN! Nathan Lyon gets rid of Ravichandran Ashwin as he tries to go big this time. This is floated, full and around off, Ravichandran Ashwin goes down on one knee and tries to slog-sweep it, but fails to get underneath the ball and gets a top edge high up in the air towards deep mid-wicket where Matthew Kuhnemann settles under it and takes a good catch close to the ropes. India seven down now!
175.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Short again and on fof, Ravichandran Ashwin steers it towards point,
175.4
0
Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Short and on off, Ravichandran Ashwin moves back and keeps it out.
175.3
0
Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Flighted, full and on off, turning in, Ravichandran Ashwin leans on to block, but misses and gets hit on the pads.
175.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, Floated, short and on off, turning in shaprly with extra bounce, Ravichandran Ashwin moves back to defend, but gets surprised by the bounce as the ball hits the bat and rolls towards point.
175.1
4
Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin, FOUR! Nicely played! This is tossed up, full and around off, Ravichandran Ashwin strides forward and drives it firmly through covers for a boundary.
Drinks break! The Indian lead currently stands at 84 runs and the pitch still isn't showing any signs of wear and tear. Virat Kohli is inching closer to a double ton and at 183* has the highest individual score of this series. Axar Patel entertained his home crowd with some big shots but was sent back to the pavilion by Mitchell Starc and couldn't get to a century. Australia are just trying to slow down proceedings and bowl minimal overs and the game currently has lost the competitive edge. The third new ball has been available after the 174th over but the visitors might not take it at all this evening. Will India push the issue late in the day and take a big lead into the final day? Also, Nathan Lyon (63-9-146-2) is back into the attack.
175
over
175 | 4 Runs | HH: 564/6
174.6
1
Mitchell Starc to Ravichandran Ashwin, Back of a length and on leg, Ravichandran Ashwin flicks it towards deep mid-wicket for one more.
174.5
0
Mitchell Starc to Ravichandran Ashwin, Touch fuller and down the leg side, Ravichandran Ashwin misses his flick.
174.4
0
Mitchell Starc to Ravichandran Ashwin, Pulls his length back a bit, on off, Ravichandran Ashwin dabs it towards point.
174.3
1
Mitchell Starc to Virat Kohli, Goes fuller and on middle, drills it towards deep mid-wicket for a run.
174.2
2
Mitchell Starc to Virat Kohli, Length again and on middle, Virat Kohli nudges it towards deep mid-wicket for a brace.
174.1
0
Mitchell Starc to Virat Kohli, This is on a good length and down the leg side, Virat Kohli misses his flick as Alex Carey collects it behind the stumps.
174
over
174 | 3 Runs | HH: 560/6
173.6
0
Todd Murphy to Ravichandran Ashwin, Flighted, full and on off, Ravichandran Ashwin defends it on the front foot.
173.5
1
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Todd Murphy slows it up, on middle, turns in with extra bounce, Virat Kohli tickles it towards short fine leg where a fumble allows another run.
173.4
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Short and on middle, Virat Kohli nudges it straight to square leg.
173.3
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Floated, short and on off, Virat Kohli leans and keeps it out to the off side.
173.2
1
Todd Murphy to Ravichandran Ashwin, Tossed up, full and on fof, Ravichandran Ashwin drives it wide of mid off where Mitchell Starc slides to his left to stop it as the batters scampers across for run.
173.1
1
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Short and on middle, Virat Kohli moves back and clips it towards deep mid-wicket for a single.
173
over
173 | 3 Runs | HH: 557/6
172.6
1
Mitchell Starc to Virat Kohli, Short and on middle, slower too, Virat Kohli pulls it towards deep square leg for a run.
172.5
0
Mitchell Starc to Virat Kohli, Back of a length again, on middle, Virat Kohli tucks it towards short mid-wicket.
172.4
1
Mitchell Starc to Ravichandran Ashwin, Back of a length and on leg, Ravichandran Ashwin nudges it through square leg for a single and gets off the mark.
Ravichandran Ashwin walks out to bat now.
172.3
W
Mitchell Starc to Axar Patel, OUT! DRAGGED ON! Mitchell Starc strikes! Axar Patel is a bit unlucky, but he will have to go back to the hut. Starc lands this on a good length and around off, shaping in a bit, Axar Patel stays in his crease and tries to drive it away from his body, but gets an inside edge back onto the stumps as the bails go flying. He is disappointed as it was a great opportunity for him to score a hundred. India six down now!
172.2
1
Mitchell Starc to Virat Kohli, On a length and on off, Virat Kohli guides it through covers for a single. The scoreboard reads 555/5!
172.1
0
Mitchell Starc to Virat Kohli, This is pitched up, on off, angling in, Virat Kohli blocks it back to the bowler.
Mitchell Starc (20-3-90-0) is brought back into the attack.
172
over
172 | 3 Runs | HH: 554/5
171.6
1
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Flighted. full and on off, Virat Kohli taps it in front of short covers for one more.
171.5
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Slightly shorter and on middle, Virat Kohli clips it towards mid-wicket.
171.4
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Slower through the air, on middle, Virat Kohli watches it through and keeps it out to the leg side.
171.3
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Short and on middle, Virat Kohli moves back and pushes it towards silly mid on.
171.2
1
Todd Murphy to Axar Patel, Flatter, full and on leg, Axar Patel drives it towards long on for a run.
171.1
1
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Floated, full and on the pads, Virat Kohli whips it towards deep mid-wicket for a single.
171
over
171 | 13 Runs | HH: 551/5
170.6
6
Matthew Kuhnemann to Axar Patel, SIX! 13 runs off the over! Axar Patel is hitting it out of the park pretty easily here. This is tossed up, full and on off, Axar Patel picks up the length early and smashes it over the deep mid-wicket fence for a maximum.
170.5
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Axar Patel, Flatter, full and on middle, Axar Patel turns it to the leg side.
170.4
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Axar Patel, Quicker, short and on off, Axar Patel pushes it back to the left of the bowler.
170.3
6
Matthew Kuhnemann to Axar Patel, SIX! Up, up and away! This is looped up, full and on off, Axar Patel once again goes down and slogs it over the deep mid-wicket fence for another maximum. India have changes their gears and the runs are flowing now.
170.2
1
Matthew Kuhnemann to Virat Kohli, Tossed up, full and on off, Virat Kohli drives it towards long off for a single.
170.1
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Virat Kohli, Short and on middle, Virat Kohli forces it straight to short mid-wicket.
170
over
170 | 9 Runs | HH: 538/5
169.6
4
Todd Murphy to Axar Patel, FOUR! Lovely shot! This is flighted, full and on off, Axar Patel goes down on one knee and nails his slog-sweep towards the deep mid-wicket fence for a boundary.
169.5
3
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Slower through the air and on off, straightens after hitting the surface, Virat Kohli looks to drive it, but gets an outside edge towards the vacant third man fence for three runs.
169.4
1
Todd Murphy to Axar Patel, Short again and outside off, Axar Patel cuts it towards sweeper covers for a run.
169.3
1
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Goes short again and on middle, Virat Kohli nudges it towards mid-wicket for a single.
169.2
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Floated, full and around off, Virat Kohli dabs it towards point.
169.1
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Short and on middle, Virat Kohli tucks it towards short mid-wicket.
169
over
169 | 10 Runs | HH: 529/5
168.6
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Axar Patel, Shorter in length and on middle, Axar Patel moves back and keeps it out towards short mid-wicket.
168.5
2
Matthew Kuhnemann to Axar Patel, Flatter, full and aroud leg, Axar Patel paddles it wide of fine leg where Matt Renshaw runs to his left and dives to make a good stop. He throws it towards the keeper who turns it towards the bowler, but Kohli makes it safely for the second run.
168.4
2
Matthew Kuhnemann to Axar Patel, Short and outside off, Axar Patel steers it through backward point for a couple of runs.
168.3
6
Matthew Kuhnemann to Axar Patel, SIX! Huge hit! This is flighted, full and on middle, Axar Patel goes down and heaves it well over the wide deep mid-wicket fence for a biggie.
168.2
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Axar Patel, Tossed up around leg, turning in to the leg side, Axar Patel leaves it alone.
168.1
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Axar Patel, Floated, short and on leg, keeps low too, Axar Patel looks to pull it away, but misses.
Drinks! India lead by 39 runs now and they are in a position from where they can dictate terms in this Test. Virat Kohli looks set to score a double hundred while Axar Patel has also registered his fifty. They will want to extend their lead now while Australia need wickets and they need them quickly to get back in the game.
168
over
168 | 3 Runs | HH: 519/5
167.6
1
Todd Murphy to Axar Patel, Shorter in length outside off, Axar Patel cuts it through the point region for a single.
167.5
0
Todd Murphy to Axar Patel, Tossed up on off stump, Patel pushes it off the front foot to mid off.
167.4
0
Todd Murphy to Axar Patel, On middle, Patel strides forward to block.
167.3
0
Todd Murphy to Axar Patel, Quicker one around off, sliced away toward backward point.
167.2
1
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Floated up on off stump, Kohli leans forward and plays it with soft hands behind point for a quick run.
167.1
1
Todd Murphy to Axar Patel, This is flighted on the pads, Axar Patel works it away in front of square leg for a single and there is a huge roar from the crowd. Patel brings up his third FIFTY of the series and soaks in the applause from the home crowd.
Todd Murphy (40-10-93-2) is back on.
167
over
167 | 8 Runs | HH: 516/5
166.6
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Misses out! This is fired in down the leg side, Kohli sets up for the hard sweep behind square leg but misses.
166.5
4
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, FOUR! Sweetly timed! Floated full and around middle, Virat Kohli just leans forward and pushes it firmly to the right of mid off and the fielder from long on can't reach it either. Another boundary!
166.4
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, On middle and off, kept out by Kohli.
166.3
4
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, FOUR! Just a fraction shorter and Virat Kohli latches onto it. This is bowled on off stump, Kohli pulls it uppishly to the left of a diving fielder at square leg for a boundary.
166.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, On the pads, flicked away to square leg.
166.1
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Flatter one angling across the right-hander ans staying a touch low, Kohli gets deep in his crease and keeps it out on the leg side.
166
over
166 | 6 Runs | HH: 508/5
165.6
1
Cameron Green to Virat Kohli, Gets it full and wide this time, Kohli reaches out and squeezes it down to third man for a run.
165.5
4
Cameron Green to Virat Kohli, FOUR! An attempted yorker that turns out to be a waist-high full toss, Virat Kohli looks to drive but gets an outside edge that runs down to the third man fence for a boundary.
165.4
0
Cameron Green to Virat Kohli, On a hard length pushed well outside the off stump, Virat Kohli lets it go.
165.3
0
Cameron Green to Virat Kohli, A juicy full toss outside off, Virat Kohli gets across but punches it straight to mid off.
165.2
1
Cameron Green to Axar Patel, Good length outside off, steered away down to third man for a single by Axar Patel.
165.1
0
Cameron Green to Axar Patel, Fullish length around the fifth stump line, left alone for the keeper to collect.
165
over
165 | 2 Runs | HH: 502/5
164.6
1
Nathan Lyon to Axar Patel, Fraction shorter around off, cut away firmly off the back foot to deep point for one.
164.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Axar Patel, Keeps firing it in around middle, Patel defends it out from inside his crease.
164.4
0
Nathan Lyon to Axar Patel, Quicker and flatter angling in from middle, Axar Patel keeps it out.
164.3
0
Nathan Lyon to Axar Patel, Nicely bowled! Nagging length around off and middle, spearing it in a bit. Axar Patel gets pushed on the back foot and just about manages to get his bat down in time.
164.2
1
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Slower and shorter on off stump, worked away off the back foot through square leg for one.
164.1
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Quicker and on leg stump, Kohli solidly keeps it out.
164
over
164 | 9 Runs | HH: 500/5
163.6
0
Cameron Green to Axar Patel, Comes from around the wicket and serves a length ball in that channel around off. Axar Patel shoulders arms at it.
163.5
1
Cameron Green to Virat Kohli, Full and wide outside off, eased away through cover-point for a single and the 500 is now up for India, they lead by 20 runs.
163.4
4
Cameron Green to Virat Kohli, FOUR! Another boundary, this time on the on-side and that will be 150 for Virat Kohli, a classy knock from him. Pitched up on middle and leg, Kohli pushes it through wide mid on and the ball just races into the fence.
163.3
4
Cameron Green to Virat Kohli, FOUR! Begging to be hit and put away nicely by Virat Kohli. Overpitched but well outside off, Kohli reaches out and smashes it through extra cover for a boundary. The 100-run stand is up between these two as well.
163.2
0
Cameron Green to Virat Kohli, Length ball angling in from outside off, Virat Kohli punches it on the up to mid off.
163.1
0
Cameron Green to Virat Kohli, On a good length and well wide of the off stump, left alone by Kohli.
Cameron Green (16-1-75-0) replaces Todd Murphy.
163
over
163 | 5 Runs | HH: 491/5
162.6
0
Nathan Lyon to Axar Patel, Flighted delivery around middle, Axar Patel defends it with soft hands.
162.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Axar Patel, A bit fuller and on off stump, played away toward cover.
162.4
0
Nathan Lyon to Axar Patel, Stays low again! Flatter on middle, keeping low, Patel manages to keep it out on the off side.
162.3
2
Nathan Lyon to Axar Patel, Flatter delivery, angling into middle and leg and staying low. Axar Patel pulls it in front of square on the leg side and picks up two more.
162.2
2
Nathan Lyon to Axar Patel, DROPPED! A really tough chance goes down! Nathan Lyon tosses it up on a length around off and gets the ball to grip and bite off the deck. Axar Patel gets taken aback and gets a dab on it very late. The ball goes quickly past the keeper and an unsighted Steven Smith sticks out a right hand but the ball goes off his palms and toward third man. They get a couple of runs.
162.1
1
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Shorter one on leg stump, Virat Kohli pulls it firmly off the back foot to deep mid-wicket for a run.
162
over
162 | 6 Runs | HH: 486/5
161.6
1
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Floated up on middle and leg, Kohli reaches out and works it in front of mid-wicket for a single.
161.5
1
Todd Murphy to Axar Patel, Quicker one around off, bouncing a bit extra, Axar Patel does well to keep it down past point and the batters pick up a quick single.
161.4
4
Todd Murphy to Axar Patel, FOUR! Cut away and India are finally in the lead! Drops it short and outside off, Axar Patel rocks back and cuts it hard into the vacant point fence.
161.3
0
Todd Murphy to Axar Patel, Looks to slide one in from around off, Patel keeps it out toward mid on.
161.2
0
Todd Murphy to Axar Patel, Floated up around off, Axar Patel pushes it toward a deepish cover fielder.
161.1
0
Todd Murphy to Axar Patel, Fired in around off, driven firmly but straight to cover.
161
over
161 | 4 Runs | HH: 480/5
160.6
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Flighted delivery on the legs, wristed away to square leg.
160.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, On middle and off, Kohli leans forward to defend.
160.4
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Floated up around leg stump, Kohli pushes it to the left of short leg who gets a hand on it.
160.3
2
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Flatter one around leg, keeping a touch low, Virat Kohli flicks it away in front of square leg and comes back for the second with ease. The scores are now level!
160.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Keeps the length short and around leg stump, Kohli goes on the back foot and keeps it down to the right of short leg.
160.1
2
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Quicker and shorter down leg, Virat Kohli flicks it behind square on the leg side and picks up a couple of runs.
160
over
160 | 1 Runs | HH: 476/5
159.6
1
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Uppish but wide of the man! Tossed up on leg stump, Virat Kohli flicks it to the left of a diving Cameron Green at short mid-wicket and gets it down to wide long on for a single.
159.5
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Flatter and on the pads, tucked away off the back foot to backward square leg.
159.4
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Shorter one on middle, Kohli nudges it down in front of mid-wicket.
159.3
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Gives it a nice loop and bowls it full on the toes, Virat Kohli wrists it toward mid-wicket.
159.2
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, On off stump, Kohli strides forward to make the block.
159.1
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Tosses it up full and on leg stump, flicked away straight to mid-wicket.
Australia going with off-spin at both ends as Todd Murphy is ready to bowl now.
159
over
159 | 3 Runs | HH: 475/5
158.6
0
Nathan Lyon to Axar Patel, Floats it up around off and middle, Axar Patel leans forward to defend.
158.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Axar Patel, Bowls it flatter on middle and leg, pushed off the back foot toward mid on.
158.4
1
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Quick run! Tossed up on the legs, Virat Kohli flicks it to mid-wicket and scampers through for a quick single, good running.
158.3
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, A touch shorter on off stump, Kohli gets behind the line and makes the block.
158.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Nicely bowled! Slows it up and drifts it across the off stump, Kohli looks to defend off the front foot but is beaten past the outside edge.
158.1
2
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Starts off from around the wicket and bowsl it full on the pads, Virat Kohli glances it down to fine leg and picks up a couple of runs.
We are back for the final session! The players are out in the middle now. Virat Kohli and Axar Patel to continue the innings for India. Nathan Lyon has the ball in his hand and will start with it in this sesssion.
... DAY 4, SESSION 3 ...
Srikar Bharat came out after the Lunch break with aggressive intent and was heavily responsible for Cameron Green conceding 21 runs in an over which is the most in this series. Virat Kohli continued to rotate the strike without any urgency but gathered momentum once he reached his landmark. Srikar Bharat fell 6 short of his maiden half-century but Axar Patel came out to the middle and continued his remarkable form in the series. India became the first team to score 50 runs in all their six partnerships so far against Australia. Will the visitors be able to maintain their discipline and prevent the hosts from scoring freely in the final session of Day 4? Or will India put themselves in a solid position to look for a win on the final Day? Join us at 2.30 pm IST (9 am GMT) to find out.
Another session that has belonged to the Indian batters as they scored 110 runs and lost just one wicket while showing ample intent to push for a win in the last four sessions of this game. They now trail by just 8 runs and are now in complete control of this game with 5 wickets in hand. It is highly unlikely that they will lose from this position and a chunk of the credit has been given to Virat Kohli who notched up a Test century after a prolonged wait with the last one coming at the end of 2019 going into the break unbeaten on 135. The Australian bowlers look tired out in the middle and Nathan Lyon was rewarded with yet another wicket for his longest bowling spell in India and became the highest overseas wicket-taker against the hosts.
158
over
158 | 3 Runs | HH: 472/5
157.6
1
Travis Head to Virat Kohli, Flighted, full and on off, Virat Kohli drives it through covers for another run. THAT WILL BE TEA ON DAY 4!
157.5
1
Travis Head to Axar Patel, Short and outside off, Axar Patel punches it towards sweeper covers for a run. India trail by under 10 runs now!
157.4
1
Travis Head to Virat Kohli, Flatter, full and on middle, Virat Kohli nudges it through square leg for a single.
157.3
0
Travis Head to Virat Kohli, Slower through the air, on off, turning in, Virat Kohli looks to defend, but gets an inside edge to the leg side.
157.2
0
Travis Head to Virat Kohli, Floated, full and on off, Virat Kohli keeps it out to the off side.
157.1
0
Travis Head to Virat Kohli, Tossed up, full and on off, Virat Kohli prods forward and blocks it out.
157
over
157 | 4 Runs | HH: 469/5
156.6
4
Matthew Kuhnemann to Axar Patel, FOUR BYES! Matthew Kuhnemann bowls this a bit quicker, full and on leg, turning in with extra bounce, Axar Patel misses his flick and Alex Carey behind the stumps fails to stop it as the ball races to the fine leg fence for a boundary.
156.5
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Axar Patel, Flighted, full and on middle, Axar Patel blocks it down thr pitch.
156.4
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Axar Patel, Quicker, shortish and on leg, turning in, Axar Patel looks to whip it away, but misses.
156.3
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Axar Patel, Flatter, full and on leg, Axar Patel nudges it towards square leg.
156.2
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Axar Patel, Floated, full and on leg, Axar Patel clips it towards short mid-wicket.
156.1
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Axar Patel, Just short! This is tossed up, full and on leg, turning in, Axar Patel looks to flick it, but gets an inside edge which just falls short of Steven Smith at leg slip.
156
over
156 | 3 Runs | HH: 465/5
155.6
1
Travis Head to Axar Patel, Fligthed, full and on off, Axar Patel uses his feet and drives it towards long on for an easy one.
155.5
0
Travis Head to Axar Patel, Quicker one, on middle, keeps low too, Axar Patel manages to put his bat down in time to keep it out.
155.4
0
Travis Head to Axar Patel, Floated, full and on off, Axar Patel pushes it to the bowler again.
155.3
0
Travis Head to Axar Patel, Tossed up, full and on middle, Axar Patel blocks it back to the bowler.
155.2
1
Travis Head to Virat Kohli, Short again and on middle, Virat Kohli moves back and flicks it towards deep mid-wicket for a run.
155.1
1
Travis Head to Axar Patel, EDGED BUT SAFE! Travis Head lands this short and outside off, Axar Patel looks to cut it, but gets a thick outside edge over the first slip fiedler for just a single.
155
over
155 | 5 Runs | HH: 462/5
154.6
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Virat Kohli, Tossed up, full and on off, Virat Kohli drives it wide of short covers where Marnus Labuschagne dives to his right to stop it.
154.5
2
Matthew Kuhnemann to Virat Kohli, Good running! This one is darted full and on the pads, Virat Kohli clips it towards wide of deep square leg and comes back for the second.
154.4
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Virat Kohli, Flatter, full and on middle, Virat Kohli turns it towards short mid-wicket.
The ball has taken some damage to it and it fails to pass through the ring. The umpires decides to take another ball out of the briefcase which is around 70 overs old.
154.3
1
Matthew Kuhnemann to Axar Patel, Matthew Kuhnemann continues to bowl short and on leg, Axar Patel forces it towards deep backward square leg for one.
154.2
1
Matthew Kuhnemann to Virat Kohli, Short again and on middle, Virat Kohli moves back and jabs it towards deep mid-wicket for one.
154.1
1
Matthew Kuhnemann to Axar Patel, Short and on leg, Axar Patel heaves it towards deep backward square leg for a single.
154
over
154 | 2 Runs | HH: 457/5
153.6
1
Travis Head to Axar Patel, Looped up, full and around off, Axar Patel drives it sweetly through covers and wide of long off for just a run.
153.5
0
Travis Head to Axar Patel, Flatter, full and on middle, Axar Patel drives it back to the bowler.
153.4
0
Travis Head to Axar Patel, Slower through the air, on off, turning away, Axar Patel leaves it alone.
153.3
1
Travis Head to Virat Kohli, Flighted, full and on off, Virat Kohli leans on and taps it in front of short covers for quick single.
153.2
0
Travis Head to Virat Kohli, Floated, full and on off, Virat Kohli defends it on the front foot.
153.1
0
Travis Head to Virat Kohli, Travis Head starts with a tossed up delivery, full and on off, turning in, Virat Kohli blocks it out.
153
over
153 | 8 Runs | HH: 455/5
152.6
1
Matthew Kuhnemann to Virat Kohli, Shortish and on middle, Virat Kohli moves back and flicks it through mid-wicket for one.
152.5
1
Matthew Kuhnemann to Axar Patel, Flatter, full and on leg, Axar Patel drills it towards long on for a single.
152.4
4
Matthew Kuhnemann to Axar Patel, FOUR! Nice shot! Matthew Kuhnemann lands this short and way outside off, Axar Patel moves back quickly and punches it through covers for a boundary.
152.3
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Axar Patel, Goes short and on middle, Axar Patel moves back and tucks it towards short mid-wicket.
152.2
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Axar Patel, Floated, full and on off, Axar Patel prods forward and defends it to the off side.
152.1
2
Matthew Kuhnemann to Axar Patel, Tossed up, full and on middle, Axar Patel uses his feet and whips it wide of deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs.
152
over
152 | 2 Runs | HH: 447/5
151.6
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Slower through the air, on leg, turning in, Virat Kohli leaves it alone.
151.5
1
Todd Murphy to Axar Patel, Looped up, full and on middle, Axar Patel drives it towards wide of mid on for a run.
151.4
0
Todd Murphy to Axar Patel, Flighted, full and on middle, Axar Patel defends it on the front foot.
151.3
0
Todd Murphy to Axar Patel, Short again and on middle, Axar Patel nudges it towards short mid-wicket.
151.2
0
Todd Murphy to Axar Patel, Quicker, short and on off, angling in, Axar Patel goes back and pushes it towards short covers.
151.1
1
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Flatter, full and down the leg, Virat Kohli tucks it towards backward square leg for a single.
151
over
151 | 1 Runs | HH: 445/5
150.6
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Axar Patel, Floated, full and on off, Axar Patel is solid in his defense again.
150.5
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Axar Patel, Flatter, full and on off, turning in, Axar Patel stays back and keeps it out to the off side.
150.4
1
Matthew Kuhnemann to Virat Kohli, Goes short again and on middle, Virat Kohli clips it off the back foot towards wide mid on for a single.
150.3
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Virat Kohli, Flighted, full and on middle, Virat Kohli blocks it towards the bowler.
150.2
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Virat Kohli, Short and around off, Virat Kohli moves back and keeps it out towards short covers.
150.1
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Virat Kohli, Tossed up, full and on off, Virat Kohli leans on and defends it towards short covers.
150
over
150 | 0 Runs | HH: 444/5
149.6
0
Todd Murphy to Axar Patel, Flights this one full and wide outside the off pole. Axar Patel chooses to leave this one alone. A maiden over from Todd Murphy.
149.5
0
Todd Murphy to Axar Patel, Drops this one short once again and outside off. Axar Patel looks to punch this away but finds the fielder at extra cover.
149.4
0
Todd Murphy to Axar Patel, Tosses this one full and angled into the stumps. Axar Patel gets a confident stride forward and keeps the ball out.
149.3
0
Todd Murphy to Axar Patel, Floats this one full and outside off. Axar Patel blocks this solidly towards short cover.
149.2
0
Todd Murphy to Axar Patel, Short once again and just outside off. Axar Patel is unable to find the gap as he pushes this towards extra cover once again.
149.1
0
Todd Murphy to Axar Patel, Todd Murphy bowls this one slightly short and into the stumps. Axar Patel rocks back and punches this towards extra cover.
149
over
149 | 3 Runs | HH: 444/5
148.6
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Loops this one full and on a leg-stump line. Virat Kohli dabs this towards short leg.
148.5
1
Nathan Lyon to Axar Patel, Bowls this one short and outside the off pole. Axar Patel slaps this towards deep point and collects a single.
148.4
0
Nathan Lyon to Axar Patel, Goes over the stumps now and fires this into the stumps on a fuller length. Axar Patel pushes this towards cover-point.
148.3
0
Nathan Lyon to Axar Patel, Tosses this one full and outside the off pole. Axar Patel dabs this down to point.
148.2
2
Nathan Lyon to Axar Patel, Strays onto the pads on a fuller length. Axar Patel flicks this down to fine leg for a couple of runs.
148.1
0
Nathan Lyon to Axar Patel, Nathan Lyon flights this one full and outside the off stump. Axar Patel dabs this towards backward point.
Usman Khawaja is off the field as he got hurt trying to stop that maximum and landed on the boundary cushions. Matt Renshaw has replaced him.
148
over
148 | 11 Runs | HH: 441/5
147.6
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Floated full and at the stumps. Virat Kohli goes back and clips this into the leg side.
147.5
4
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, FOUR! This has been placed in the gap to perfection! Todd Murphy floats this one full and on middle stump. Virat Kohli flicks this wide of mid on and the ball races away to the cow corner boundary for four runs. Usman Khawaja gives chase but the catch attempt seems to have damaged his leg and he limps out to get treatement.
147.4
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Tosses this one full and outside the off stump. Virat Kohli smothers this down into the pitch.
147.3
1
Todd Murphy to Axar Patel, On a shortish length and angled in from outside off. Axar Patel goes on the back foot and cuts this towards point for a single.
147.2
0
Todd Murphy to Axar Patel, Bowls this one full and into the stumps. Axar Patel tucks this into the leg side.
147.1
6
Todd Murphy to Axar Patel, SIX! That has just about managed to go over the ropes for a maximum! Todd Murphy loops this one full and outside off. Axar Patel goes inside out and lofts this towards long off. Usman Khawaja is at the boundary and grabs hold of the catch but steps on the ropes which makes him trip over. Six runs added to Axar Patel's kitty.
147
over
147 | 6 Runs | HH: 430/5
146.6
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, On a shortish length once again and pitching outside leg. Virat Kohli goes on the back foot and dabs this towards backward square leg.
146.5
2
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Strays onto the pads on a fuller length. Virat Kohli clips this towards fine leg for a couple of runs.
146.4
4
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, FOUR! A fine shot from Virat Kohli as he finds the fence once again! Nathan Lyon bowls a low full toss outside the off stump. Virat Kohli reaches for it and knocks it towards long off for four runs.
146.3
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Another shortish delivery bowled at the stumps. Virat Kohli tucks this towards square leg.
146.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Slightly short and in line with the stumps. Virat Kohli rocks back and flicks this towards square leg.
146.1
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Nathan Lyon bowls this full and outside the off stump. Virat Kohli goes deep in the crease and blocks this into the off side.
146
over
146 | 5 Runs | HH: 424/5
145.6
0
Todd Murphy to Axar Patel, Beaten! This is flighted full and just outside off, Axar Patel plays the wrong line and the ball straightens after pitching. It swishes past the outside edge.
145.5
1
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Goes full now and in line with the stumps. Virat Kohli clips this towards mid-wicket and collects a single.
145.4
4
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, FOUR! Gets this one away well! Another short ball was delivered outside the off stump. Virat Kohli is deep in the crease as he pulls this towards deep square leg for four runs.
145.3
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Short once again and outside off. Virat Kohli misses out as he pulls this straight to mid-wicket.
145.2
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Slightly short and onto the pads. Virat Kohli whips this towards square leg on his back foot.
145.1
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Todd Murphy tosses this one full and on a leg-stump line. Virat Kohli blocks this towards mid-wicket.
Drinks! India trail by just 61 runs now and Axar Patel and Virat Kohli are building up another partnership for them. Kohli completed his 75th international hundred and looks to set to make it even bigger. Australia need wickets and the pitch is starting to turn a bit more and they will hope to use that to their advantage.
145
over
145 | 0 Runs | HH: 419/5
144.6
0
Nathan Lyon to Axar Patel, A tossed-up delivery bowled just outside the off pole. Axar Patel is well forward as he blocks this solidly into the off side.
144.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Axar Patel, Bowls this one slightly short and into the stump. Axar Patel rocks back and defends this towards short cover.
144.4
0
Nathan Lyon to Axar Patel, Loopy delivery bowled full and on an off-stump line. Axar Patel dabs this down towards backward point.
144.3
0
Nathan Lyon to Axar Patel, Flights this one full and outside the off stump. Axar Patel knocks this towards cover.
144.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Axar Patel, Angles this into the legs on a fuller length. Axar Patel misses his block and the ball balloons off his pads into the leg side.
144.1
0
Nathan Lyon to Axar Patel, Nathan Lyon floats this one full and into the pads. Some extra bounce off the surface once again surprises the batter but he manages to block it out towards backward point.
144
over
144 | 7 Runs | HH: 419/5
143.6
0
Mitchell Starc to Virat Kohli, Delivers this on a good length and outside the off stump. Virat Kohli shoulders his arms to this one.
143.5
3
Mitchell Starc to Axar Patel, A touch too full from Mitchell Starc once again and onto the pads. Axar Patel flicks this towards deep mid-wicket and a good stop from Todd Murphy at the boundary keeps them down to three runs.
143.4
0
Mitchell Starc to Axar Patel, Bowls this one wide outside off on a good length. Axar Patel is watchful as he leaves this one alone.
143.3
0
Mitchell Starc to Axar Patel, On a fuller length once again but attacks the stumps this time. Axar Patel knocks this towards mid-wicket.
143.2
4
Mitchell Starc to Axar Patel, FOUR! Easy pickings for Axar Patel and runs are now starting to come easy for India! Mitchell Starc fires this one full and into the pads. Axar Patel glances this down to fine leg for four runs.
143.1
0
Mitchell Starc to Axar Patel, Mitchell Starc goes full but strays down leg side. Axar Patel looks to flick this fine but misses and Alex Carey has to dive to his right to collect the ball.
143
over
143 | 1 Runs | HH: 412/5
142.6
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Loops this one full and into the stumps. Virat Kohli clips this towards square leg. Just one run from the over.
142.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Flights this one full and outside the off stump. Virat Kohli gets forward and dabs this towards short leg.
142.4
1
Nathan Lyon to Axar Patel, Bowls this full and in line with the stumps. Axar Patel goes on the back foot and punches this to deep cover for a single.
142.3
0
Nathan Lyon to Axar Patel, Goes over the wicket now and flights this full outside off. Axar Patel opts to leave this one alone.
142.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Axar Patel, Slightly short and into the stumps. Axar Patel rocks back and punches this to short cover.
142.1
0
Nathan Lyon to Axar Patel, Nathan Lyon floats this one full and into the pads. Axar Patel gets forward and blocks this towards backward point.
142
over
142 | 9 Runs | HH: 411/5
141.6
4
Mitchell Starc to Virat Kohli, FOUR! The second boundary in the over and Virat Kohli looks to be getting a move on here! Mitchell Starc strays onto the pads on a fuller length. Virat Kohli flicks this down to fine leg for four more runs.
141.5
0
Mitchell Starc to Virat Kohli, Goes back to bowling on a good length and outside off. Virat Kohli knocks this towards cover.
141.4
4
Mitchell Starc to Virat Kohli, FOUR! This is an absolutely gorgeous shot! The first boundary for Virat Kohli on Day 4! Mitchell Starc bowls a low full toss outside the off stump. Virat Kohli punches this down to long off for four runs.
141.3
0
Mitchell Starc to Virat Kohli, Bowls this really full and way outside the off stump. Virat Kohli reaches for it but misses.
141.2
1
Mitchell Starc to Axar Patel, On a good length this time and closer to the off pole. Axar Patel punches this towards deep point for a single.
141.1
0
Mitchell Starc to Axar Patel, Mitchell Starc bowls this slightly back of a length and outside off. Axar Patel leaves this one alone.
141
over
141 | 2 Runs | HH: 402/5
140.6
2
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Looped up, full and on off, Virat Kohli opens the face of his bat and steers it towards the vacant third man regions as Travis Head runs after it and mops it up. Two runs taken!
140.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Flighted, full and on middle, Virat Kohli tucks it towards short mid-wicket.
140.4
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Shortish again and outside off, Virat Kohli defends it on the back foot.
140.3
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Tossed up, full and on off, turning in, Virat Kohli leans on to defend, but the extra bounce takes the inside edge and goes on the bounce towards short leg.
140.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Shorter in length and on off, Virat Kohli moves back and clips it towards short leg.
140.1
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Flatter, full and on off, Virat Kohli moves back and keeps it out to the off side.
140
over
140 | 0 Runs | HH: 400/5
139.6
0
Mitchell Starc to Axar Patel, A maide over! This is on a good length and on middle, Axar Patel plays it back towards the bowler.
139.5
0
Mitchell Starc to Axar Patel, Touch fuller and outside off, Axar Patel lifts his bat and lets it go to the keeper.
139.4
0
Mitchell Starc to Axar Patel, Mitchell Starc pitches it up, on middle, shaping in, Axar Patel knocks it towards mid on.
139.3
0
Mitchell Starc to Axar Patel, Full again and down the leg again, angling in, Axar Patel misses his flick again. Starc need to correct his line a bit to use the reverse swing.
139.2
0
Mitchell Starc to Axar Patel, Goes fuller this time, on leg, shaping in, Axar Patel misses his flick and Alex Carey gathers it behind the stumps.
139.1
0
Mitchell Starc to Axar Patel, This is on a good length and around off, shaping in, Axar Patel tries to push it away, but gets an inside edge onto his pads.
139
over
139 | 6 Runs | HH: 400/5
138.6
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Flatter, full and on middle, turning in, Virat Kohli does well to get some bat on it and nudges it towards square leg.
138.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Darts this one full and on middle, Virat Kohli clips it towards backward short leg.
138.4
1
Nathan Lyon to Axar Patel, Tossed up, full and on off, Axar Patel drives it towards silly mid off where the fielder lets it through and allows a run. 400 up for India!
138.3
4
Nathan Lyon to Axar Patel, FOUR! Nice shot! Nathan Lyon lands this short and well outside off, Axar Patel goes on his back foot and cuts it through point for a boundary.
138.2
1
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, The wait is over! Virat Kohli has reached his 28th century in Test cricket and it has been a long time coming! The crowd is absolutely ecstatic as they have come in large numbers to witness this landmark and he looks like a relieved man. Nathan Lyon floats this one full and in line with the stumps. Virat Kohli clips this towards deep square leg and takes a single. He removes his helmet and kisses the locket he is wearing as his celebrations are quite muted for someone so animated. What a patient and well-constructed knock this has been.
138.1
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Shortish and on leg, Virat Kohli flicks it straight to square leg.
138
over
138 | 1 Runs | HH: 394/5
137.6
0
Todd Murphy to Axar Patel, Looped up, full and around off, Axar Patel looks to drive it, but gets an inside edge towards backward square leg.
137.5
0
Todd Murphy to Axar Patel, A bit short and on middle, Axar Patel stays back and knocks it down the pitch.
137.4
0
Todd Murphy to Axar Patel, Flatter, full and on middle, Axar Patel defends it on the front foot.
137.3
0
Todd Murphy to Axar Patel, Floated, full and on middle, Axar Patel blocks it back to the bowler.
137.2
0
Todd Murphy to Axar Patel, Slower through the air, on leg, angling in, Axar Patel looks to defend, but misses and gets hit on the pads as the ball goes nowhere.
137.1
1
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Tossed up, full and on middle, Virat Kohli whips it towards mid-wicket where the fielder dives to his left and parries it to mid on. They cross. Kohli moves to 99!
137
over
137 | 1 Runs | HH: 393/5
136.6
0
Nathan Lyon to Axar Patel, Looped up, full and on off, Axar Patel drives it straight to short covers again.
136.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Axar Patel, Tossed up, full and on off, Axar Patel pushes it towards short covers.
Still no sign of Shreyas Iyer... It will be Axar Patel who makes his way out to the middle.
136.4
W
Nathan Lyon to Srikar Bharat, OUT! TAKEN! Nathan Lyon strikes! Australia finally breaks this partnership which was looking really good. Lyon flights this up around middle, turning in a bit, Srikar Bharat prods forward to defend with hard hands, but the extra bounce and turn takes the inside edge as the ball loops up of his pads towards short leg where Peter Handscomb takes a dolly. Bharat is really disappointed as he misses out on a well-deserved half-century.
136.3
1
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Goes short again and on middle, Virat Kohli moves back and flicks it towards deep square leg for a single.
136.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Tossed up, full and on middle, Virat Kohli turns it towards short leg.
136.1
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Floated, short and on middle, turning in, Virat Kohli tickles it towards short fine leg.
136
over
136 | 3 Runs | HH: 392/4
135.6
0
Todd Murphy to Srikar Bharat, Looped up, full and on off, Srikar Bharat negotiates it well.
135.5
0
Todd Murphy to Srikar Bharat, Flighted, short and on off, Srikar Bharat defends it on the front foot again.
135.4
0
Todd Murphy to Srikar Bharat, Slightly shorter and on off, Srikar Bharat goes on the front foot, but adjust well to keep it out towards backward point.
135.3
1
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Floated, full and on middle, Virat Kohli works it towards long on for a single. He moves to 97!
135.2
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Flatter, full and on off, Virat Kohli opens the face of his bat and steers it towards backward point.
135.1
2
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Tossed up, full and on middle, Virat Kohli tucks it towards deep square leg and comes back for the second.
Todd Murphy (32-9-64-2) is into the attack now.
135
over
135 | 3 Runs | HH: 389/4
134.6
1
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Another short delivery, on off, Virat Kohli moves across and flicks it towards square leg for a run.
134.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Shortish and on off, Virat Kohli defends it on the back foot.
134.4
1
Nathan Lyon to Srikar Bharat, In the air...safe! This is floated, full and on middle, Srikar Bharat goes for the sweep, but gets a top edge. However, it lands safely in the vacant short fine leg region. They cross.
134.3
1
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, A full toss, on middle, Virat Kohli eases it towards long on for a single.
134.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, A bit short and on middle, Virat Kohli moves back and clips it towards short mid-wicket.
134.1
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Tossed up, full and on middle, Virat Kohli turns it towards short mid-wicket.
134
over
134 | 21 Runs | HH: 386/4
133.6
1
Cameron Green to Virat Kohli, 21 runs off the over! This is short again and on leg, Virat Kohli controls his pull towards fine leg for one more.
133.5
1
Cameron Green to Srikar Bharat, Short and on middle, Srikar Bharat pulls it towards deep mid-wicket for a run.
133.5
1
Cameron Green to Srikar Bharat, Goes fuller and on middle, Srikar Bharat drives it towards mid on. Oh..no! It is called a No Ball again for overstepping.
133.5
5
Cameron Green to Srikar Bharat, FOUR! Fine shot! Cameron Green bowls this back of a length and outside off with no protection in the deep, Srikar Bharat accepts the width and cuts it towards deep point for a boundary now. Also, it is called a No Ball for overstepping. The lead of Australia is under 100 now!
133.4
6
Cameron Green to Srikar Bharat, SIX! Srikar Bharat is taking on Green now! Cameron Green tries another bouncer, but this sits up nicely around leg, Srikar Bharat once again swivels and pulls it way over the deep square leg fence for another maximum.
133.3
6
Cameron Green to Srikar Bharat, SIX! BANG! Cameron Green lands this short and on middle, Srikar Bharat is ready for it this time and swivels and pulls it over the deep mid-wicket fence for a biggie.
133.2
1
Cameron Green to Virat Kohli, Short of a length and around leg, Virat Kohli pulls it towards fine leg for a single.
133.1
0
Cameron Green to Virat Kohli, Cameron Green bangs another bouncer, on middle, angling away, Virat Kohli sways away from it.
133
over
133 | 3 Runs | HH: 365/4
132.6
0
Nathan Lyon to Srikar Bharat, Looped up, full and on off, Srikar Bharat strides forward and defends it to the off side.
132.5
1
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Quicker, full and on middle, Virat Kohli tucks it wide of mid-wicket for another run. He moves to the 90s!
132.4
1
Nathan Lyon to Srikar Bharat, Flatter, full and on off, Srikar Bharat pushes it to the left of short covers and scamper across for a run.
132.3
1
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Flighted around middle, turning in with some bounce, Virat Kohli gets surpsied by it and nudges it towards short fine leg for a single.
132.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Floated, full and on middle, Virat Kohli turns it towards short mid-wicket.
132.1
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Tossed up, full and on off, Virat Kohli leans on and defends it towards short third man.
It will be spin from the other end after the break as Nathan Lyon (49-8-99-1) is back into the attack.
132
over
132 | 0 Runs | HH: 362/4
131.6
0
Cameron Green to Srikar Bharat, Guess what? A maiden over with six bouncers! This is short and on leg again, Srikar Bharat ducks well again.
131.5
0
Cameron Green to Srikar Bharat, It looks like Cameron Green and Alex Carey are playing at the moment. Green comes around the wicket and bowls another bouncer on leg, Srikar Bharat once again ducks.
131.4
0
Cameron Green to Srikar Bharat, Fourth bouncer in a row! Cameron Green delivers this short and on middle, Srikar Bharat ducks again.
131.3
0
Cameron Green to Srikar Bharat, This looks like a plan from Australia as Cameron Green bangs in another bouncer, on middle and leg, Srikar Bharat bends down and lets it go to the keeper.
131.2
0
Cameron Green to Srikar Bharat, A slower bouncer now, on middle and leg, Srikar Bharat once again ducks under it.
131.1
0
Cameron Green to Srikar Bharat, Cameron Green starts with a well-directed bouncer, on middle, Srikar Bharat ducks undreneath it.
We are back for the afternoon session on the penultimate day of this Test match as the umpires make their way to the middle. The Australian players take their respective fielding positions as Virat Kohli and Srikar Bharat walk out to continue their partnership. Cameron Green has been handed the ball and will begin proceedings after Lunch. Let's go...
... DAY 4, SESSION 2 ...
India got off to a steady start with Virat Kohli being rock solid at the crease. However, Ravindra Jadeja looked like he was losing patience and ultimately got out by playing a nothing shot. After that, Srikar Bharat joined Kohli, as Shreyas Iyer had gone for scans for a lower back issue, and it does not look like he would come out to bat anytime soon. Bharat supported Kohli well as they built up a partnership of 53 runs, and they will look to continue that in the post-Lunch session. Australia, on the other hand, was able to restrict the hosts from scoring freely and got their reward when Todd Murphy got rid of Jadeja early in the session. However, when Matthew Kuhnemann came into the attack, he was able to get some turn and, with his tight lines, kept the batters quiet. The Aussies will hope to make early inroads in the second session to put pressure on the hosts. Join us at 12.10 pm IST (6.40 am GMT) to see how things pan out in the second session.
A shared session! India managed to score 73 runs while the Aussies picked up one wicket as well. However, the hosts are still trailing by 118 runs, and the game is still in the balance with a lot of time left in this Test.
131
over
131 | 3 Runs | HH: 362/4
130.6
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Virat Kohli, Another tossed-up delivery bowled at the stumps on a fuller length. Virat Kohli dabs this back towards the bowler. That will be LUNCH on DAY 4!
130.5
1
Matthew Kuhnemann to Srikar Bharat, Flights this one full and in line with the stumps. Srikar Bharat eases this down to long off for one.
130.4
1
Matthew Kuhnemann to Virat Kohli, Angles this into the pads on a fuller length. Virat Kohli clips this towards square leg and takes a run.
130.3
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Virat Kohli, Tosses this one full and outside off. Virat Kohli pushes this towards cover.
130.2
1
Matthew Kuhnemann to Srikar Bharat, Loops this one full and outside off. Srikar Bharat strokes this towards deep cover for a single.
130.1
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Srikar Bharat, Matthew Kuhnemann tosses this one full and into the stumps. Srikar Bharat blocks this back to the bowler.
130
over
130 | 6 Runs | HH: 359/4
129.6
0
Cameron Green to Virat Kohli, Bowls this one back of a length and outside off. Virat Kohli stands tall and blocks this on out into the off side.
129.5
2
Cameron Green to Virat Kohli, Goes back to bowling on a good length and outside off. Virat Kohli punches this towards deep cover and takes a couple of runs.
129.4
4
Cameron Green to Virat Kohli, FOUR BYES! Cameron Green bangs this in short with the keeper up to the wicket. Virat Kohli sways out of the way but Alex Carey is unable to react quickly enough. The ball hits the gloves but runs away to the fence for four extra runs.
129.3
0
Cameron Green to Virat Kohli, On a good length this time and outside off. Virat Kohli dabs this towards short mid-wicket.
129.2
0
Cameron Green to Virat Kohli, Goes really full this time and into the stumps. Virat Kohli flicks this towards mid-wicket.
129.1
0
Cameron Green to Virat Kohli, Cameron Green bowls this on a good length and outside the off stump. Virat Kohli defends this well towards cover.
129
over
129 | 5 Runs | HH: 353/4
128.6
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Srikar Bharat, Loops this one full and outside the off stump. Srikar Bharat blocks this to the fielder at cover.
128.5
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Srikar Bharat, Tosses this one full and at the stumps. Srikar Bharat gets a confident stride forward and defends this back to the bowler.
128.4
2
Matthew Kuhnemann to Srikar Bharat, Angles this into the pads on a fuller length. Srikar Bharat manages to get this down to fine leg and picks up a brace.
128.3
1
Matthew Kuhnemann to Virat Kohli, Flights this one full and in line with the stumps. Virat Kohli dabs this towards square leg and sets off for a run.
128.2
2
Matthew Kuhnemann to Virat Kohli, A low full toss bowled on the pads. Virat Kohli flicks this towards deep backward square leg and collects a couple of runs. Brings up the 350 for India.
128.1
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Virat Kohli, Matthew Kuhnemann floats this one full and into the stumps. Virat Kohli knocks this back to the bowler.
128
over
128 | 2 Runs | HH: 348/4
127.6
0
Cameron Green to Srikar Bharat, Continues to bowl full and angles this in from outside off. Srikar Bharat hits this firmly but straight to the fielder at mid off.
127.5
0
Cameron Green to Srikar Bharat, Delivers this on a fuller length and outside the off stump. Srikar Bharat knocks this towards cover.
127.4
0
Cameron Green to Srikar Bharat, Bowls this on a yorker length and just outside the off pole. Srikar Bharat gets his bat down in time and digs the ball out back towards the bowler.
127.3
1
Cameron Green to Virat Kohli, Goes full once again and attacks the pads. Virat Kohli clips this down to fine leg for a single.
127.2
1
Cameron Green to Srikar Bharat, Angles this one down leg on a fuller length. Srikar Bharat looks to flick this away but misses and gets hit on the pads. The ball rolls towards square leg and they take an extra.
127.1
0
Cameron Green to Srikar Bharat, Cameron Green Bowls this on a good length and outside off. Srikar Bharat dabs this towards cover and looks for a run that is not there.
127
over
127 | 3 Runs | HH: 346/4
126.6
1
Matthew Kuhnemann to Srikar Bharat, Another floated delivery bowled full and outside off. Srikar Bharat drives this towards deep cover and takes one.
126.5
1
Matthew Kuhnemann to Virat Kohli, A low full toss bowled at the stumps. Virat Kohli whips this towards deep mid-wicket and collects a single.
126.4
1
Matthew Kuhnemann to Srikar Bharat, Flighted full and outside the off stump. Srikar Bharat eases this down to long off for an easy run.
126.3
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Srikar Bharat, Tosses this one at the stumps on a fuller length. Srikar Bharat is watchful as he pushes this towards short cover.
126.2
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Srikar Bharat, Loops this one just outside off on a fuller length. Srikar Bharat gets forward in defense and taps it into the leg side.
126.1
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Srikar Bharat, Matthew Kuhnemann floats this one full and in line with the stumps. Srikar Bharat defends this back towards the bowler.
126
over
126 | 2 Runs | HH: 343/4
125.6
0
Cameron Green to Virat Kohli, Decides to bowl this on a good length and outside the off pole. Virat Kohli knocks this towards the fielder at short cover.
125.5
0
Cameron Green to Virat Kohli, Bangs this one in short and outside the off stump. Virat Kohli drops his wrists and sways out of the way to let the ball go through to the keeper.
125.4
1
Cameron Green to Srikar Bharat, Continues to bowl full and outside the off stump. Srikar Bharat pushes this towards mid off and sets off for a quick run.
125.3
0
Cameron Green to Srikar Bharat, Delivers this on a fuller length and attacks the stumps. Srikar Bharat blocks this towards mid on.
125.2
1
Cameron Green to Virat Kohli, On a good length this time but strays onto the pads. Virat Kohli clips this towards deep square leg and takes a single.
125.1
0
Cameron Green to Virat Kohli, Cameron Green bowls this full and angles this in from outside off. Virat Kohli keeps his head still and flicks this towards mid-wicket.
Cameron Green (11-0-49-0) comes back into the attack now.
125
over
125 | 3 Runs | HH: 341/4
124.6
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Srikar Bharat, Gets this one to skid through with the arm on a fuller length and in line with the stumps. Srikar Bharat gets forward in defense and gets an inside edge into the leg side.
124.5
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Srikar Bharat, Loops this one full and in line with the stumps. Srikar Bharat makes room and strokes this towards cover.
124.4
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Srikar Bharat, Goes really full this time and going down leg. Srikar Bharat flicks this towards the fielder at mid-wicket.
124.3
1
Matthew Kuhnemann to Virat Kohli, Tosses this one full and outside off. Virat Kohli knocks this to the left of mid on and rushes for a single.
124.2
2
Matthew Kuhnemann to Virat Kohli, Bowls this one full and into the pads. Virat Kohli clips this down to fine leg and picks up a couple of runs.
124.1
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Virat Kohli, Matthew Kuhnemann tosses this one full and on a leg-stump line. Virat Kohli taps this back towards the bowler.
124
over
124 | 3 Runs | HH: 338/4
123.6
0
Nathan Lyon to Srikar Bharat, Loops this one full and outside off. Srikar Bharat goes for the sweep shot but misses and gets hit on the pads but his stride is well outside the off stump.
123.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Srikar Bharat, Slightly short this time and outside the off pole. Srikar Bharat looks to push at this and gets and inside edge towards the keeper.
123.4
0
Nathan Lyon to Srikar Bharat, Tosses this one full as well and wider outside off. Srikar Bharat dabs this towards backward point.
123.3
0
Nathan Lyon to Srikar Bharat, Floats this one full and outside off. Srikar Bharat blocks this towards cover.
123.2
3
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, This is short and into the pads. Virat Kohli tucks this towards backward square leg and sets off for a single. There is a throw at the stumps and they take two more on over throws.
123.1
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Nathan Lyon goes 'round the wicket and fires this short and into the pads. Virat Kohli misses his flick and gets hit on the pads.
123
over
123 | 0 Runs | HH: 335/4
122.6
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Srikar Bharat, Bowls this one in line with the stumps on a fuller length. Srikar Bharat gets a good stride forward and defends this back to the bowler.
122.5
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Srikar Bharat, Loops this one full and outside the off stump. Srikar Bharat knocks this to the fielder at short cover once again.
122.4
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Srikar Bharat, Goes really full this time and at the stumps. Srikar Bharat pushes this towards short cover.
122.3
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Srikar Bharat, Fires this one full and into the stumps. Srikar Bharat taps this watchfully towards cover.
122.2
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Srikar Bharat, Delivers this in line with the stumps on a fuller length. Srikar Bharat dabs this back down the pitch.
122.1
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Srikar Bharat, Matthew Kuhnemann floats this one full and outside off. Srikar Bharat blocks this solidly towards cover.
122
over
122 | 3 Runs | HH: 335/4
121.6
2
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Bowls this one slightly short and spinning into the stumps. Virat Kohli flicks this towards deep square leg and they pick up a couple of runs.
121.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Goes full once again and just outside off. Virat Kohli defends this back towards the bowler.
121.4
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Loops this one full and outside off. Virat Kohli continues to be defensive and keeps this one out.
121.3
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Continues to flight this full and outside off. Virat Kohli blocks this back down the pitch towards the bowler.
121.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Tosses this one full and outside the off stump. Virat Kohli dabs this towards cover.
121.1
1
Nathan Lyon to Srikar Bharat, Nathan Lyon floats this full and outside the off stump. Srikar Bharat clips this towards deep square leg for a single.
121
over
121 | 0 Runs | HH: 332/4
120.6
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Virat Kohli, Maiden over to start off for Matthew Kuhnemann. This is slightly short and straight. Virat Kohli just about manages to keep this out.
120.5
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Virat Kohli, Delivers this in line with the stump on a fuller length. Virat Kohli blocks this back to the bowler.
120.4
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Virat Kohli, Gets this one to skid through into the pads on a fuller length. Virat Kohli misses his block and gets hit on the pads. A massive appeal but no review.
120.3
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Virat Kohli, Goes a touch fuller and angles this into the pads. Virat Kohli looks to work this leg side but gets a leading edge towards cover.
120.2
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Virat Kohli, Bowls this slightly short and outside the off. Virat Kohli rocks back and punches this towards mid on.
120.1
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Virat Kohli, Matthew Kuhnemann begins with a full delivery on a leg stump line. Virat Kohli dabs this into the leg side.
Matthew Kuhnemann (13-0-43-1) comes into the attack for the first time on Day 4.
120
over
120 | 0 Runs | HH: 332/4
119.6
0
Nathan Lyon to Srikar Bharat, A maiden over! This is slower through the air, on off, turning in, Srikar Bharat watches it carefully and deals with it well.
119.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Srikar Bharat, Flatter, full and on off, Srikar Bharat keeps it out to the off side.
119.4
0
Nathan Lyon to Srikar Bharat, Looped up, full and on middle, Srikar Bharat knocks it back to the bowler.
119.3
0
Nathan Lyon to Srikar Bharat, Floated, full and on off, turning in, Srikar Bharat leans on to defend again, but gets an inside edge on the bounce towards short leg.
119.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Srikar Bharat, Tossed up, full and on off, Srikar Bharat get forward and blocks it towards short covers.
119.1
0
Nathan Lyon to Srikar Bharat, Quicker, short and on off, Srikar Bharat defends it on the back foot.
119
over
119 | 3 Runs | HH: 332/4
118.6
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Shorter in length and on middle, Virat Kohli goes on his back foot and nudges it straight to square leg.
118.5
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Flatter, full and on middle, Virat Kohli clips it towards wide mid on.
118.4
1
Todd Murphy to Srikar Bharat, Darts this one full and on middle, Srikar Bharat drives it down to long on for one.
118.3
0
Todd Murphy to Srikar Bharat, Pushed through quicker, short and on middle, Srikar Bharat stays back and nudges it towards short mid-wicket.
118.2
1
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Floated, full and on leg, Virat Kohli whips it towards deep mid-wicket for a run.
118.1
1
Todd Murphy to Srikar Bharat, Tossed up, full and around off, Srikar Bharat opens the face of his bat and guides it to the right of cover-point for a single.
118
over
118 | 5 Runs | HH: 329/4
117.6
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Quicker, full and on off, Virat Kohli knocks it to the left of short covers and wants the run, but he is sent back.
117.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Flighted, full and on off, Virat Kohli prods forward and defends it to the off side.
117.4
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Flatter, full and on middle, Virat Kohli drills it back to the bowler.
117.3
1
Nathan Lyon to Srikar Bharat, Floated, full and on middle, Srikar Bharat eases it towards long on for a single.
117.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Srikar Bharat, Tossed up, full and on middle, Srikar Bharat leans on and turns it to the leg side.
117.1
4
Nathan Lyon to Srikar Bharat, FOUR! Good shot! Nathan Lyon lands this short and outside off, Srikar Bharat frees his arms and cuts it well through covers for a boundary.
117
over
117 | 1 Runs | HH: 324/4
116.6
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Short again and on middle, Virat Kohli keeps it out towards short mid-wicket.
116.5
1
Todd Murphy to Srikar Bharat, Shortish and on middle, turning in, Srikar Bharat moves back and flicks it through square leg for a single.
116.4
0
Todd Murphy to Srikar Bharat, Flatter, full and on off again, Srikar Bharat knocks it towards point.
116.3
0
Todd Murphy to Srikar Bharat, Shorter in length and on middle, Srikar Bharat taps it on the back foot towards short mid-wicket.
116.2
0
Todd Murphy to Srikar Bharat, Tossed up, full and around off, Srikar Bharat steers it with an open face bat towards point.
116.1
0
Todd Murphy to Srikar Bharat, Floated, full and on off, Srikar Bharat gets to the pitch of it and pushes it towards short covers.
DRINKS! The overnight batters looked untroubled at the wicket and they were chipping away at the runs nicely till Ravindra Jadeja decided to play a rash shot and give away his wicket. Virat Kohli continues to be solid at the other end and is joined by Srikar Bharat who has been proactive at the crease. Australia will be happy with a wicket in the first hour and will be hoping that it opens the floodgates for them. With Shreyas Iyer looking unlikely to bat soon as he has gone for scans due to pain in his lower back, the visitors could exploit the tail. More enticing action coming our way before Lunch...
116
over
116 | 1 Runs | HH: 323/4
115.6
1
Nathan Lyon to Srikar Bharat, Flighted, full and on middle, Srikar Bharat drives it towards long on for a single.
115.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Srikar Bharat, Quicker one, full and on middle, Srikar Bharat gets hurried, but manages to tuck it towards short mid-wicket.
115.4
0
Nathan Lyon to Srikar Bharat, Floated, full and on off, Srikar Bharat prods forward and blocks it towards short covers.
115.3
0
Nathan Lyon to Srikar Bharat, Goes short this time, on middle, Srikar Bharat moves back and knocks it towards short fine leg.
115.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Srikar Bharat, Flatter, full and on middle, Srikar Bharat stays in his crease and keeps it out.
115.1
0
Nathan Lyon to Srikar Bharat, Tossed up, full and on off, turning in, Srikar Bharat leans on and defends it off the inner half towards short mid-wicket.
115
over
115 | 2 Runs | HH: 322/4
114.6
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Shortish and on middle, Virat Kohli moves back and flicks it straight to square leg.
114.5
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Quicker, full and on middle, Virat Kohli keeps it out with an angled bat down the pitch.
114.4
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Flatter, full and on middle, Virat Kohli clips it towards short mid-wicket.
114.3
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Tossed up, full and on off, Virat Kohli defends it on the front foot.
114.2
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Slightly shorter and on leg, Virat Kohli turns it towards backward short leg.
114.1
2
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Fires this one full and down the leg, Virat Kohli misses his flick and Alex Carey fails to stop it as it goes off his pads towards the third man region. Two byes taken!
114
over
114 | 1 Runs | HH: 320/4
113.6
1
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, A bit short and on middle, keeps low too, Virat Kohli stays back and flicks it through mid-wicket for a single.
113.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Pushed through quicker, full and on off, Virat Kohli knocks it towards short leg.
113.4
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Looped up, full and on off, Virat Kohli moves across and works it towards short mid-wicket.
113.3
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Flighted, full and on middle, Virat Kohli defends it to the leg side.
113.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Floated, short and on middle, turns in a long way to the leg side, Virat Kohli thinks about playing it, but leaves it in the end as Alex Carey makes a half-stop.
113.1
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Tossed up, full and on off, Virat Kohli turns it towards short leg.
113
over
113 | 0 Runs | HH: 319/4
112.6
0
Todd Murphy to Srikar Bharat, Fires this one full and on off, Srikar Bharat drives it back towards the bowler. A maiden over!
112.5
0
Todd Murphy to Srikar Bharat, Looped up, full and on off, Srikar Bharat opens the face of his bat and steers it towards point.
112.4
0
Todd Murphy to Srikar Bharat, Quicker, short and outside off, Srikar Bharat looks to cut it away from his body, but misses it.
112.3
0
Todd Murphy to Srikar Bharat, Flighted, full and on off, Srikar Bharat leans on and keeps it out to the off side.
112.2
0
Todd Murphy to Srikar Bharat, Tossed up, full and on middle, Srikar Bharat drills it back to the bowler.
112.1
0
Todd Murphy to Srikar Bharat, Floated, short and on middle, Srikar Bharat stays back and jabs it towards short mid-wicket.
112
over
112 | 1 Runs | HH: 319/4
111.6
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Flatter, full and on middle, Virat Kohli is solid in his defense again.
111.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Flighted, full and on middle, Virat Kohli blocks it on the front foot.
111.4
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Slower through the air, on off, turning in with some bounce, Virat Kohli looks defend, but it goes off the inside edge towards short leg.
111.3
1
Nathan Lyon to Srikar Bharat, Flatter, full and on off, Srikar Bharat goes for the sweep, but gets an inside edge and it goes off the pads towards the short fine leg region. They cross.
111.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Srikar Bharat, Tossed up, full and on off, straightens after hitting the deck, Srikar Bharat takes a big stride forward to defend, but gets beaten on the outside edge.
111.1
0
Nathan Lyon to Srikar Bharat, Floated, full and on off, Srikar Bharat prods forward and blocks it out.
111
over
111 | 0 Runs | HH: 318/4
110.6
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Darts this one full and on off, Virat Kohli tucks it straight to short mid-wicket.
110.5
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Quicker, full and on off, Virat Kohli leans on and defends it on the front foot.
110.4
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Flatter, full and on middle, Virat Kohli drives it straight back to the bowler where Todd Murphy makes a good diving stop.
110.3
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Tossed up, full and on off, Virat Kohli keeps it out to the off side.
110.2
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Short again and on middle, Virat Kohli moves back and nudges it towards square leg.
110.1
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Floated, short and on middle, Virat Kohli clips it towards short mid-wicket.
110
over
110 | 7 Runs | HH: 318/4
109.6
0
Nathan Lyon to Srikar Bharat, Loopy delivery bowled wider outside off on a fuller length. Srikar Bharat gets a longer stride forward this time and dabs this towards cover.
109.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Srikar Bharat, Tosses this one full and outside the off pole. Srikar Bharat gets well forward and defends this one solidly back to the bowler.
109.4
0
Nathan Lyon to Srikar Bharat, Nathan Lyon getting some turn here as this one comes in sharply from outside off. Srikar Bharat looks to block this but gets beaten on the inside edge. The ball goes off his pads towards first slip.
109.3
0
Nathan Lyon to Srikar Bharat, Bowls this one slightly short and outside off. Srikar Bharat tucks this towards square leg.
109.2
6
Nathan Lyon to Srikar Bharat, SIX! Where did that come from? Srikar Bharat shows intent straight away and gets plenty of bat on that! Nathan Lyon flights this one full and outside off. Srikar Bharat slog sweeps this over deep mid-wicket and collects six runs.
109.1
1
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Nathan Lyon bowls this slightly short and outside off. Virat Kohli eases this down to long on for one.
109
over
109 | 2 Runs | HH: 311/4
108.6
1
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Tosses this one full and outside off. Virat Kohli taps this towards point and gets a run this time to retain strike.
108.5
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Attacks the stumps this time on a fuller length. Virat Kohli clips this towards square leg and looks for a single. Srikar Bharat sends him back and Virat Kohli looks furious.
108.4
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Loops this one full and wider outside the off pole. Virat Kohli pushes this towards cover.
108.3
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Bowls this slightly short and on an off-stump line. Virat Kohli rocks back in the crease and blocks this one out.
108.2
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Floats this one full and into the stumps. Virat Kohli clips this towards mid-wicket.
108.1
1
Todd Murphy to Srikar Bharat, Todd Murphy flights this one full and outside off. Srikar Bharat dabs this towards point with soft hands and sets off for a single to open his account.
108
over
108 | 0 Runs | HH: 309/4
107.6
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, A full delivery fired into the stumps. Virat Kohli turns this towards short mid-wicket and a maiden over to follow the wicket.
107.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Flights this one full and outside the off stump. Virat Kohli is solid in defense and he pushes this into the off side.
107.4
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Loops this one full and outside off. Virat Kohli dabs this towards cover.
107.3
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Tosses this one full and outside the off pole. Virat Kohli smothers this one solidly into the pitch.
107.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Floats this one full and outside the off stump. Virat Kohli gets forward to defend but the ball spins into his pads and hits him there. The bowler appeals loudly but they do not go for the review.
107.1
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Nathan Lyon bowls this short and into the stumps. Virat Kohli clips this towards square leg.
Srikar Bharat comes out to the middle now.
107
over
107 | 6 Runs | HH: 309/4
106.6
W
Todd Murphy to Ravindra Jadeja, OUT! CAUGHT! Ravindra Jadeja has gifted away his wicket! He has been attempting to play his shots and was not connecting them well but decided to persist with the strategy! Todd Murphy floats this one full and into the stumps. Ravindra Jadeja goes for a heave into the leg side but does not connect this well. The ball lobs up over mid on and Usman Khawaja stretches his hands over his head to grab onto the catch. India lose their fourth wicket and not the start they would have wanted this morning.
106.5
1
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Slightly short this time and into the stumps. Virat Kohli flicks this towards square leg and sets off for a single.
106.4
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Loops this one full and into the stumps. Virat Kohli flicks this towards mid-wicket.
106.3
1
Todd Murphy to Ravindra Jadeja, Floats this one full and into the pads. Ravindra Jadeja looks to heave this leg side and miscues his shot just wide of mid on for a single.
106.2
0
Todd Murphy to Ravindra Jadeja, This is bowled slightly short and close to the off pole. Ravindra Jadeja rocks back and pushes this towards point.
106.1
4
Todd Murphy to Ravindra Jadeja, FOUR! Ravindra Jadeja looking to get a move on here! Todd Murphy tosses this one full and outside the off stump. Ravindra Jadeja gets into the drive and creams this to the left of mid off and finds the straight boundary for four runs.
106
over
106 | 0 Runs | HH: 303/3
105.6
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Sharp turn into the stumps on a fuller length. The ball stays a fraction low but Virat Kohli is able to tuck this away towards backward square leg.
105.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Loops this one full and outside off. Virat Kohli dabs this into the off side.
105.4
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Gets this one closer to the off pole on a fuller length. Virat Kohli works this to the right of mid-wicket but is unable to get a run.
105.3
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Tosses this one well outside off on a fuller length. Virat Kohli uses his wrists and clips this towards mid-wicket.
105.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Flights this one full and outside the off stump. Virat Kohli gets a good stride forward and defends this towards cover.
105.1
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Nathan Lyon floats this one full and outside off. Virat Kohli punches this towards mid on.
105
over
105 | 1 Runs | HH: 303/3
104.6
0
Todd Murphy to Ravindra Jadeja, Loops this one full and in line with the stumps. Ravindra Jadeja gets well forward and blocks this back down the pitch towards the bowler.
104.5
0
Todd Murphy to Ravindra Jadeja, Flighted full and outside the off stump. Ravindra Jadeja looks to force the issue but mistimes his shot to the fielder at mid on.
104.4
0
Todd Murphy to Ravindra Jadeja, Tosses this one full and outside off. Ravindra Jadeja eases this towards mid on.
104.3
0
Todd Murphy to Ravindra Jadeja, This is bowled full once again but going down leg. Ravindra Jadeja gets forward to clip this into the leg side but misses and gets hit on the pads. Another stifled appeal.
104.2
0
Todd Murphy to Ravindra Jadeja, Goes full and on an off-stump line. Ravindra Jadeja punches this towards cover.
104.1
1
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Todd Murphy floats this one full and outside the off stump. Virat Kohli gets across the stumps and flicks this towards deep mid-wicket for one.
104
over
104 | 0 Runs | HH: 302/3
103.6
0
Nathan Lyon to Ravindra Jadeja, Gets this to skid through onto the pads on a shorter length. Ravindra Jadeja goes deep in the crease and whips this towards square leg.
103.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Ravindra Jadeja, A fraction short and going down leg. Ravindra Jadeja dabs this towards short leg.
103.4
0
Nathan Lyon to Ravindra Jadeja, Gets this one to come into the stumps from outside off. Ravindra Jadeja stands tall and keeps this one out.
103.3
0
Nathan Lyon to Ravindra Jadeja, Flights this one full and on an off-stump line. Ravindra Jadeja defends this back towards the bowler.
103.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Ravindra Jadeja, Tosses this one outside the off stump on a fuller length. Ravindra Jadeja pushes at this and gets an inside edge to the leg side.
103.1
0
Nathan Lyon to Ravindra Jadeja, Nathan Lyon floats this one full and into the pads. Ravindra Jadeja defends this into the leg side.
103
over
103 | 2 Runs | HH: 302/3
102.6
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Delivers this one closer to the off pole on a fuller length. Virat Kohli blocks this one solidly back down the pitch.
102.5
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Bowls this one a fraction short and outside off. Virat Kohli defends this tentatively into the off side.
102.4
1
Todd Murphy to Ravindra Jadeja, This is short and outside the off stump. Ravindra Jadeja rocks back and cuts this hard towards deep point for a single.
102.3
0
Todd Murphy to Ravindra Jadeja, Gets this one to skid through on a fuller length and in line with the stumps. Ravindra Jadeja pushes at this and gets an inside edge onto the pads.
102.2
0
Todd Murphy to Ravindra Jadeja, Tosses this one full and in line with the stumps. Ravindra Jadeja blocks this back down the pitch towards the bowler.
102.1
1
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Todd Murphy floats this outside off on a fuller length. Virat Kohli dabs this towards point with soft hands and takes a run.
102
over
102 | 3 Runs | HH: 300/3
101.6
0
Nathan Lyon to Ravindra Jadeja, Another skiddy delivery bowled on a shorter length and going down leg. Ravindra Jadeja misses once again and the ball raps high on the pads. A stifled appeal but they do not go up for the review.
101.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Ravindra Jadeja, Gets this one to come in with the arm on a shorter length. Ravindra Jadeja looks to work this leg side but misses and gets hit on the pads.
101.4
1
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Slightly short once again and spinning in from outside off. Virat Kohli clips this towards square leg and takes one. Brings up the 300 for India.
101.3
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Flights this one full and outside the off pole. Virat Kohli uses the crease and blocks this one out.
101.2
1
Nathan Lyon to Ravindra Jadeja, Tosses this one really full and going down leg. Ravindra Jadeja dabs this towards square leg and sets off for a run.
101.1
1
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Nathan Lyon starts off with a shortish delivery spinning into the stumps. Virat Kohli goes deep in the crease and tucks this towards deep square leg and takes a run.
So, only the one over for Cameron Green as he is replaced by Nathan Lyon (37-4-75-1).
101
over
101 | 4 Runs | HH: 297/3
100.6
0
Todd Murphy to Ravindra Jadeja, Loops this one full and just outside off. Ravindra Jadeja gets a stride forward and pushes this towards cover.
100.5
0
Todd Murphy to Ravindra Jadeja, Bowls this wider outside off on a fuller length. Ravindra Jadeja taps this towards point.
100.4
0
Todd Murphy to Ravindra Jadeja, Tosses this one into the pads on a fuller length. Ravindra Jadeja blocks this towards mid on.
100.3
4
Todd Murphy to Ravindra Jadeja, FOUR! First boundary of the morning and it comes from the blade of Ravindra Jadeja! This is bowled slightly short and outside off. Ravindra Jadeja rocks back and cuts this late towards deep backward point for four runs.
100.2
0
Todd Murphy to Ravindra Jadeja, Flights this one full and outside the off stump. Ravindra Jadeja knocks this towards mid on.
100.1
0
Todd Murphy to Ravindra Jadeja, Todd Murphy floats this one full and into the stumps. Ravindra Jadeja looks to work this leg side and gets a leading edge back towards the bowler.
Todd Murphy to bowl some off-breaks from the other end.
100
over
100 | 4 Runs | HH: 293/3
99.6
2
Cameron Green to Virat Kohli, Attacks the stumps this time on a fuller length. Virat Kohli flicks this beautifully towards deep mid-wicket. Mitchell Starc gives chase and pulls the ball back inside the boundary rope and the batters pick up a brace.
99.5
1
Cameron Green to Ravindra Jadeja, Delivers this closer to the off stump on a fuller length. Ravindra Jadeja guides this down to third man and takes his first run of the morning.
99.4
0
Cameron Green to Ravindra Jadeja, Goes a touch fuller this time but still outside the off stump. Ravindra Jadeja continues to shoulder his arms to it.
99.3
0
Cameron Green to Ravindra Jadeja, Comes 'round the wicket to the left-hander and serves this on a good length, outside the off pole. Ravindra Jadeja opts to leave this one alone.
99.2
1
Cameron Green to Virat Kohli, Bowls this on a good length and outside the off stump. Virat Kohli pushes this towards deep cover-point and takes a single.
99.1
0
Cameron Green to Virat Kohli, Cameron Green starts off with a full delivery drifting down leg side. Virat Kohli looks to flick this fine but the ball is far from the bat.
We are all set for the start of Day 4! The players are already out in the middle now. Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja are at the crease to reduce the Australian lead as much as possible. Cameron Green to start proceedings with the ball.
Mitchell Starc is up for a quick chat. He says that he will take overcast conditions for now which could help him with some reverse swing. Adds that they have other plans too, but both the innings till now has been slow and a grind for the bowlers. Tells that the wicket does not have that much bounce, but there is some turn and he hopes that their spinners can get some early breakthroughs.
PITCH REPORT - Murali Kartik is pitchside says that the wicket is still good for batting, but the spinners got some help on Day 3 and more of the same will be on Day 4 as well. Matthew Hayden joins him and tells that the cracks have not opened up yet and they expect another Day dominated with the bat.
Cheteshwar Pujara is up for a flash interview. He says that it is good to see a wicket like this after a long time and the batters need to play on these kinds of pitches. Adds that it was nice to spend some time in the middle and get some runs, but was disappointed when he got out as there was an opportunity for a big score. Credits Shubman Gill for his century and says that he is an attacking player and he likes to play his shots. Tells that the first session will be crucial for India and if they do not lose many wickets they can try to dictate terms later on.
The visitors are slightly ahead in this game as they still have a lead of 191 runs and a flurry of wickets in the first session will get them right on top of this game. They dominated the first two Days with the bat and got a taste of their own medicine on the third Day. Their three spinners have claimed one wicket each and the onus will lie on them to get the Aussies closer to leveling the series. Will they be able to rock India’s boat with an early breakthrough? Or will the hosts continue to dominate with the bat? We will find out soon.
The Indian openers got off to a good start and found themselves clawing back into this game courtesy of a century from Shubman Gill. They still have loads of work to do if they are to overturn the deficit before finding maximum purchase from a Day 5 pitch. However, with Virat Kohli looking good at the wicket and loads of batting yet to come, it does not seem like an impossible proposition. After spending close to two Days on the field, they have done a good job to allow their bowlers some rest and a wicketless morning session will be really crucial for them to set up this game.
Hello, and a warm welcome ladies and gentlemen, to our coverage of Day 4 of the fourth and final Test in the Border Gavaskar Trophy which is the furthest we have reached in any game in this series. It was the bat that reigned supreme on Day 3 as the hosts piled on 253 runs losing just 3 wickets and it was the turn of the Aussie bowlers to toil away for wickets on a surface that has been the best for batting so far. The end of this Day will provide better clarity as to which way this Test match is headed as both teams still away an opportunity to push for a win.
... DAY 4, SESSION 1 ...
Right then, three Days have passed in the fourth and final Test match of the series and it is Australia who lead by 191 runs. Given that we haven't even had two complete innings of batting done, an early shout for a draw wouldn't be a bad call but knowing the competitive nature of both sides, we might see something different on Day 4 which could change the course of the game. But will we see something out of the blue or will the cat and mouse battle continue? We shall find out. Day 4 will begin on 12th March, Sunday at 9.30 am IST (4 am GMT) but our build-up will begin a lot sooner. Cheers!
Australia won't be pleased with how the Day ended but will also know that there is still hardly anything in it for the bowlers. They managed to pick up a wicket in the final session thanks to Nathan Lyon who put in a real shift under the warm sun. Matthew Kuhnemann and Todd Murphy did well to keep the runs in check but failed to create much opportunities. Mitchell Starc couldn't quite get the ball to swing or reverse and wasn't effective either. They will hope that a few more cracks open up on Day 4 and the spinners can have a fruitful morning session.
India came into the final session having lost a wicket just before the Tea break. Shubman Gill was already well-set but Virat Kohli was new at the crease and Gill did well to score runs a bit freely, allowing Kohli to settle down at the other end. Once Kohli too started to score, India looked in a good position but Gill had a few fitness issues and eventually got out. After that the scoring rate slowed down but Kohli was able to bring up his first half-century of the tour and Ravindra Jadeja supported him well at the other end. They made sure India didn't lose further wickets and went into Day 4 in a good position.
Session Summary - 36 overs, 101 runs and 1 wicket! Day 3 is generally known as the moving day but if we look at this game, it is left very much in the balance with neither side able to force the issue. With a track suited for the batters and is a slower one as well, it is a test of everyone's patience and at the moment both teams have remained resolute. Something will have to give early on Day 4 for either side to press the issue for a favorable result.
99
over
99 | 1 Runs | HH: 289/3
98.6
0
Nathan Lyon to Ravindra Jadeja, Quicker, full and on middle, Ravindra Jadeja negotiates it well on the front foot. THAT WILL BE STUMPS ON DAY 3!
98.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Ravindra Jadeja, Flighted, full and on off, Ravindra Jadeja prods forward and defends it towards first slip.
98.4
0
Nathan Lyon to Ravindra Jadeja, Flatter, full and on off, Ravindra Jadeja keeps it out to the off side.
98.3
1
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Floated, full and on off, Virat Kohli moves across and whips it towards long on for a single.
98.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Quicker, short and on middle, Virat Kohli tucks it of the back foot towards short mid-wicket.
98.1
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Tossed up, full and on middle, Virat Kohli clips it towards short mid-wicket.
98
over
98 | 5 Runs | HH: 288/3
97.6
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Ravindra Jadeja, Looped up, full and on off, Ravindra Jadeja knocks it back to the bowler.
97.5
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Ravindra Jadeja, Flighted, full and on middle, Ravindra Jadeja defends it on the front foot.
97.4
2
Matthew Kuhnemann to Ravindra Jadeja, Flatter, short and outside off, Ravindra Jadeja moves back and late cuts it wide of third man for a couple of runs.
97.3
1
Matthew Kuhnemann to Virat Kohli, Tossed up, full and on off, Virat Kohli gently pushes it towards long off for another run.
97.2
1
Matthew Kuhnemann to Ravindra Jadeja, Short again and on off, Ravindra Jadeja punches it towards deep point for a run.
97.1
1
Matthew Kuhnemann to Virat Kohli, Short and on middle, Virat Kohli tucks it through mid-wicket for a single, he wants the second, but Jadeja denies it.
97
over
97 | 1 Runs | HH: 283/3
96.6
0
Nathan Lyon to Ravindra Jadeja, Pushed through quicker, on middle, angling in, Ravindra Jadeja blocks it out back towards the bowler.
96.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Ravindra Jadeja, Flighted, full and on off, Ravindra Jadeja taps it towards backward point.
96.4
1
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Flatter, full and on off, Virat Kohli opens the face of his bat and steers it wide of short third man for a single.
96.3
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, A bit short and on middle, Virat Kohli defends it on the back foot.
96.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Floated, full and on middle, Virat Kohli turns it towards short mid-wicket.
96.1
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Tossed up, full and on middle, turning in, Virat Kohli looks to flick, but gets an uppish inside edge through the vacant leg slip region.
Just the one over then for Mitchell Starc as Nathan Lyon is brought back into the attack.
96
over
96 | 9 Runs | HH: 282/3
95.6
1
Matthew Kuhnemann to Virat Kohli, Slower through the air, on off, Virat Kohli guides it towards point for one.
95.5
1
Matthew Kuhnemann to Ravindra Jadeja, A low full toss, on off, Ravindra Jadeja drills it towards long on for a run. India goes past the follow-on score!
95.4
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Ravindra Jadeja, Flatter, full and on off, Ravindra Jadeja looks to flick it, but does it onto his boots as the ball rolls to the off side.
95.3
6
Matthew Kuhnemann to Ravindra Jadeja, SIX! Ravindra Jadeja goes big now! This is flighted and on off, Ravindra Jadeja skips down the track and slogs it with the turn over the wide long on fence for a biggie.
95.2
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Ravindra Jadeja, Looped up, full and on off, Ravindra Jadeja jams it out towards short covers.
95.1
1
Matthew Kuhnemann to Virat Kohli, Tossed up, full and on middle, Virat Kohli makes room and drives it towards long off for a single.
95
over
95 | 2 Runs | HH: 273/3
94.6
1
Mitchell Starc to Virat Kohli, LEG BYE! Good length around leg stump, Virat Kohli looks to tickle it fine but the ball goes off the pads and down to fine leg. They get a leg bye.
94.5
0
Mitchell Starc to Virat Kohli, Length ball on the fifth stump line and just going on with the angle, Kohli leaves it alone.
94.4
1
Mitchell Starc to Ravindra Jadeja, Length ball around off at 143 clicks, Ravindra Jadeja defends it on the front foot and through the vacant point region for a single.
94.3
0
Mitchell Starc to Ravindra Jadeja, Full again trying to attack the pads but spills it well down the leg side. Alex Carey with a good take diving to his right.
94.2
0
Mitchell Starc to Ravindra Jadeja, Very full around off, hint of away movement as well, Jadeja jams it out on the off side.
94.1
0
Mitchell Starc to Ravindra Jadeja, Starts off with a fullish delivery around off, trying to shape it away, Jadeja gets forward and punches it toward cover.
Steven Smith has decided to take the second new ball and hands it over to Mitchell Starc (16-2-73-0) who replaces Nathan Lyon.
94
over
94 | 2 Runs | HH: 271/3
93.6
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Comes from around the stumps now and bowls it fuller around off, Virat Kohli strides out and makes the block.
93.5
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Floated up on middle and leg, worked away to mid-wicket.
93.4
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Bowled flatter and turning it in from around off, Kohli nudges it toward square leg.
93.3
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, A tad shorter on middle and staying low, Kohli keeps it out toward mid on.
93.2
2
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Shorter one over middle, Virat Kohli wrists it away off the back foot past the man at backward square leg for a couple of runs.
93.1
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, This is bowled flatter and around off, Kohli defends it out.
93
over
93 | 3 Runs | HH: 269/3
92.6
1
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Drops it short on off stump, Kohli has enough time to rock back and tuck it 'round the corner for a single.
92.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Tossed up outside off, pushed away toward cover.
92.4
2
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, A huge roar from the crowd as Virat Kohli brings up his FIFTY, his first of this series as well! This is shorter on the pads, Kohli works it off the back foot past square leg for a couple of runs. Wait, they are checking for a short run and Kohli might have to wait for his half-century. The replays suggest that Kohli just poked his bat inside the crease and it will be two runs.
92.3
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Good stop! This is floated full and down the leg side, Virat Kohli looks to sweep it fine but mistimes it to the left of the man at leg slip and the fielder makes a sharp stop.
92.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, On middle, clipped away to mid-wicket.
92.1
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Flighted delivery around middle and off, Kohli leans on and works it to short mid-wicket.
92
over
92 | 3 Runs | HH: 266/3
91.6
1
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Fired in full and around off, Virat Kohli plays a whippy drive toward wide long on for a single.
91.5
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Tossed up around middle, Virat Kohli pushes it to silly mid on.
91.4
1
Todd Murphy to Ravindra Jadeja, Shorter again around off, pushed away through covers for a single.
91.3
0
Todd Murphy to Ravindra Jadeja, Around middle and shorter, the ball comes in sharply and Ravindra Jadeja manages to get a bit of bat on it.
91.2
0
Todd Murphy to Ravindra Jadeja, On a nagging length and angled onto the legs, Jadeja gets pushed back but manages to work it past short leg.
91.1
1
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Quicker and shorter on middle, Virat Kohli goes deep in his crease to flick it through mid-wicket for a run.
91
over
91 | 1 Runs | HH: 263/3
90.6
0
Nathan Lyon to Ravindra Jadeja, Floated on the pads, nudged away to mid-wicket.
90.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Ravindra Jadeja, Flatter one around off, tapped away toward point.
90.4
0
Nathan Lyon to Ravindra Jadeja, This one comes in! A tad quicker and around middle, angling in sharply, Jadeja manages to keep it out with soft hands.
90.3
0
Nathan Lyon to Ravindra Jadeja, Just making sure. Nicely tossed up by Nathan Lyon, on a nagging length around off and the ball grips and turns away sharply. Ravindra Jadeja looks to defend off the front foot but is beaten past the outside edge and Alex Carey whips off the bails. The umpires go upstairs and the replays show that Jadeja has his back leg planted inside the crease.
90.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Ravindra Jadeja, Flatter delivery on middle and leg, Ravindra Jadeja hops back to keep it down in front of short leg.
90.1
1
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, This is floated up on the leg stump line, Virat Kohli nudges it in front of mid-wicket and looks for two but has to settle for one.
90
over
90 | 3 Runs | HH: 262/3
89.6
0
Todd Murphy to Ravindra Jadeja, Slower through the air, on off, Ravindra Jadeja prods forward and defends it towards silly point.
89.5
1
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Tossed up, full and on leg, Virat Kohli flicks it through mid-wicket for one.
89.4
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Floated, full and on middle, Virat Kohli blocks it back to the bowler.
89.3
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Short again and on middke, Virat Kohli gets a bit surprised with the extra bounce and nudges it towards square leg.
89.2
1
Todd Murphy to Ravindra Jadeja, Slightly shorter and on off, Ravindra Jadeja punches it through covers for a run.
89.1
1
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Flatter, full and on middle, Virat Kohli tucks it through mid-wicket for a single.
89
over
89 | 1 Runs | HH: 259/3
88.6
1
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Darts this one full and on middle, Virat Kohli drills it towards long on for a single.
88.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Short again and on middle, Virat Kohli moves back and nudges it onto the ground as the bounce takes it over short leg, but short mid-wicket gathers it.
88.4
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Slower through the air, on off, Virat Kohli keeps it out to the off side.
88.3
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Shortish and on middle, Virat Kohli turns it towards short leg.
88.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Floated, full and on middle, Virat Kohli moves across and whips it straight to short mid-wicket.
88.1
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Tossed up, full and on off, Virat Kohli steers it towards short third man.
88
over
88 | 0 Runs | HH: 258/3
87.6
0
Todd Murphy to Ravindra Jadeja, Short again and around off, Ravindra Jadeja punches it wide of short covers. Another maiden over!
87.5
0
Todd Murphy to Ravindra Jadeja, Short and on middle, Ravindra Jadeja clips it towards short mid-wicket.
87.4
0
Todd Murphy to Ravindra Jadeja, Flatter, full and on off, Ravindra Jadeja drills it towards the bowler where Todd Murphy lets it through, but mid off collects it. Jadeja wants the run, but he is sent back.
87.3
0
Todd Murphy to Ravindra Jadeja, Floated, full and on middle, Ravindra Jadeja knocks it towards the bowler.
87.2
0
Todd Murphy to Ravindra Jadeja, Tossed up, full and on off, Ravindra Jadeja keeps it out to the off side.
87.1
0
Todd Murphy to Ravindra Jadeja, Shorter in length and on middle, angling in, Ravindra Jadeja pushes it towards short covers.
Drinks break! This has been an interesting session thus far as India started well after Tea and Virat Kohli soon got going alongside Shubman Gill. Gill though had a few issues with the hamstring and a few overs after that got out due to a lapse in concentration. Since then, the Australian spinners have had the upperhand and are not letting the hosts score freely at all. They will now look to pick up one more wicket before the end of the day's play whereas India will just look to consolidate this stand.
87
over
87 | 4 Runs | HH: 258/3
86.6
4
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, FOUR! Easy pickings for Kohli! This is short and way down the leg side, Virat Kohli stays there and glances it towards the vacant fine leg fence for a boundary.
86.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Flatter, full and on middle, Virat Kohli turns it towards short mid-wicket.
86.4
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Short and on middle, Virat Kohli moves back and flicks it, but the ball hits Peter Handscomb around his chest at short leg.
86.3
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Slower through the air, on middle, Virat Kohli pushes it back to the bowler.
86.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Floated, full and on off, Virat Kohli opens the face of his bat and steers it towards backward point.
86.1
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Tossed up, full and on middle, Virat Kohli prods forward and blocks it out.
86
over
86 | 0 Runs | HH: 254/3
85.6
0
Todd Murphy to Ravindra Jadeja, Two maidens in a row! This is flighted, full and on off, Ravindra Jadeja knocks it to the left of the bowler.
85.5
0
Todd Murphy to Ravindra Jadeja, Darts this one full and on off, Ravindra Jadeja drives it towards short covers.
85.4
0
Todd Murphy to Ravindra Jadeja, Flatter, full and on off, Ravindra Jadeja is solid in his defense again.
85.3
0
Todd Murphy to Ravindra Jadeja, Floated, full and on middle, Ravindra Jadeja defends it on the front foot.
85.2
0
Todd Murphy to Ravindra Jadeja, Tossed up, full and on middle, Ravindra Jadeja blocks it down the pitch.
85.1
0
Todd Murphy to Ravindra Jadeja, Quicker, short and on middle, Ravindra Jadeja stays back and pushes it back to the bowler.
85
over
85 | 0 Runs | HH: 254/3
84.6
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Flatter, full and on middle, Virat Kohli moves across and tucks it straight to short mid-wicket. A maiden over from Lyon!
84.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Floated, full and on off, Virat Kohli defends it on the front foot.
84.4
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Goes back to shorter length, on middle, Virat Kohli moves back and tickles it towards short fine leg.
84.3
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Tossed up, full and on off, Virat Kohli prods forward and blocks it towards short covers.
84.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Short again and around leg, Virat Kohli nudges it towards short fine leg.
84.1
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Short and on off, Virat Kohli punches it straight to mid off.
84
over
84 | 3 Runs | HH: 254/3
83.6
0
Todd Murphy to Ravindra Jadeja, Darts this one short and on leg, angling in, Ravindra Jadeja works it towards mid on.
83.5
0
Todd Murphy to Ravindra Jadeja, Flighted, full and on off, Ravindra Jadeja blocks it towards short covers.
83.4
0
Todd Murphy to Ravindra Jadeja, Quicker, full and on leg, Ravindra Jadeja flicks it towards backward square leg.
83.3
1
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Floated, full and on middle, Virat Kohli drills it towards long on for another run.
83.2
1
Todd Murphy to Ravindra Jadeja, Short and on off, Ravindra Jadeja moves back and punches it towards sweeper covers for a run.
83.1
1
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Tossed up, full and on off, Virat Kohli opens the face of his bat and steers it past short third man for a single.
83
over
83 | 1 Runs | HH: 251/3
82.6
1
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Short again and on middle, Virat Kohli nudges it wide of short mid-wicket for a quick single.
82.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Shorter in length and on off, Virat Kohli moves back and keeps it out towards the bowler.
82.4
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Flatter, full and on middle, Virat Kohli clips it towards short mid-wicket.
82.3
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Flighted, full and on middle, Virat Kohli defends it on the front foot.
82.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Tossed up, full and on off, turning in, Virat Kohli leans on and dead bats it. He picks up the ball and gives it to Alex Carey.
82.1
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Floated, full and on off, Virat Kohli taps it towards backward point.
82
over
82 | 1 Runs | HH: 250/3
81.6
0
Todd Murphy to Ravindra Jadeja, Gives this one some air again, on off, Ravindra Jadeja blocks it down the pitch.
81.5
0
Todd Murphy to Ravindra Jadeja, A huge appeal for LBW, but not given! Steven Smith goes for the review. Todd Murphy flights this up, shortish and on off, Ravindra Jadeja prods forward to defend, but gets a thick inside edge onto his pads. UltraEdge confirms that and Australia lose their second review.
81.4
0
Todd Murphy to Ravindra Jadeja, Flatter, full and on off, Ravindra Jadeja knocks it towards short covers.
81.3
1
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Slower through the air, on off, Virat Kohli waits for it and steers it towards short third man and scampers across for a single.
81.2
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Floated, full and on leg, Virat Kohli clips it towards short mid-wicket.
81.1
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Tossed up, full and on middle, Virat Kohli turns it towards short mid-wicket.
81
over
81 | 3 Runs | HH: 249/3
80.6
0
Nathan Lyon to Ravindra Jadeja, Flighted, full and on off, Ravindra Jadeja keeps it out to the off side.
80.5
2
Nathan Lyon to Ravindra Jadeja, Floated, full and on off, turning away, Ravindra Jadeja prods forward to defend, but gets an thick outside edge wide of first slip and comes back for the second. However, as he completes the second run, he collides with Travis Head, but no harm done.
80.4
1
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Fires this full and on middle, Virat Kohli whips it wide of short mid-wicket where the fielder only manages to parry it towards long on. They cross.
80.3
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Flatter, full and on off, Virat Kohli guides it towards backward point.
80.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Floated, full and on middle, Virat Kohli clips it towards short mid-wicket.
80.1
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Tossed up, full and on off, Virat Kohli leans on and pushes it towards short covers.
The second new ball is available now.
80
over
80 | 1 Runs | HH: 246/3
79.6
0
Todd Murphy to Ravindra Jadeja, Drifts it onto middle and leg, Jadeja blocks it out.
79.5
0
Todd Murphy to Ravindra Jadeja, Angled into middle and leg, Jadeja presses forward to defend but gets an inside edge toward backward square leg.
79.4
0
Todd Murphy to Ravindra Jadeja, Flatter and on off stump, kept out toward point.
79.3
0
Todd Murphy to Ravindra Jadeja, Floats it up on a length around off, Ravindra Jadeja leans forward to defend.
79.2
1
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Flatter and on the pads, pushed away through mid-wicket for a single.
79.1
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Should have been put away! This is dragged down well outside off, there to be hit, Virat Kohli mistimes th cut shot toward mid off.
79
over
79 | 2 Runs | HH: 245/3
78.6
0
Nathan Lyon to Ravindra Jadeja, Flighted on the off stump line, Ravindra Jadeja strides forward to defend.
78.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Ravindra Jadeja, Tossed up full and around middle, this is played toward mid on.
Ravindra Jadeja walks out to bat now.
78.4
W
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, OUT! LBW! Just a lapse in concentration from Shubman Gill and Nathan Lyon gets the breakthrough in his first over of a new spell. This is tossed up on a shortish length around off and the ball turns in a bit sharply. Gill goes on the back foot and looks to tuck but misses the ball completely and is rapped on the pads. There is a huge appeal for LBW and the finger is raised! Shubman Gill has reviewed it though. Nothing on UltraEdge. Ball Tracking comes up with three reds and Shubman Gill has to walk back after a sensational inning.
78.3
1
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Fullish length on off stump, worked away through mid-wicket for one.
78.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Tossed up on off stump, blocked out.
78.1
1
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Starts off with a shorter one around middle, Shubman Gill shuffles and works it away behind square on the leg side for one.
78
over
78 | 0 Runs | HH: 243/2
77.6
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Maiden! very full on middle and leg, Virat Kohli looks to drive at it but gets an inside edge onto the pads.
77.5
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Nagging length around off, played off the front foot onto the off side.
77.4
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Shorter one angling across off, Kohli goes on the back foot and pushes it down in front of point.
77.3
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Floats it up now around middle, Virat Kohli whips it toward mid-wicket where the fielder makes a sharp stop.
77.2
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Fullish length around off, Kohli gets on the front foot to defend.
77.1
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, This is tossed up on the off stump, Virat Kohli defends it out.
77
over
77 | 8 Runs | HH: 243/2
76.6
1
Mitchell Starc to Virat Kohli, Good length on middle and leg, nudged away through mid-wicket for a single.
76.5
0
Mitchell Starc to Virat Kohli, Pitched up on middle stump, defended toward mid on.
76.4
4
Mitchell Starc to Virat Kohli, FOUR! Runs are flowing here for Virat Kohli and also India. This is short and outside off, Kohli hangs back and steers it down to the vacant third man fence for a boundary.
76.3
0
Mitchell Starc to Virat Kohli, Full again and angling in from around middle, clipped away to short mid-wicket.
76.2
2
Mitchell Starc to Virat Kohli, Goes full and outside off again from around the wicket, Virat Kohli looks to drive but ends up squeezing it through cover-point for a couple of runs. The 50 partnership is up between these two.
76.1
1
Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Length ball well outside off, Gill leans on and plays a checked cover drive to sweeper cover for a single.
76
over
76 | 7 Runs | HH: 235/2
75.6
4
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, FOUR! Overpitched and punished! This is floated full and outside off, Virat Kohli drives it square of the wicket and creams it through cover-point for a boundary.
75.5
1
Todd Murphy to Shubman Gill, Flatter again but a bit shorter around off, Gill works it off the back foot through square leg for one.
75.4
0
Todd Murphy to Shubman Gill, A bit flatter and around off, blocked out.
75.3
0
Todd Murphy to Shubman Gill, Nagging length again around off, Shubman Gill gets behind the line to make the block.
75.2
1
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Floats it up on a nagging length outside off, Virat Kohli has a jab at it but gets an inside edge past square leg for a run.
75.1
1
Todd Murphy to Shubman Gill, Flighted ball outside off, Shubman Gill presses forward and pushes it through cover for a single.
It looks like the players are taking a drinks break as it is very hot out there. Also, Shubman Gill is feeling a bit cramps and the physio is in to check on him. Todd Murphy to bowl after this short break.
75
over
75 | 3 Runs | HH: 228/2
74.6
0
Mitchell Starc to Virat Kohli, Good length around off, played toward cover.
74.5
1
Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Half a shout for run out and they've gone upstairs. This is full again around off, Shubman Gill pushes it toward mid off and sets off for the quick single. Travis Head there score a direct hit at the bowler's end but the replays show that Gill is well in. Not Out!
74.4
0
Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, This is full and around off, Gill pushes it on the up to mid off.
74.3
1
Mitchell Starc to Virat Kohli, Fullish length and well outside off, Virat Kohli reaches out and slaps it away to deep cover for a single.
74.2
1
Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Back of a length and outside off, tapped away in front of covers for a run.
74.1
0
Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Pitched up around the fifth stump line and Shubman Gill punches it straight to a widish extra cover.
74
over
74 | 3 Runs | HH: 225/2
73.6
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Virat Kohli, Flatter and around off, Kohli blocks it out.
73.5
1
Matthew Kuhnemann to Shubman Gill, Flighted delivery, full and on leg stump, Shubman Gill pushes it out in front of mid-wicket and picks up a single.
73.4
1
Matthew Kuhnemann to Virat Kohli, Full and at the toes, flicked away to deep mid-wicket for one.
73.3
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Virat Kohli, Tossed up full on middle and leg, Virat Kohli drives it straight to extra cover.
73.2
1
Matthew Kuhnemann to Shubman Gill, A bit slower and shorter on the pads, Gill waits for it and dabs it to the right of mid-wicket for a quick single.
73.1
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Shubman Gill, Tosses it up around middle, Gill leans forward to defend.
73
over
73 | 8 Runs | HH: 222/2
72.6
4
Mitchell Starc to Virat Kohli, FOUR! Poor line from Mitchell Starc and the double-Nelson is up for India! This is bowled around the hips and Virat Kohli just tucks it away behind square on the leg side and the ball runs away into the vacant backward square leg fence.
72.5
0
Mitchell Starc to Virat Kohli, Length ball, pushed a bit wider of the off stump, Kohli defends it to covers.
72.4
4
Mitchell Starc to Virat Kohli, FOUR! Nicely driven! This is pitched up around off, Virat Kohli leans on and drives it sweetly to the right of the diving mid on fielder for a boundary.
72.3
0
Mitchell Starc to Virat Kohli, Good length around off, Kohli nudges it down in front of point.
72.2
0
Mitchell Starc to Virat Kohli, On a hard length and slanted across the right-hnader, Kohli punches it out to cover-point.
72.1
0
Mitchell Starc to Virat Kohli, This is pitched up around off, angling away, Virat Kohli blocks it off the front foot.
Mitchell Starc (13-2-54-0) comes back into the attack now.
72
over
72 | 4 Runs | HH: 214/2
71.6
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Shubman Gill, On off stump, angling in a bit and Gill pushes it wide of the man at silly point.
71.5
1
Matthew Kuhnemann to Virat Kohli, Full and on off stump, this is knocked down to long off for a single.
71.4
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Virat Kohli, Sliding it onto the pads, Virat Kohli fails to tickle it 'round the corner.
71.3
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Virat Kohli, On off stump, punched back to the bowler.
71.2
3
Matthew Kuhnemann to Shubman Gill, Sloppy work from Australia and Steven Smith isn't happy. This is flatter and on the pads, Shubman Gill pushes it off the back foot in front of deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs. The throw at the bowler's end is a bit wide and the fielder backing up fumbles allowing the batters to scamper through for the third run.
71.1
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Shubman Gill, This is drifted onto middle, Shubman Gill prods and keeps it out.
71
over
71 | 5 Runs | HH: 210/2
70.6
1
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Floated up on the pads, Gill works it just behind square leg for a single.
70.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Tosses it up a bit and bowls it on middle, Gill defends it off the front foot.
70.4
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Flatter one on leg stump, tucked away leg side.
70.3
4
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, FOUR! A bit of aggression from Shubman Gill now. Tossed up on middle and leg, Gill skips down the track and heaves it away well in front of mid-wicket for a boundary.
70.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Keeps the length short and bowls it on off stump, Gill keeps it out of the back foot.
70.1
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Comes from around the wicket and serves a shorter ball on leg stump, Shubman Gill works it off the past the man at leg slip.
70
over
70 | 2 Runs | HH: 205/2
69.6
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Virat Kohli, Slows it up, short and on off, Virat Kohli watches it through and keeps it out towards point.
69.5
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Virat Kohli, Goes short again and on middle, Virat Kohli moves back and tucks it towards short mid-wicket again.
69.4
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Virat Kohli, Floated, full and on middle, Virat Kohli defends it on the front foot.
69.3
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Virat Kohli, Quicker, short and on middle, Virat Kohli clips it towards mid-wicket.
69.2
1
Matthew Kuhnemann to Shubman Gill, Tossed up, full and on off, Shubman Gill taps it in front of short covers and scampers across for a run.
69.1
1
Matthew Kuhnemann to Virat Kohli, Very short and on middle, Virat Kohli moves back and heaves it towards deep mid-wicket for just a single.
Matthew Kuhnemann (8-0-20-1) is back on.
69
over
69 | 4 Runs | HH: 203/2
68.6
1
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Flatter, full and on middle, Virat Kohli drives it towards long on for a run.
68.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Flighted, full and on off, Virat Kohli drills it straight to silly mid on.
68.4
2
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Quicker, short and on off, Virat Kohli opens the face of his bat and guides it through backward point for a brace.
68.3
1
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Floated and on off, Shubman Gill steps out and eases it towards long on for a single. 200 uo for India!
68.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Tossed up, full and on off, Shubman Gill drives it towards mid off.
68.1
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Short and on middle, Shubman Gill jabs it towards mid on where Marnus Labuschagne from short-mid-wicket runs to his left and,makes a good stop.
68
over
68 | 1 Runs | HH: 199/2
67.6
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Slower through the air, on off, Virat Kohli leans on and taps it towards point. He wants the run, but Gill sends him back.
67.5
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Goes short again and on middle, Virat Kohli moves back and clips it towards short mid-wicket.
67.4
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Tossed up, full and on off, Virat Kohli prods forward and knocks it to the right of the bowler.
67.3
1
Todd Murphy to Shubman Gill, Short again and around leg, Shubman Gill tickles it towards fine leg for a single.
67.2
0
Todd Murphy to Shubman Gill, Floated, short and down the leg side, Shubman Gill leaves it alone.
67.1
0
Todd Murphy to Shubman Gill, Quicker, full and on leg, Shubman Gill works it towards square leg.
67
over
67 | 2 Runs | HH: 198/2
66.6
2
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Shortish and outside off, Virat Kohli steers it through point for a couple of runs.
66.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Flatter, full and on off, Virat Kohli taps it towards point.
66.4
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Looped up, full and on off, Virat Kohli leans on and pushes it towards short covers.
66.3
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Good leave! Nathan Lyon flights this up, on off, turning in sharply, Virat Kohli offers no shot at it as the ball goes past the off pole.
66.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Goes short and on middle, Virat Kohli flicks it off the back foot towards square leg.
66.1
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Tossed up, full and on middle, Virat Kohli prods forward and blocks it down the pitch.
66
over
66 | 5 Runs | HH: 196/2
65.6
4
Todd Murphy to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Innovative and effective! This is flighted, full and around leg, Shubman Gill goes down and reverse-sweeps it towards the vacant deep point fence for a boundary. However, Todd Murphy won't mind this as he has forced Gill to do something different.
65.5
0
Todd Murphy to Shubman Gill, Slightly shorter and on middle, Shubman Gill moves back and nudges it towards square leg.
65.4
0
Todd Murphy to Shubman Gill, Floated, full and on leg, Shubman Gill works it towards square leg.
65.3
0
Todd Murphy to Shubman Gill, Tossed up, full and on off, Shubman Gill pushes it back to the bowler.
65.2
1
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Short and on middle, Virat Kohli goes on the back foot and punches it down to long on for a single.
65.1
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Flatter, full and on middle, Virat Kohli clips it towards short mid-wicket.
65
over
65 | 2 Runs | HH: 191/2
64.6
1
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Quicker, full and on off, Virat Kohli eases it towards long on for a run.
64.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Flighted, full and on off, Virat Kohli keeps it out towards silly mid on again.
64.4
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Floated, full and on middle, Virat Kohli works it towards silly mid on.
64.3
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Tossed up, full and on middle, Virat Kohli turns it towards short mid-wicket.
64.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Short again and on middle, Virat Kohli moves back and tucks it past short leg.
64.1
1
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Short and on middle, Shubman Gill flicks it off the back foot towards mid-wicket for a single.
Nathan Lyon to operate from the other end.
64
over
64 | 1 Runs | HH: 189/2
63.6
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, A huge appeal for caught behind, but turned down! Todd Murphy flights this up, full and around off, goes with the angle, Virat Kohli leans on block it again, but misses and it goes past the outside edge as Alex Carey pouches it. Steven Smith is asking Carey if he should take the review or not, but no one seems to be confident about it and they decides against it.
63.5
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Quicker, short and on off, Virat Kohli moves back and bunts it to the off side.
63.4
0
Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli, Floated, full and on off, Virat Kohli prods forward and defends it onto the pitch.
63.3
1
Todd Murphy to Shubman Gill, Shorter in length and on middle, Shubman Gill moves back and flicks it towards mid-wicket where a misfield allows a single.
63.2
0
Todd Murphy to Shubman Gill, Floated, shortish and on off, Shubman Gill leans on and keeps it out to the off side.
63.1
0
Todd Murphy to Shubman Gill, Tossed up, full and on off, Shubman Gill knocks it towards mid off.
We are back for the final session on Day 3! The umpires are out in the middle and so are the players of Australia. Nathan Lyon hasn't come out with the team and it is Matt Renshaw who has come on as a substitute. Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli are set to resume their stay on the crease. It will be Todd Murphy to continue with the ball after the break. Let's play...
... DAY 3, SESSION 3 ...
A good end to the session for Australia! However, India have managed to see through this one, losing only one wicket and scoring 59 runs. Shubman Gill completed his century as well, which is his first against the Aussies, and Cheteshwar Pujara supported him well from the other end. Their partnership was worth 113 runs, and that has put the hosts in a stable position. Australia, on the other hand, tried a lot of things, changing their fields and ends of bowlers, but nothing really worked for them until the second last over of the session, when Todd Murphy got rid of Cheteshwar Pujara. The captaincy from Steven Smith has been very proactive which helped them to lower the scoring rate of the hosts, and ultimately got their reward. The last over of the session saw Nathan Lyon trouble Virat Kohli a bit, and they will look to make early inroads when they come out in the last session while India will hope for another big partership. Join us at 2.30 pm IST (9 am GMT) to see how things pan out.
63
over
63 | 1 Runs | HH: 188/2
62.6
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Edged and falls short! Virat Kohli has faced three nervy deliveries but has managed to go survive. This is flighted full and outside off. Virat Kohli looks to get forward and block but gets an outside edge that goes on the bounce to the slip fielder. That will be TEA on DAY 3!
62.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Beaten! Gets this one to skid through with the arm on a fuller length. Virat Kohli pushes forward once again and the ball goes past the outside edge.
62.4
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, A flighted delivery bowled full and outside off. Virat Kohli goes hard at the ball and gets an inside edge towards short leg who is unable to hold on.
62.3
0
Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Tosses this one full and just outside the off stump. Virat Kohli is watchful and he defends this back to the bowler.
62.2
1
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Bowls this one slightly short and in line with the stumps. Shubman Gill clips this towards square leg and takes a risky single.
62.1
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Nathan Lyon floats this one full and outside the off stump. Shubman Gill dabs this to the right of the bowler.
The crowd roars as Virat Kohli comes out to the middle to join Shubman Gill.
62
over
62 | 5 Runs | HH: 187/2
61.6
W
Todd Murphy to Cheteshwar Pujara, OUT! PLUMB! Cheteshwar Pujara plays through the long line and wicket just before Tea for Australia! Todd Murphy gets the breakthrough and the 100-run stand comes to an end! This is tossed up full and in line with the stumps. The ball straightens a touch after pitching and beats the inside edge of Cheteshwar Pujara's bat to rap against the pads. The Australian players go up in appeal and the umpire raises his finger. The batter goes for the review and UltraEdge shows no bat involved. Ball Tracking shows three reds and Cheteshwar Pujara will be very disappointed with the dismissal. India are now two down and Australia will be relieved.
61.5
0
Todd Murphy to Cheteshwar Pujara, Bowls this one well down leg side. Cheteshwar Pujara opts to leave this one alone.
61.4
0
Todd Murphy to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tosses this one full and outside leg. Cheteshwar Pujara flicks this towards mid-wicket.
61.3
1
Todd Murphy to Shubman Gill, Bowls this short and in line with the stumps. Shubman Gill tucks this to deep square leg for a single.
61.2
4
Todd Murphy to Shubman Gill, FOUR! That is HUNDRED for Shubman Gill! What a remarkable inning this has been with his team well behind in the game! Todd Murphy flights this full and going down leg side. Shubman Gill paddles this towards fine leg for four runs and he continues his remarkable form in all formats of the game.
61.1
0
Todd Murphy to Shubman Gill, Todd Murphy tosses this one full and onto the pads. Shubman Gill flicks this towards mid-wicket.
61
over
61 | 5 Runs | HH: 182/1
60.6
1
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Tosses this one full and outside off. Shubman Gill gets ahead once again and flicks this wide of mid-wicket for a single.
60.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Flights this full and outside off. Shubman Gill shimmies down the wicket and clips this towards mid-wicket.
60.4
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Loops this full and outside the off stump. Shubman Gill pushes this towards cover.
60.3
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Gives the ball air and floats it outside off on a fuller length. Shubman Gill gets well forward and defends solidly.
60.2
4
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, FOUR! This has been absolutely smashed back past the bowler! Nathan Lyon tosses this one full and outside the off pole. Shubman Gill shuffles down the pitch and thumps this straight down the ground for four runs.
60.1
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Nathan Lyon floats this one full and outside the off stump, Shubman Gill blocks this back to the bowler.
60
over
60 | 0 Runs | HH: 177/1
59.6
0
Todd Murphy to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tosses this one full and outside the off pole. Cheteshwar Pujara charges down the wicket and flicks this straight to the fielder at square leg.
59.5
0
Todd Murphy to Cheteshwar Pujara, Floats this one full and onto the pads. Cheteshwar Pujara clips this towards square leg.
59.4
0
Todd Murphy to Cheteshwar Pujara, Bowls this one quicker onto the pads on a fuller length. Cheteshwar Pujara tucks this to square leg.
59.3
0
Todd Murphy to Cheteshwar Pujara, Floated, full and on off, Cheteshwar Pujara pushes it back to the bowler.
59.2
0
Todd Murphy to Cheteshwar Pujara, Looped up, full and on off, Cheteshwar Pujara watches it through and keeps it out on the pitch.
59.1
0
Todd Murphy to Cheteshwar Pujara, Fires this full and on leg, Cheteshwar Pujara clips it towards mid-wicket.
59
over
59 | 2 Runs | HH: 177/1
58.6
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Flighted, full and on middle, Shubman Gill gets to the pitch of it and keeps it out well.
58.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Slower through the air, short and on off, turning in, Shubman Gill defends it off the back foot.
58.4
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Shortish and on middle, Shubman Gill jabs it towards mid on.
58.3
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Floated, full and on off, Shubman Gill leans on to defend, but gets an inside edge along the ground towards short leg.
58.2
1
Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Short again and on off, Cheteshwar Pujara punches it off the back foot towards covers for a run as Cameron Green stops it with a dive.
58.1
1
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Shorter in length and on middle, Shubman Gill moves back and nudges it through mid-wicket for a single.
58
over
58 | 4 Runs | HH: 175/1
57.6
0
Todd Murphy to Cheteshwar Pujara, Gives this one a bit more air, on middle, Cheteshwar Pujara is solid in his defense again.
57.5
0
Todd Murphy to Cheteshwar Pujara, Flatter, full and on middle, Cheteshwar Pujara defends it on the front foot.
57.4
0
Todd Murphy to Cheteshwar Pujara, Looped up, full and on off, Cheteshwar Pujara prods forward and blocks it down the pitch.
57.3
0
Todd Murphy to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tossed up, full and on middle, Cheteshwar Pujara turns it towards short mid-wicket.
57.2
0
Todd Murphy to Cheteshwar Pujara, Floated, full and around off, Cheteshwar Pujara pads it away.
57.1
4
Todd Murphy to Cheteshwar Pujara, FOUR! Good shot! Todd Murphy flights this up, on middle, Cheteshwar Pujara skips down the track, makes it a full toss and thrashes it towards the long on fence for a boundary. That also brings up the 100-run partnership between these two batters.
Seems to be a ball change happening here. The umpires have tried to pass it through the rings but the ball seems to have lost a bit of shape. A different cheery is brought out by the fourth umpire and Australia will be hoping it brings about a change in fortune.
57
over
57 | 12 Runs | HH: 171/1
56.6
2
Cameron Green to Shubman Gill, Overpitched and on the pads, Shubman Gill whips it towards deep backward square leg for couple of runs. He moves into the 90s!
56.5
1
Cameron Green to Cheteshwar Pujara, Back of a length and on off, Cheteshwar Pujara guides it towards cover-point for a run.
56.4
1
Cameron Green to Shubman Gill, This is pitched up, on middle, Shubman Gill works it off the inner half through square leg for a single.
56.3
4
Cameron Green to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Two in a row! Cameron Green serves this full and on off, Shubman Gill leans on to his cover drive and times it perfectly wide of mid off for another boundary.
56.2
4
Cameron Green to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Beautiful shot! The first boundary after 96 deliveries. Cameron Green lands this short and around off, Shubman Gill stays there and punches it towards the vacant deep cover fence for a boundary.
56.1
0
Cameron Green to Shubman Gill, Cameron Green nails the yorker, on middle, swinging in, Shubman Gill jams it out towards short mid-wicket.
Slight halt! The physios are out in the middle with Cheteshwar Pujara requiring some treatment on his hips. It is a hot day and it could be a case of cramps as there are some stretching routines done on the player. Cheteshwar Pujara gets his gloves back on and is set to continue...
56
over
56 | 1 Runs | HH: 159/1
55.6
0
Todd Murphy to Cheteshwar Pujara, Looped up, full and on middle, Cheteshwar Pujara defends it on the front foot.
55.5
1
Todd Murphy to Shubman Gill, Flighted, full and on off, Shubman Gill moves across and flicks it wide of long on for a single.
55.4
0
Todd Murphy to Shubman Gill, This keeps really low, on middle, Shubman Gill stays back and manages to put his bat down to negotiate it.
55.3
0
Todd Murphy to Shubman Gill, A bit short and on middle, Shubman Gill initialy thinks about playing it on the front foot, but in the moves back and clips it towards short leg.
55.2
0
Todd Murphy to Shubman Gill, Floated, full and on off, Shubman Gill leans on and keeps it out to the off side.
55.1
0
Todd Murphy to Shubman Gill, Tossed up, full and on middle, Shubman Gill works it towards short mid-wicket.
55
over
55 | 4 Runs | HH: 158/1
54.6
0
Cameron Green to Cheteshwar Pujara, Overpitched and on middle, Cheteshwar Pujara tucks it towards mid on.
54.5
0
Cameron Green to Cheteshwar Pujara, Cameron Green serves this full and way down the leg side, Cheteshwar Pujara leaves it alone and Alex Carey does well to stop it diving to his left.
54.4
1
Cameron Green to Shubman Gill, Cameron Green lands this short and on off, Shubman Gill pulls it towards deep square leg for one.
54.3
1
Cameron Green to Cheteshwar Pujara, Fuller again and outside off, Cheteshwar Pujara steers it through point for a single.
54.3
2
Cameron Green to Shubman Gill, Risky single! This is full and on off, Shubman Gill drives it towards mid off and sets off for the run, the fielder misses his shy at the bowler's end and Gill is safe. Oh..no! It is called a No Ball for overstepping.
54.2
0
Cameron Green to Shubman Gill, Another in-swinger, full and on off, Shubman Gill chops it onto the pitch. This could have easily gone back onto the stumps.
54.1
0
Cameron Green to Shubman Gill, Full and on off, shaping in sharply, Shubman Gill knocks it towards short mid-wicket.
54
over
54 | 0 Runs | HH: 154/1
53.6
0
Todd Murphy to Cheteshwar Pujara, Another short delivery, on off, Cheteshwar Pujara defends it off the back foot.
53.5
0
Todd Murphy to Cheteshwar Pujara, Shortish and on middle, Cheteshwar Pujara moves back and works it towards short mid-wicket.
53.4
0
Todd Murphy to Cheteshwar Pujara, Flighted, full and on middle, Cheteshwar Pujara uses his feet and tucks it towards mid-wicket.
53.3
0
Todd Murphy to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tossed up, full and on middle, Cheteshwar Pujara leans on and blocks it out.
53.2
0
Todd Murphy to Cheteshwar Pujara, Short and on middle, Cheteshwar Pujara moves back and flicks it towards square leg.
53.1
0
Todd Murphy to Cheteshwar Pujara, Floated, full and on off, Cheteshwar Pujara keeps it out to the off side.
53
over
53 | 2 Runs | HH: 154/1
52.6
0
Cameron Green to Shubman Gill, On a length and on middle, Shubman Gill punches it towards mid on.
52.5
0
Cameron Green to Shubman Gill, Another full delivery, on middle, keeps low too, Shubman Gill manages to keep it out towards short mid-wicket.
52.4
1
Cameron Green to Cheteshwar Pujara, Full again and on the pads, Cheteshwar Pujara flicks it towards deep square leg for one.
52.3
0
Cameron Green to Cheteshwar Pujara, This is pitched up and on leg again, Cheteshwar Pujara misses his flick and Alex Carey behind the stumps dives to his left to collect it. There is a leg slip for Pujara and this could have been close.
52.2
1
Cameron Green to Shubman Gill, Fullish and on the leg stump line, Shubman Gill clips it past the diving short mid-wicket fielder for a single.
52.1
0
Cameron Green to Shubman Gill, Back of a length and on off, Shubman Gill dabs it down towards point.
52
over
52 | 0 Runs | HH: 152/1
51.6
0
Todd Murphy to Cheteshwar Pujara, A maiden over! This is looped up, full and on middle, Cheteshwar Pujara turns it towards short mid-wicket. Australia are trying to put pressure here!
51.5
0
Todd Murphy to Cheteshwar Pujara, Shortish and on middle, Cheteshwar Pujara nudges it wide of square leg.
51.4
0
Todd Murphy to Cheteshwar Pujara, Flighted, full and on middle, Cheteshwar Pujara uses his feet again and works it towards square leg.
51.3
0
Todd Murphy to Cheteshwar Pujara, Floated, full and on middle, Cheteshwar Pujara gets to the pitch of the ball and tucks it towards short mid-wicket.
51.2
0
Todd Murphy to Cheteshwar Pujara, A bit short and on middle, Cheteshwar Pujara moves back and keeps it out to the leg side.
51.1
0
Todd Murphy to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tossed up, on middle, Cheteshwar Pujara uses his feet and forces it towards mid off.
Drinks! The Indian batters have started where they left off before the Lunch interval and are looking quite comfortable at the wicket. The partnership between Shubman Gill and Cheteshwar Pujara is building nicely and Australia will be eager to get a breakthrough at the earliest. Steven Smith has been quite proactive with his field setting and bowling changes but is yet to get the rewards for it. Who will take the initiative before the Tea break? Todd Murphy (3-0-8-0) will bowl after the short break.
51
over
51 | 0 Runs | HH: 152/1
50.6
0
Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, A maiden over from Mitchell Starc. This is well outside the off pole on a fuller length. Shubman Gill leaves this one alone and Alex Carey dives to his right to collect the ball.
50.5
0
Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Delivers this just outside the off stump on a fuller length. Shubman Gill keeps his head still and blocks this towards mid off.
50.4
0
Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, This is on a good length and wide outside off. Shubman Gill reaches for it and knocks this towards short cover.
50.3
0
Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Goes back to bowling full and outside the off stump. Shubman Gill goes hard at the ball but finds the fielder at mid off.
50.2
0
Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Bowls this one on a good length and aimed for the off pole. Shubman Gill covers the line of the ball and defends this towards mid-wicket.
50.1
0
Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Mitchell Starc goes full and just outside the off stump. Shubman Gill taps this towards mid-wicket.
50
over
50 | 3 Runs | HH: 152/1
49.6
1
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Angles this into the stumps on a fuller length. Shubman Gill eases this down to long on for a single and will be on strike in the next over.
49.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Loopy delivery bowled full and outside the off pole. Shubman Gill shuffles down the wicket and defends this towards cover.
49.4
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Slightly short once again and outside off. Shubman Gill goes deep in the crease and knocks this towards short mid on.
49.3
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Tosses this one full and outside the off stump. Shubman Gill blocks this back towards the bowler.
49.2
1
Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, That single brings up the 150 for India! Nathan Lyon floats this full and on leg stump. Cheteshwar Pujara pushes at this and gets an outside edge towards third man for one.
49.1
1
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Nathan Lyon bowls this short and outside the off stump. Shubman Gill gets across the stumps and clips this towards deep mid-wicket for a single.
49
over
49 | 2 Runs | HH: 149/1
48.6
0
Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Bowls this on a good length and into the pads. Cheteshwar Pujara looks to play this leg side but misses and the ball comes off his thigh pad.
48.5
1
Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Continues to bowl full and outside the off stump. Shubman Gill eases this to the right of mid off and takes another single.
48.4
1
Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Anges this into the pads on a fuller length. Cheteshwar Pujara clips this to deep square leg and takes a run.
48.3
0
Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Goes really full this time and attacks the stumps. Cheteshwar Pujara is rock solid as he dabs this towards mid on.
48.2
0
Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, On a good length this time and angling down leg. Cheteshwar Pujara looks to glance this fine but is unable to get bat on the ball.
48.1
0
Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Mitchell Starc goes full and into the stumps on a fuller length. Cheteshwar Pujara blocks this back towards the bowler.
48
over
48 | 0 Runs | HH: 147/1
47.6
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Loopy delivery bowled full and outside off. Shubman Gill shimmies down the wicket and taps this into the off side.
47.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Flights this one full and outside the off pole. Shubman Gill gets a good stride forward and pushes this towards cover.
47.4
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Goes back to bowling full and at the stumps. Shubman Gill knocks this to short mid on.
47.3
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Slightly short this time and outside the off stump. Shubman Gill rocks back and dabs this towards point.
47.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Tosses this one full and outside the off stump. Shubman Gill gets forward and defends it to the bowler's left.
47.1
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Nathan Lyon floats this one full and just outside off. Shubman Gill clips this towards mid-wicket.
47
over
47 | 2 Runs | HH: 147/1
46.6
0
Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Nails the yorker this time outside the off pole. Cheteshwar Pujara digs this out towards cover.
46.5
0
Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Goes back to bowling on a good length and outside the off stump. Cheteshwar Pujara defends this towards the point fielder.
46.4
0
Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Goes fuller this time but going way down leg. Cheteshwar Pujara opts to leave this one alone.
46.3
0
Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, On a good length and outside the off stump. Cheteshwar Pujara blocks this solidly towards cover.
46.2
2
Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Mitchell Starc goes full and wide outside the off stump. Cheteshwar Pujara pushes this towards deep cover-point and takes a couple of runs.
46.1
0
Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Mitchell Starc angles this one down leg side on a good length. Cheteshwar Pujara looks to flick this fine but misses.
46
over
46 | 1 Runs | HH: 145/1
45.6
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Bowls this one a fraction short and outside the off stump. Shubman Gill goes deep in the crease and dabs this towards short leg.
45.5
1
Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tosses this one full as well and outside the off stump. Cheteshwar Pujara eases this to the right of mid off and sets off for a quick single.
45.4
0
Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Flights this one full and on an off-stump line. Cheteshwar Pujara blocks this towards point.
45.3
0
Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Attacks the pads on a fuller length. Cheteshwar Pujara dabs this towards mid-wicket.
45.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Bowls this outside leg on a shortish length. Cheteshwar Pujara pushes this towards backward square leg.
45.1
0
Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Nathan Lyon bowls this full and just outside off from 'round the wicket. Cheteshwar Pujara defends this watchfully into the off side.
45
over
45 | 1 Runs | HH: 144/1
44.6
0
Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Goes full and outside the off stump with a seven-two field. Shubman Gill goes for the drive nevertheless and finds the cover fielder once again.
44.5
0
Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Comes over the wicket now and bowls this full, outside the off stump. Shubman Gill strokes this straight to the fielder at cover.
44.4
1
Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Strays onto the pads on a fuller length. Cheteshwar Pujara clips this towards deep backward square leg for an easy single.
44.3
0
Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Delivers this one full as well and just outside the off stump. Cheteshwar Pujara knocks this towards mid off.
44.2
0
Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Goes full this time and attacks the stumps. Cheteshwar Pujara dabs this towards the covers and looks for a run. He is sent back by Shubman Gill.
44.1
0
Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Mitchell Starc starts from 'round the wicket and bowls this on a good length, into the stumps. Cheteshwar Pujara defends this firmly to the short mid on fielder.
44
over
44 | 0 Runs | HH: 143/1
43.6
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, A maiden over for Nathan Lyon. This is bowled full and just outside off. Shubman Gill gets his front foot to the pitch of the ball and blocks this back to the bowler.
43.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Loopy delivery bowled full and outside the off stump. Shubman Gill defends this to the left of the bowler.
43.4
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Flights this one full and outside the off pole. Shubman Gill shimmies down the wicket and hits this firmly to the fielder at cover,
43.3
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Slightly short and spinning into the stumps. Shubman Gill goes deep in the crease and keeps the ball out.
43.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Tosses this one full and outside the off stump. Shubman Gill pushes forward and knocks this back to the bowler.
43.1
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Nathan Lyon floats this one full and outside the off stump. Shubman Gill gets across the stumps and tucks this towards mid-wicket.
43
over
43 | 1 Runs | HH: 143/1
42.6
0
Cameron Green to Cheteshwar Pujara, Goes back to bowling on a good length and outside the off stump. Cheteshwar Pujara blocks this solidly towards mid off.
42.5
0
Cameron Green to Cheteshwar Pujara, Delivers this one a tad bit shot and into the batter. Cheteshwar Pujara gets well on top of the bounce and dabs this towards mid-wicket.
42.4
0
Cameron Green to Cheteshwar Pujara, On a good length this time and outside the off pole. Cheteshwar Pujara gets on his toes and dabs this into the off side.
42.3
1
Cameron Green to Shubman Gill, Bowls this full and into the pads with the wicket-keeper up to the stumps. Shubman Gill clips this towards deep square leg and takes a single.
42.2
0
Cameron Green to Shubman Gill, Goes a touch fuller and outside the off stump. Shubman Gill drives this towards mid on.
42.1
0
Cameron Green to Shubman Gill, Cameron Green bowls this on a good length and angles this in from outside off. Shubman Gill gets behind the line of the ball and defends this to short mid on.
42
over
42 | 1 Runs | HH: 142/1
41.6
1
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Bowls this one at the stumps on a fuller length. Shubman Gill flicks this towards deep square leg and takes a single to keep strike. Just one run from the over.
41.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Loopy delivery bowled full and outside off. Shubman Gill shimmies down the wicket and clips this towards the man at short mid on.
41.4
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Fires this one full and just outside the off stump. Shubman Gill defends this back towards the bowler.
41.3
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Tosses this one full and outside the off pole. Shubman Gill gets forward and pushes this towards cover.
41.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Bowls this slower in the air and wide outside off on a fuller length. Shubman Gill goes back and knocks this towards mid on.
41.1
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Nathan Lyon floats this one full and outside off. Shubman Gill blocks this back to the bowler.
41
over
41 | 4 Runs | HH: 141/1
40.6
0
Cameron Green to Cheteshwar Pujara, Back of a length and on middle, Cheteshwar Pujara hops up and keeps it down towards short mid-wkcket.
40.5
0
Cameron Green to Cheteshwar Pujara, Overpitched and on middle, Cheteshwar Pujara works it towards mid on.
40.4
0
Cameron Green to Cheteshwar Pujara, On a length and on off, Cheteshwar Pujara pushes it towards short covers.
40.3
0
Cameron Green to Cheteshwar Pujara, This is pitched up, on middle, Cheteshwar Pujara tucks it wide of short mid-wicket where the fielder dives to his right to stop it.
40.2
0
Cameron Green to Cheteshwar Pujara, Goes fuller this time, on middle, Cheteshwar Pujara blocks it down the pitch.
40.1
4
Cameron Green to Cheteshwar Pujara, FOUR! Deft touch! Cameron Green lands this on a good length and around off, Cheteshwar Pujara waits for it and opens the face of his bat to guide it past the keeper and towards the third man fence for a boundary.
40
over
40 | 1 Runs | HH: 137/1
39.6
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Quicker, full and on off, Shubman Gill knocks it towards short covers.
39.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Shortish and on middle, Shubman Gill flicks it towards short leg.
39.4
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Flatter, full and on off, Shubman Gill drills it back to the bowler.
39.3
1
Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tossed up, full and on off, Cheteshwar Pujara uses his feet and tucks it towards mid-wicket for a single.
39.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Floated, full and on off, Cheteshwar Pujara prods forward to defend, but the ball hits his pads first and rolls to the off side. There is a stiffled appeal for LBW, but turned down. Nathan Lyon is asking the umpire if Cheteshwar Pujara padded it deliberately or not, but the umpire gives no hint as the DRS timer was still on.
39.1
0
Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Short and on off, Cheteshwar Pujara moves back and dabs it towards point.
39
over
39 | 6 Runs | HH: 136/1
38.6
4
Cameron Green to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Lovely shot! Cameron Green continues with his fuller length, on middle this time, Shubman Gill moves across a bit and times his drive sweetly wide of mid on for a boundary.
38.5
0
Cameron Green to Shubman Gill, Another full delivery, on middle, Shubman Gill turns it towards short mid-wicket.
38.4
1
Cameron Green to Cheteshwar Pujara, Overpitched and on middle, Cheteshwar Pujara flicks it through square leg for a run.
38.3
0
Cameron Green to Cheteshwar Pujara, This is pitched up and on middle, Cheteshwar Pujara tucks it towards mid on.
38.2
1
Cameron Green to Shubman Gill, Fuller again, but this time on the pads, Shubman Gill clips it towards finel leg for a single.
38.1
0
Cameron Green to Shubman Gill, Full and on off, Shubman Gill pushes it towards short covers.
38
over
38 | 1 Runs | HH: 130/1
37.6
0
Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Looped up, full and on middle, Cheteshwar Pujara uses his feet again and drills back to the bowler.
37.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Slower through the air, on off, Cheteshwar Pujara waits for it and dabs it towards point.
37.4
0
Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Floated and on off, Cheteshwar Pujara uses his feet and yorks himself, and then turns it towards short mid-wicket.
37.3
0
Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Shortish and on middle, Cheteshwar Pujara defends it of the back foot.
37.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Flatter, full and outside off, Cheteshwar Pujara takes his front leg out, but leaves it alone.
37.1
1
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Shorter in length and on off, Shubman Gill moves back and nudges it through mid-wicket for a single.
We are back for the afternoon session of Day 3 as the umpires make their way out to the middle. The Australian players spread out around the field to take their respective fielding positions. Shubman Gill and Cheteshwar Pujara will look to build on their partnership as they stride out to the center. Nathan Lyon has been handed the ball after the break and will begin proceedings. Let's go...
... DAY 3, SESSION 2 ...
The openers for India started positively and put on a 74-run opening partnership in 126 deliveries with both looking to put the loose balls away early. Rohit Sharma played a poor shot and gave away his wicket for a well-made 35 but Cheteshwar Pujara came to the crease looking to be proactive. He used his feet well and rotated the strike building a 55-run partnership with Shubman Gill who is unbeaten on 65. India will be hoping this stand continues to flourish and the two batters are able to take the team to a position of safety. Will the hosts be able to continue their good work with the bat? Or will Australia manage to take a few early wickets in the second session and put the pressure back on? Join us at 12.10 pm IST (6.40 am GMT) for more enticing action.
This has been a good first session for India on Day 3 and this is exactly what they would have wanted this morning having scored 93 runs and losing just one wicket. The pitch still seems to be good for batting with just a few balls keeping low and getting stuck in the wicket. Mitchell Starc was used to create some rough for the spinners to use but he ended up leaking a few runs and that released the early pressure on the Indian batters. Matthew Kuhnemann got the first wicket against the run of play but despite Nathan Lyon bowling some good deliveries, the second breakthrough was difficult to come by. With runs flowing at a steady pace, the game is gingerly poised and both teams have a good opportunity to shift their tie in their favor in the afternoon session.
37
over
37 | 3 Runs | HH: 129/1
36.6
0
Cameron Green to Cheteshwar Pujara, On a length and on off, Cheteshwar Pujara taps it towards short covers. THAT WILL BE LUNCH ON DAY 3!
36.5
1
Cameron Green to Shubman Gill, Short and on off, Shubman Gill jabs it powerfully towards deep mid-wicket for just a run.
36.4
1
Cameron Green to Cheteshwar Pujara, Cameron Green bowls an inswinger, full and on middle, Cheteshwar Pujara clips it towards deep square leg for a run.
36.3
0
Cameron Green to Cheteshwar Pujara, Back of a length and outside off again, Cheteshwar Pujara lifts his bat and lets it go to the keeper.
36.2
1
Cameron Green to Shubman Gill, Short of a length and outside off, Shubman Gill cuts it towards deep point for a single.
36.1
0
Cameron Green to Shubman Gill, Ful and on off, Shubman Gill mistimes his drive towards short covers.
36
over
36 | 6 Runs | HH: 126/1
35.6
0
Todd Murphy to Cheteshwar Pujara, Flatter, full and on of, Cheteshwar Pujara keeps it out to the off side.
35.5
1
Todd Murphy to Shubman Gill, Shorter in length and on middle, turning in, Shubman Gill works it towards square leg for a run.
35.4
0
Todd Murphy to Shubman Gill, Flighted, full and on middle, Shubman Gill defends it on the front foot.
35.3
4
Todd Murphy to Shubman Gill, FOUR BYES! Wow..how did that miss? Todd Murphy floats this up, full and on off, turning in sharply, Shubman Gill prods forward to drive it but misses as the ball just goes over the stumps. Alex Carey fails to gather it as well and the ball races to the fine leg fence for four extra runs. Brings up the 50-run partnership between these two.
35.2
0
Todd Murphy to Shubman Gill, Tossed up, full and on middle, Shubman Gill leans on and blocks it back to the bowler.
35.1
1
Todd Murphy to Cheteshwar Pujara, Short and on middle, Cheteshwar Pujara moves back and flicks it towards deep square leg for a single.
35
over
35 | 2 Runs | HH: 120/1
34.6
0
Cameron Green to Shubman Gill, This is on a good length and on pff, Shubman Gill taps it wide of short covers as Steven Smith runs to his right to collect it.
34.5
0
Cameron Green to Shubman Gill, Goes fuller this time, on middle, swinging in, Shubman Gill drives it towards mid off.
34.4
0
Cameron Green to Shubman Gill, Pulls his length back a bit, on middle, Shubman Gill jabs it towards mid on.
34.3
0
Cameron Green to Shubman Gill, Touch fuller and on off, Shubman Gill strides forward and pushes it towards mid off.
34.2
0
Cameron Green to Shubman Gill, Length again and on middle, Shubman Gill nudges it towards short mid-wicket.
34.1
2
Cameron Green to Shubman Gill, Cameron Green starts with a good-length delivery around off, Shubman Gill opens the face of his bat and guides it through point and comes back for the second very easily.
34
over
34 | 5 Runs | HH: 118/1
33.6
0
Todd Murphy to Cheteshwar Pujara, Shortish and on off, Cheteshwar Pujara steers it towards point again.
33.5
0
Todd Murphy to Cheteshwar Pujara, Slower through the air, on off, Cheteshwar Pujara watches it through and dabs it towards point.
33.4
0
Todd Murphy to Cheteshwar Pujara, Pushed through quicker, short and on middle, Cheteshwar Pujara turns it to the leg side.
33.3
0
Todd Murphy to Cheteshwar Pujara, Flighted, full and on off, Cheteshwar Pujara uses his feet and pushes it straight back to the bowler.
33.2
4
Todd Murphy to Cheteshwar Pujara, FOUR! Nice use of the feet! This is tossed up and on off, Cheteshwar Pujara advances down the track, gets to the pitch of the ball and smashes it through covers for a boundary.
33.1
1
Todd Murphy to Shubman Gill, Flatter, full and on middle, Shubman Gill eases it towards long on for a single.
33
over
33 | 5 Runs | HH: 113/1
32.6
0
Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Full again and on off, Cheteshwar Pujara drills it towards short covers.
32.5
2
Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, A lot happening in the middle! Mitchell Starc pitches it up again and on off, Cheteshwar Pujara drives it firmly through covers as Travis Head from mid off chase it and slides to just keep it inside. The batters take a couple of runs, but Gill wants the third as well. However, Cheteshwar Pujara sends him back and rightly so as Gill has to dive in to get home.
32.4
0
Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Overpitched and on off, Cheteshwar Pujara drives it straight to mid off.
32.3
1
Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Oh..that is close! Mitchell Starc serves this touch fuller and on off, Shubman Gill tries to drive it away from the body, but gets an inside edge just past the stumps towards fine leg for another run.
32.2
1
Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, On a length and on off, Cheteshwar Pujara opens the face of his bat and guides through point for a run.
32.1
1
Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Mitchell Starc bowls this on a yorker length and on middle, Shubman Gill digs it out well towards mid on for a quick single.
32
over
32 | 1 Runs | HH: 108/1
31.6
0
Todd Murphy to Cheteshwar Pujara, Quicker, full and on middle, Cheteshwar Pujara negotiates it down the pitch.
31.5
0
Todd Murphy to Cheteshwar Pujara, Shortish and on off, Cheteshwar Pujara moves back and keeps it out to the off side.
31.4
0
Todd Murphy to Cheteshwar Pujara, Flighted, full and on off, Cheteshwar Pujara leans on and blocks it out.
31.3
0
Todd Murphy to Cheteshwar Pujara, Slower through the air, on off, Cheteshwar Pujara uses his feet to defend, but misses and it goes off the pads to the leg side.
31.2
0
Todd Murphy to Cheteshwar Pujara, Floated, full and on middle, Cheteshwar Pujara pushes it to the right of the bowler.
31.1
1
Todd Murphy to Shubman Gill, Todd Murphy begins with a tossed up delivery, full and on off, Shubman Gill drives it towards covers for a single.
Todd Murphy will bowl for the first time in this inning.
31
over
31 | 6 Runs | HH: 107/1
30.6
1
Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Short of a length and on off, Shubman Gill dabs it towards cover-point for a single.
30.5
4
Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Fine shot! Mitchell Starc lands this back of a length and on middle, Shubman Gill stays back and jabs it with an angled bat towards the deep mid-wicket fence for a boundary.
30.4
0
Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Overpitched and on middle, Shubman Gill drives it towards mid on again.
30.3
0
Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Touch fuller, on middle, angling in, Shubman Gill knocks it towards mid on.
30.2
0
Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, This is on a good length and on off, Shubman Gill taps it towards covers.
30.1
1
Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, Back of a length and on the leg stump line, Cheteshwar Pujara misses his flick and the ball goes off his body towards fine leg. A leg bye is taken.
30
over
30 | 1 Runs | HH: 101/1
29.6
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Goes back to bowling over the wicket and serves this on a fuller length outside off. Shubman Gill continues to be solid in defense as he pushes this towards short cover.
29.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Delivers this one slightly short and outside the off stump. Shubman Gill goes deep in the crease and keeps the ball out.
29.4
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Floats this one full as well and outside off. Shubman Gill gets well forward and defends this to the left of the bowler.
29.3
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Nathan Lyon goes 'round the wicket now and bowls this full, in line with the stumps. Shubman Gill blocks this back down the pitch.
29.2
1
Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tosses this one full and outside the off stump. Cheteshwar Pujara charges down the wicket and flicks the ball to deep square leg for a single.
29.1
0
Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Nathan Lyon bowls this short and outside off. Cheteshwar Pujara comes forward initially and then rocks back to cut the ball towards point.
29
over
29 | 6 Runs | HH: 100/1
28.6
1
Mitchell Starc to Cheteshwar Pujara, This is bowled full and well outside the off stump. Cheteshwar Pujara guides this towards deep point and takes a run. Brings up the 100 for India as well and they are off to a good start here.
28.5
1
Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Persists with the fuller length and just outside off. Shubman Gill knocks this to the left of mid on and sets off for a single.
28.4
0
Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Goes full this time and outside the off pole. Shubman Gill gets his front foot into the drive and cracks this straight to the cover fielder.
28.3
0
Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Continues to bowl on a good length and outside the off stump. Shubman Gill defends this firmly towards cover.
28.2
4
Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, FOUR! That is FIFTY for Shubman Gill and he has looked really comfortable so far at the crease! This is bowled slightly back of a length and wider outside off. Shubman Gill stands tall and punches this towards deep cover for a cracking boundary to reach his landmark.
28.1
0
Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Mitchell Starc starts this spell from 'round the wicket and bowls this on a good length, outside off. Shubman Gill blocks this solidly towards mid on.
28
over
28 | 1 Runs | HH: 94/1
27.6
0
Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Another tossed-up delivery outside off. Cheteshwar Pujara is down the wicket again and gets this off his pads towards mid on.
27.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Flighted delivery bowled full and outside off. Cheteshwar Pujara shuffles outside off and looks to block but the ball hits the pad first.
27.4
0
Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Fires this one full and wide outside off. Cheteshwar Pujara gets his front foot forward and leaves the ball alone.
27.3
0
Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Loopy delivery bowled full and outside off. Cheteshwar Pujara is down the wicket again and the ball lobs up off his pads towards the bowler.
27.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Floats this one full and outside the off stump. Cheteshwar Pujara shuffles forward and smothers the ball into the pitch.
27.1
1
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Nathan Lyon starts the over with a shortish delivery outside off. Shubman Gill goes deep in the crease and clips this towards deep mid-wicket for a single.
27
over
27 | 6 Runs | HH: 93/1
26.6
1
Matthew Kuhnemann to Shubman Gill, Bowls this one a tad bit short and on a leg-stump line. Shubman Gill tucks this to backward square leg and takes a run.
26.5
1
Matthew Kuhnemann to Cheteshwar Pujara, Goes full once again and into the stumps. Cheteshwar Pujara uses his feet well once again to get to the pitch of the ball and flick it towards deep square leg for a single.
26.4
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tosses this one full and just outside the off stump. Cheteshwar Pujara dabs this towards square leg.
26.3
2
Matthew Kuhnemann to Cheteshwar Pujara, Floats this one full and in line with the stumps. Cheteshwar Pujara plays this with soft hands towards fine leg and picks up a couple of runs.
26.2
1
Matthew Kuhnemann to Shubman Gill, Bowls this one slightly short and at the pads. Shubman Gill rocks back and flicks this towards deep backward square leg for a run.
26.1
1
Matthew Kuhnemann to Cheteshwar Pujara, Strays onto the pads on a fuller length. Cheteshwar Pujara clips this to short fine leg and takes one.
26
over
26 | 3 Runs | HH: 87/1
25.6
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Goes back to bowling outside the off stump on a fuller length. Shubman Gill defends this solidly towards cover.
25.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Bowls this one in line with the stumps on a fuller length. Shubman Gill plays this confidently back towards the bowler.
25.4
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Loopy delivery bowled full and outside off. Shubman Gill is weel forward as he taps this into the off side.
25.3
1
Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Flights this one full and outside the off pole. Cheteshwar Pujara comes down the wicket and dabs this towards cover for a quick single.
25.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tosses this one full and outside the off stump. Cheteshwar Pujara blocks this back towards trhe bowler.
25.1
2
Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Nathan Lyon bowls this slightly short and outside the off stump. Cheteshwar Pujara uses his feet nicely and punches this towards deep cover for a couple of runs.
25
over
25 | 3 Runs | HH: 84/1
24.6
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Shubman Gill, Floats this one full and on a leg stump line. Shubman Gill defends this solidly to the right of the bowler.
24.6
1
Matthew Kuhnemann to Shubman Gill, NO BALL! Continues to bowl full and at the stumps. Shubman Gill blocks this back together. The over is not complete though as Matthew Kuhnemann has overstepped and it will be a no ball.
24.5
1
Matthew Kuhnemann to Cheteshwar Pujara, Loopy delivery bowled full and in line with the stumps. Cheteshwar Pujara uses his feet once again and flicks this towards deep square leg for a single.
24.4
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Cheteshwar Pujara, Bowls this one slightly quicker and onto the pads. Cheteshwar Pujara taps this towards short leg.
24.3
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Cheteshwar Pujara, Edged and just short! Matthew Kuhnemann flights this full and outside off. Cheteshwar Pujara looks to defend and gets an outside egde thedgealls short of Steven Smith at first slip.
24.2
1
Matthew Kuhnemann to Shubman Gill, Tosses this one full and going down leg. Shubman Gill pushes this towards deep mid-wicket and takes one.
24.1
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Shubman Gill, Matthew Kuhnemann bowls a full delivery on the pads. Shubman Gill dabs this into the leg side.
Drinks! The Indian openers gave them a decent start, but Rohit Sharma lost his focus and gave his wicket away after being set. After that, Australian bowlers have found some rhythm and they are asking the right questions. This is still nicely poised and we can expect another excition hour of Test cricket in this session.
24
over
24 | 3 Runs | HH: 81/1
23.6
1
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Slightly short this time and outside the off stump. Shubman Gill rocks back and punches this to the left of cover to take one and retain strike.
23.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Flights this one full and outside the off pole. Shubman Gill gets his front foot forward confidently and blocks this out.
23.4
1
Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tosses this one full and outside the off stump. Cheteshwar Pujara shuffles down the wicket and clips this towards deep mid-wicket for a run.
23.3
0
Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, Floats this one wide outside off on a fuller length. Cheteshwar Pujara gets his front foot forward and pads the ball into the off side.
23.2
1
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Fires this one full and into the stumps. Shubman Gill punches this down to long on and takes a single.
23.1
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Nathan Lyon bowls this full and outside off. Shubman Gill stays in the crease and dabs this into the leg side.
23
over
23 | 3 Runs | HH: 78/1
22.6
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Cheteshwar Pujara, Flights this one full and outside the off stump. Cheteshwar Pujara gets a stride forward and looks to defend but gets beaten on the outside edge. The ball hits him on the back leg and goes into the off side. Matthew Kuhnemann appeals but Steven Smith decides to not go for the review.
22.5
2
Matthew Kuhnemann to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tosses this one full and at the stumps. Cheteshwar Pujara shimmies down the wicket and flicks the ball towards deep square leg to open his account with a couple of runs.
22.4
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Cheteshwar Pujara, Loops this one full and on a leg stump line. Cheteshwar Pujara dabs this to the right of the bowler.
22.3
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Cheteshwar Pujara, Bowls this straight as well on a fuller length. Cheteshwar Pujara gets forward in defense and the ball goes off the inside edge towards the leg side.
22.2
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Cheteshwar Pujara, Goes full and in line with the stumps. Cheteshwar Pujara knocks this back towards the bowler.
22.1
1
Matthew Kuhnemann to Shubman Gill, Matthew Kuhnemann tosses this one full and going down leg. Shubman Gill clips this towards deep square leg and collects a run.
22
over
22 | 1 Runs | HH: 75/1
21.6
0
Nathan Lyon to Cheteshwar Pujara, BEATEN! Nathan Lyon floats this one full and outside the off stump. the ball skids through without turning as Cheteshwar Pujara looks to block down the wrong line. The ball skims past the outside edge and that was a lovely delivery.
Slight halt! Marnus Labuschagne is getting the required protection as he will be fielding close to the batters.
21.5
1
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Continues to float the ball full and this time wider outside off. Shubman Gill works this down to long on for one.
21.4
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Tosses this one full as well and outside the off stump. Shubman Gill shuffles down the wicket and dabs this back into the pitch.
21.3
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Loops this one full and outside the off pole. Shubman Gill gets well forward to defend this back down the pitch.
21.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Flights this one on a fullish length and outside the off stump. Shubman Gill goes back in the crease and blocks this out.
21.1
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Nathan Lyon bowls this full and outside the off. The ball turns back in sharply as Shubman Gill looks to defend. The ball takes a slight inside edge and hits the pads. A massive appeal from Nathan Lyon but the umpire remains unmoved and they opt not to review this.
Cheteshwar Pujara walks out to bat at number 3.
21
over
21 | 2 Runs | HH: 74/1
20.6
W
Matthew Kuhnemann to Rohit Sharma, OUT! CAUGHT! SOFT SOFT DISMISSAL! Rohit Sharma falls to a poor shot selection against the run of play and Matthew Kuhnemann draws first blood! This is short and outside the off stump. Rohit Sharma rocks onto his back foot and looks to punch this into the off side. The ball seems to get stuck in the wicket and the batter ends up hitting it uppishly straight into the hands of Marnus Labuschagne at cover. Australia looks absolutely ecstatic with this wicket as the Indian skipper takes the long walk back to the shed.
20.5
1
Matthew Kuhnemann to Shubman Gill, Goes full once again and on off stump. Shubman Gill eases this down to long off for a run.
20.4
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Shubman Gill, Tosses this one really full and in line with the stumps. Shubman Gill flicks this towards the mid-wicket fielder.
20.3
1
Matthew Kuhnemann to Rohit Sharma, Fires this one on a shortish length and into the pads. Rohit Sharma clips this towards deep square leg for an easy single.
20.2
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Rohit Sharma, Flights this one full and just outside the off stump. Rohit Sharma gets forward and dabs this towards cover.
20.1
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Rohit Sharma, Matthew Kuhnemann floats this one full and on a leg stump line. Rohit Sharma blocks this back down the pitch.
20
over
20 | 1 Runs | HH: 72/0
19.6
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Quicker delivery, short and on off, Shubman Gill stays there and keeps it out on the pitch.
19.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Shorter in length and on middle, Shubman Gill defends it on the back foot.
19.4
1
Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Flighted and around off, Rohit Sharma uses his feet and tucks it wide of mid-wicket for a single.
19.3
0
Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Darts this one full and on middle, Rohit Sharma drills it back to the bowler.
19.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Floated, full and on off, turning in, Rohit Sharma leans on to defend, but gets an inside edge onto his pads as the ball goes nowhere.
19.1
0
Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Tossed up, full and on off, Rohit Sharma guides it towards point.
19
over
19 | 1 Runs | HH: 71/0
18.6
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Shubman Gill, Angles this one into the batter, short and on middle, Shubman Gill works it towards mid-wicket.
18.5
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Shubman Gill, Flatter, full and on middle, Shubman Gill keeps it out towards the short leg region.
18.4
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Shubman Gill, Flighted, full and on leg, Shubman Gill tucks it towards short mid-wicket.
18.3
1
Matthew Kuhnemann to Rohit Sharma, Slower through the air, on off, Rohit Sharma taps it wide of short covers and scampers across for a single.
18.2
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Rohit Sharma, Tossed up, full and on middle, Rohit Sharma blocks it out.
18.1
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Rohit Sharma, Floated, full and on middle, Rohit Sharma knocks it back to the bowler.
18
over
18 | 3 Runs | HH: 70/0
17.6
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Quicker and on middle, Shubman Gill advances down the track and turns it to the leg side.
17.5
2
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Short and outside off, Shubman Gill moves back and punches it towards deep point for a brace.
17.4
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Fligthed, full and on off, Shubman Gill once again use his feet and blocks it with the inner half past short leg.
17.3
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, An appeal for LBW, but turned down. Australia takes the review after some discussion. Lyon bowls this quicker and on middle, Shubman Gill skips down the track to defend again, but his pad is in front of the bat and the ball hits it. UltraEdge confirms pad first, and Ball Tracking shows that the impact is outside off and also over 3 meters. So, the on-field decision of Not Out remains and Australia lose their review.
17.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Floated and on middle, Shubman Gill comes forward and drills it towards the bowler as Nathan Lyon catches it. He fakes a celebration, but knows that it is a bump ball.
17.1
1
Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Tossed up and outside off, Rohit Sharma uses his feet and clips it towards long on for a single.
17
over
17 | 2 Runs | HH: 67/0
16.6
1
Matthew Kuhnemann to Rohit Sharma, Gives this one some air as well, on middle, Rohit Sharma eases it towards long off for a run.
16.5
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Rohit Sharma, Looped up, full and on middle, Rohit Sharma knocks it to the left of the bowler as Matthew Kuhnemann mops it up.
16.4
1
Matthew Kuhnemann to Shubman Gill, Flatter, full and on off, Shubman Gill drives it towards long off for a single.
16.3
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Shubman Gill, Flighted, full and on leg, Shubman Gill turns it towards short mid-wicket.
16.2
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Shubman Gill, Tossed up, full and on middle, Shubman Gill blocks it back to the bowler.
16.1
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Shubman Gill, Matthew Kuhnemann starts with a floated delivery, full and on middle, Shubman Gill defends it with the inner half to the leg side.
It will be spin from both ends now as Matthew Kuhnemann (2-0-3-0) has been brought into the attack.
16
over
16 | 1 Runs | HH: 65/0
15.6
1
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Another short delivery, on middle, Shubman Gill flicks it off the back foot through square leg for a single.
15.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Shotish and on middle, Shubman Gill moves back and negotiates it well.
15.4
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Flatter, full and on off, Shubman Gill pushes it towards mid off.
15.3
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Floated, full and on off, Shubman Gill keeps it out to the off side.
15.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Slightly shorter in length and outside off, Shubman Gill goes on his back foot and defends it on the pitch.
15.1
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Tossed up, full and on off, turning in sharply, Shubman Gill leans on to defend, but misses and gets hit on he pads.
15
over
15 | 10 Runs | HH: 64/0
14.6
6
Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, SIX! BANG! Vintage Rohit Sharma! Mitchell Starc bangs this short again and around leg, sits up nicely, Rohit Sharma swivels and pulls it over the deep backward square leg fence for a biggie.
14.5
0
Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, Back of a length and around off, Rohit Sharma stands tall and keeps it out to the off side.
14.4
4
Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! Easy pickings! This is short of a length and down the leg, Rohit Sharma stays there and helps it towards the fine leg fence for a boundary.
14.3
0
Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, Mitchell Starc lands this short and on leg, Rohit Sharma goes for the pull shot, but it is not that short and miscues his pull shot uppsishly towards backward sqaure leg.
14.2
0
Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, Length again and on off, Rohit Sharma pushes it towards mid off, and calls for the run, but refuses in the end.
14.1
0
Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, On a length and on leg, Rohit Sharma misses his flick and the ball goes off his pads towards the keeper.
14
over
14 | 2 Runs | HH: 54/0
13.6
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Gives this one some air as well, on off, Shubman Gill is solid in his defense.
13.5
1
Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Flatter, full and outside off, Rohit Sharma goes down and paddles it towards deep backward square leg for a run.
13.4
0
Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Floated, full and on off, Rohit Sharma defends it on the front foot.
13.3
1
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Quicker, short and on middle, Shubman Gill moves back to flick it, but gets an inside edge onot his pads and the ball loops wide of short leg. They cross.
13.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Tossed up, full and on off, Shubman Gill leans on and defends it in front of point.
13.1
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Shortsh and around off, Shubman Gill stays there and blocks it down the pitch.
13
over
13 | 14 Runs | HH: 52/0
12.6
3
Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Short of a length and on off, Shubman Gill makes room and awkwardly punches it towards the vacant long off region as the fielder from mid off chase it and dives forward to keep it in. Three runs taken!
12.5
4
Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Just wide! Mitchell Starc lands this short and down the leg side, Shubman Gill goes for the pull shot, but gloves it uppishly behind the stumps. However, it goes well wide of the diving keeper and towards the fine leg fence for a boundary.
12.4
0
Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Back of a length and around off, Shubman Gill mistimes his cut towards short covers.
12.3
2
Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Pulls his length back a bit, on middle and leg, Shubman Gill whips it wide of deep square leg and comes back for the second.
12.2
4
Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Nice shot! Mitchell Starc serves ths full and around off, Shubman Gill stays there and shows the full face of the bat to drive it firmly through covers for the firsr boundary of the Day.
12.1
1
Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, Full and on the pads again, Rohit Sharma flicks it towards deep square leg for a single.
12
over
12 | 0 Runs | HH: 38/0
11.6
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, A maiden over for Lyon! This is flighted and around off, turning in, Shubman Gill tries to defend it on the front foot, but gets an inside edge wide of short leg.
11.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Quicker, full and on off, Shubman Gill leans on and defends it towards short covers.
11.4
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, A bit short and on middle, Shubman Gill moves back and turns it towards short mid-wicket.
11.3
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Floated, full and outside off, Shubman Gill keeps it out to the off side.
11.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Tossed up, full and on off, Shubman Gill prods forward and blocks it down the pitch.
11.1
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Nathan Lyon begins with a flatter delivery, full and around off, Shubman Gill steers it towards point.
Nathan Lyon will share the attack this morning and bowl from the other end.
11
over
11 | 2 Runs | HH: 38/0
10.6
0
Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, Fullish and on middle, Rohit Sharma covers his stumps and keeps it out towards mid on.
10.5
1
Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, A half-volley, on the leg stump line, Shubman Gill tucks it towards deep mid-wicket for a run.
10.4
0
Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Goes fuller this time, on middle, angling in, Shubman Gill knocks it towards mid off.
10.3
0
Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Length again and on middle, Shubman Gill clips it towards mid on.
10.2
0
Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, This is on a good length and outside off, Shubman Gill lets it go to the keeper.
10.1
1
Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, Mitchell Starc starts with a full delivery on the pads, Rohit Sharma tickles it towards fine leg for an easy single.
We are all set for the start of Day 3 as the umpires make their way out to the middle. The Australian players take their respective positions on the field and will know that they have the advantage in the game which they could consolidate with some early wickets. Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill will resume their opening partnership and will want to bat as long as possible. Mitchell Starc will take the ball which is still relatively new and begin proceedings. Let's play...
Pitch Report - Murali Karthik is joined by Mitchell Johnson who says that the pitch will be very similar to Day 1 and 2. Mentions that the pitch is well held together and there are no puffs of dust coming out off this surface. Claims that it will be a hard day for the bowlers but they need to make use of the footmarks. Murali Karthik adds that the pitch looks good and the odd balls may stay low but it should be another good day for the batters.
Ravichandran Ashwin is up for a chat and he says that they have put two days of handwork on a pitch that had very little so to get the wickets was rewarding. Claims that even Travis Head’s wicket seemed like a rash shot but he saw a lot of videos and says that helped make plans for his dismissal. Mentions that it is not about bowling wicket-taking deliveries but about making the batter uncomfortable and that will yield wickets. Reckons that the pitch has not changed much and on Day 1 there was a little bit of moisture but since the first session it has got easier and easier to bat on.
India, on the other hand, were made to work really hard as the Aussies took full advantage of this batting deck. However, it was Ravichandran Ashwin who stepped up for them and picked up a six-wicket haul in the first inning to give some sort of respite to the hosts. Their openers played it out till the end of Day 2 and they are trailing by 444 runs. Their aim will be to bat the whole of Day 3 to get close to the Australian total. Stay tuned for all the action.
Australia posted a huge total of 480 runs, but at one point in time they were looking like going past the 500-run mark pretty easily when Cameron Green and Usman Khawaja were batting after scoring their respective hundreds. However, they will still be happy with their effort and their focus will be to get through the Indian batting order as quickly as possible giving themselves a golden opportunity to level the series.
Hello and welcome to our coverage of Day 3 of this fourth and final Test between India and Australia. The visitors are in a good position because of their brilliant batting performance in the first innings and this is the perfect opportunity for the Indian top-order to contribute with runs. Day 3 is also known as the moving day and we could get an idea of how this Test will unfold.
... DAY 3, SESSION 1 ...
Right then, as we all know, Day 3 is known as the moving day but in this series it has most likely been the final day of play. This however isn't the case in this game and it will be a vital day in which we will get an idea as to which way this game might swing. Day 3 will begin on 11th March, Saturday at 9.30 am (4 am GMT) but as usual, our build-up will begin much sooner. Cheers!
India were made to toil and toil hard on Day 2 but Ravichandran Ashwin showed his class and picked up six wickets ensuring the Australian total was kept under 500 runs but India would have liked for the others to contribute more as at one point they had the chance to keep the opposition to around 400 runs. The Indian openers though have seemed solid thus far and don't look like getting out anytiime soon. They will hope the same continues on Day 3 and the openers are able to get a big opening stand.
Australia came into Day 2 with 255/4 on the board and the pair of Usman Khawaja and Cameron Green took this score to 378 before Green fell and triggered a bit of a collapse but Todd Murphy and Nathan Lyon both played handy knocks to push the score to 480. When the visitors came out to bowl with 10 overs remaining, neither the pacers nor the spinners were able to extract anything off the deck and remained harmless. They will now look to start fresh on Day 3 and break the opening stand at the earliest.
Yet another day of high-quality Test cricket comes to an end. At the end of Day 2, it is Australia who have a pretty sizeable first inning lead. India however will know that the surface is still pretty good for batting and with all 10 wickets intact they will look to bat the whole of Day 3.
10
over
10 | 8 Runs | HH: 36/0
9.6
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Floated, full and on middle, Shubman Gill prods forward and defends it back to the bowler. THAT WILL BE STUMPS ON DAY 2!
9.5
1
Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Looped up, full and on off, Rohit Sharma taps it with soft hand towards the short cover region for a run.
9.4
0
Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Flighted, full and on middle, Rohit Sharma is solid in his defense.
9.3
1
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Shortish and on middle, Shubman Gill moves back and nudges it through square leg for a single.
The ball goes straight into the sight-screen and nestles into it and it is not getting retrieved back. The fourth umpire comes out with a box of balls and after some discussion, a ball is picked out but wait, a spectator has gone into the sight-screen to retrieve the previous ball. He is unable to find the ball though and the new ball will be used. The umpires ask him to move away but he finally recovers the ball and there is a loud cheer from the crowd.
9.2
6
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, SIX! Nice use of the feet! This is floated and on middle, Shubman Gill skips down the track and smokes it over the long on fence for a biggie.
9.1
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Tossed up, full and on middle, Shubman Gill defends it back to the bowler.
9
over
9 | 2 Runs | HH: 28/0
8.6
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Rohit Sharma, Gives this one some air, on off, Rohit Sharma negotiates it well.
8.5
1
Matthew Kuhnemann to Shubman Gill, Darts this one full and on leg, Shubman Gill clips it wide of mid on for a run.
8.4
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Shubman Gill, Quicker, short and on middle, Shubman Gill stays there and pushes it towards short covers.
8.3
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Shubman Gill, Flighted, full and on middle, Shubman Gill drives it towards mid on.
8.2
1
Matthew Kuhnemann to Rohit Sharma, Shortish and on off, Rohit Sharma punches it towards sweeper covers for single.
8.1
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Rohit Sharma, Tossed up, full and on middle, Rohit Sharma blocks it back to the bowler.
Just the two overs left in the day's play and there is a slight halt. An extra man is being put in at silly point as Matthew Kuhnemann continues to operate with his left-arm orthodox spin.
8
over
8 | 1 Runs | HH: 26/0
7.6
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Shorter in length and on off, Shubman Gill moves back and punches it towards covers.
7.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Shubman Gill, Flatter, full and on middle, Shubman Gill leans on and keeps it out.
7.4
1
Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Gives this one some air, on off, Rohit Sharma uses his feet and eases it towards long on for a single.
7.3
0
Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Flighted, full and on off, Rohit Sharma pushes it towards short covers.
7.2
0
Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Tossed up, full and on middle, Rohit Sharma defends it back to the bowler.
7.1
0
Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Floated, full and on off, Rohit Sharma prods forward and blocks it out.
7
over
7 | 1 Runs | HH: 25/0
6.6
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Shubman Gill, Flatter, full and on middle, Shubman Gill tucks it towards short mid-wicket.
6.5
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Shubman Gill, Looped up, full and on leg, Shubman Gill drills it towards mid on.
6.4
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Shubman Gill, Flighted, full and on middle, Shubman Gill blocks it down the pitch.
6.3
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Shubman Gill, Floated and on middle, keeps low, Shubman Gill stays back and puts his bat down in time to keep it out.
6.2
1
Matthew Kuhnemann to Rohit Sharma, Tossed up, full and on off, Rohit Sharma drives it towards mid off for a single.
6.1
0
Matthew Kuhnemann to Rohit Sharma, Matthew Kuhnemann begins with a short delivery, on middle, Rohit Sharma moves back and flicks it, but it deflects off the short leg fiedler towards mid-wicket.
6
over
6 | 5 Runs | HH: 24/0
5.6
1
Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, A bit short and on middle, Rohit Sharma moves back and nudges it towards deep square leg for a single.
5.5
0
Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Looped up, full and on off, Rohit Sharma defends it on the front foot.
5.4
0
Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Flighted, full and on off, Rohit Sharma looks fend it, but gets an outside edge along the ground as Steven Smith at first slip dives to his right to stop it.
5.3
0
Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Tossed up, full and on middle, Rohit Sharma blocks it out.
5.2
4
Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! In the gap! This is short and on off, Rohit Sharma slices it uppishly, but it goes well past backward point for a boundary.
5.1
0
Nathan Lyon to Rohit Sharma, Nathan Lyon starts with a floated delivery, short and on off, Rohit Sharma plays for the turn, but this keeps straight and misses the bat.
5
over
5 | 1 Runs | HH: 19/0
4.6
0
Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Mitchell Starc lands this on a hard length and outside off, angling away, Shubman Gill leaves it alone.
4.5
0
Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, Back of a length and on middle, Shubman Gill pucnhes it towards mid on.
4.4
0
Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, This is pitched-up, on middle, Shubman Gill knocks it towards mid off.
4.3
1
Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, Overpitched and outside off, Rohit Sharma absolutely smashes it, but straight to deep point. They cross.
4.2
0
Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, Full again and on off, Rohit Sharma mistimes his drive towards mid off.
4.1
0
Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, Fuller one and on off, Rohit Sharma pushes it towards mid off.
4
over
4 | 4 Runs | HH: 18/0
3.6
0
Cameron Green to Shubman Gill, On a length and on off, Shubman Gill keeps it out towards mid off.
3.5
0
Cameron Green to Shubman Gill, Fullish and on middle, Shubman Gill knocks it towards mid off.
3.4
2
Cameron Green to Shubman Gill, This is pitched up and on off, Shubman Gill leans into his drive and times it well though covers as Travis Head chases it down and slides to keep it inside. Two runs taken!
3.3
0
Cameron Green to Shubman Gill, Goes fuller and on off, Shubman Gill leans on and defends it towards short covers.
3.2
0
Cameron Green to Shubman Gill, This is on a good length and on middle, Shubman Gill blocks it out to the bowler.
3.1
2
Cameron Green to Shubman Gill, Back of a length and around off, Shubman Gill punches it wide of deep point for a brace.
3
over
3 | 0 Runs | HH: 14/0
2.6
0
Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, Pulls his length back a bit, on off, Rohit Sharma pushes it towards short covers.
2.5
0
Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, Fuller one and on middle, Rohit Sharma tucks it towards short mid-wicket.
2.4
0
Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, Mitchell Starc strays away from his line and serves this full, but down the leg, Rohit Sharma misses his flick and Alex Carey gathers it behind the stumps.
2.3
0
Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, This is on a hard length and on middle, Rohit Sharma looks to flick it away, but misses and gets hit on the pads as the ball rolls towards point.
2.2
0
Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, Touch fuller and on middle, Rohit Sharma keeps it out to the leg side.
2.1
0
Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, On a length and on middle, Rohit Sharma turns it to the right of short mid-wicket.
2
over
2 | 7 Runs | HH: 14/0
1.6
0
Cameron Green to Shubman Gill, Pitches this one up on middle and leg, Gill drives it to the right of mid on.
1.5
0
Cameron Green to Shubman Gill, Perfect length, swinging it in from outside off, Shubman Gill looks to block off the front foot but gets an inside edge onto the leg side.
1.4
1
Cameron Green to Rohit Sharma, This is shorter and outside off, Rohit Sharma stands tall and taps it to deep point for one more.
1.3
1
Cameron Green to Shubman Gill, Around the hips, this is tucked away behind square on the leg side for a single.
1.2
4
Cameron Green to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Glorious from Shubman Gill! Back of a length outside off, Gill plays a back-foot jab and times it to perfection. The ball rockets into the point fence.
1.1
1
Cameron Green to Rohit Sharma, Starts off with a good-length delivery on leg stump, Rohit Sharma gets inside the line and works it 'round the corner for a single.
Cameron Green to share the attack.
1
over
1 | 7 Runs | HH: 7/0
0.6
1
Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, Excellent running! Pitches this one up around off, Rohit Sharma blocks it off the front foot in front of extra cover and scampers through to the other end.
0.5
0
Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, Length ball right on the money at over 143 clicks and Rohit blocks it out.
0.4
0
Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, Good-length delivery, at 145.3 clicks and angling well across the right-hander. Rohit Sharma leaves it alone.
0.3
4
Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! Sweetly timed and Rohit Sharma is off the mark in style! A bit too full and straight from Mitchell Starc and Rohit just times it through the mid-wicket region for a boundary.
0.2
1
Mitchell Starc to Shubman Gill, On a good length and on the pads, Shubman Gill works it down to fine leg to get off the mark with a single.
0.1
1
Mitchell Starc to Rohit Sharma, LEG BYE! A big appeal for lbw on the very first delivery but it is turned down and they don't review it. Starts off with a length ball around the leg stump and just swinging it back in a touch. Rohit Sharma looks to flick it away but misses. The ball goes off the pads down to fine leg and they get a leg bye.
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01
st Innings
Australia
We are back for India's reply! The players are already out in the middle. Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill are the two openers for India. There are 10 overs left on Day 2 and Mitchell Starc has the new ball in hand and is raring to go.
... SECOND INNINGS ...
For the first time in this series the Indian bowlers were absolutely pushed to their limits. The wicket does not have much help for the bowlers and it was a tough challenge for them. However, when the going gets tough, Ravichandran Ashwin steps up for his team and he did exactly that with an excellent six-wicket haul to give some hopes to the hosts. Mohammad Shami was brilliant as well with his spells and gave his all and picked up two crucial wickets. Axar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja chipped in with one each as well. However, now the Indian batters have their task cut out to get near this total. Join us in a bit for India's reply.
Australia learnt from their mistakes and in this game they were able to build a few good partnerships in the middle. The star of the show for them was Usman Khawaja with his brilliant hundred and he finished on 180 runs off 422 balls. Cameron Green also supported him well with his maiden Test hundred. Both of them added 208 runs together which took them near the 400-run mark, but some good contribution from Todd Murphy and Nathan Lyon got them to 480 runs which should give them a lot of confidence when they come out to bowl.
A massive batting effort from Australia! They have managed to score 480 runs in their first innings and this was by far their best batting performance in this series. India would have liked to restrict them to lower total than this, but this wicket is still good to bat on and they will back themselves to put up a good show.
167.2
over
167.2 | 0 Runs |
HH: 480/10
167.2
W
Ravichandran Ashwin to Nathan Lyon, OUT! TAKEN! Ravichandran Ashwin picks up his sixth wicket of the innings and Australia have been finally bundled out. Nicely flighted on a length and around off stump, Nathan Lyon puts a big stride forward as he looks to block. Lyon though doesn't get to the pitch of the ball and the outside edge is found. The ball flicks the keeper's legs and loops up kindly to Virat Kohli at first slip and he makes no mistake. Lyon's solid resistance comes to an end and Australia finish with 480 runs on the board.
167.1
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Nathan Lyon, Quicker one, fired in full and down the leg side, Nathan Lyon looks to flick but misses.
167
over
167 | 1 Runs |
HH: 480/9
166.6
0
Axar Patel to Matthew Kuhnemann, Shorter and around off, kept out by Matthew Kuhnemann.
166.5
0
Axar Patel to Matthew Kuhnemann, Quicker one, sliding it across the off stump, Matthew Kuhnemann looks to play at it but is well beaten.
166.4
0
Axar Patel to Matthew Kuhnemann, Full on middle and leg, pushed back to the bowler.
166.3
0
Axar Patel to Matthew Kuhnemann, Flatter one around off, kept out on the off side.
166.2
1
Axar Patel to Nathan Lyon, Shorter in length and around off, pushed away through cover-point for a single.
166.1
0
Axar Patel to Nathan Lyon, Flatter one on the stumps, blocked out.
166
over
166 | 0 Runs |
HH: 479/9
165.6
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Matthew Kuhnemann, And again! Slower through the air and floated up around off, turning away and beats the outside edge yet again.
165.5
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Matthew Kuhnemann, Tosses it up nicely around off and this one grips and turns away nicely. Matthew Kuhnemann looks to block but is well beaten.
165.4
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Matthew Kuhnemann, Full and outside off, pushed out toward cover.
Matthew Kuhnemann is the last man in for Australia.
165.3
W
Ravichandran Ashwin to Todd Murphy, OUT! LBW! This is bowled flatter and angled in from middle, staying low as well. Todd Murphy looks to push at it but leaves a huge gap between bat and pad and misses the block. The ball hits him on the pads and there is a big appeal. The finger goes up and Ravichandran Ashwin has done the trick once again it seems but Todd Murphy has reviewed it. Nothing on UltraEdge and Ball Tracking shows that it is just clipping leg stump which means the on-field decision stands and Ashwin gets yet another five-fer in Test cricket, excellent from him. Murphy departs but he played a fine knock.
165.2
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Todd Murphy, On off stump, kept out by Todd Murphy.
165.1
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Todd Murphy, Tossed up full and outside off, driven straight to short cover.
Ravichandran Ashwin (46-14-91-4) to share the new ball.
165
over
165 | 15 Runs |
HH: 479/8
164.6
4
Mohammad Shami to Nathan Lyon, FOUR! Adding insult to injury and 15 runs come off the first over with the new ball. This is bowled full and outside off, Nathan Lyon looks to drive but gets an inside edge past the stumps and the ball runs away into the fine leg fence.
164.5
0
Mohammad Shami to Nathan Lyon, On a length just angling down leg, Lyon looks to get a tickle on it but misses.
164.4
4
Mohammad Shami to Nathan Lyon, FOUR! Another boundary! Banged in short and at the body, Nathan Lyon instinctively swivel-pulls it firmly and into the backward square leg fence.
164.3
4
Mohammad Shami to Nathan Lyon, FOUR! This pair is really making a big difference out there. This is pitched up on off stump, Nathan Lyon clears the front leg and lofts it right back over the bowler's head for a boundary.
164.2
1
Mohammad Shami to Todd Murphy, Good length around off, this is guided through backward point for a single.
164.1
2
Mohammad Shami to Todd Murphy, Starts off with a full and wide one, Todd Murphy latches onto it and hammers it in front of point. Ravichandran Ashwin sprints to his left from deep backward point and cuts it off, keeping it down to a couple of runs.
The third new ball was availaible for a few overs, but Rohit Sharma has decided to take it now and hands it over to Mohammad Shami (30-3-119-2) who replaces Axar Patel.
164
over
164 | 1 Runs |
HH: 464/8
163.6
1
Ravindra Jadeja to Todd Murphy, Floated up outside off, Todd Murphy caresses it through the point region for a single.
163.5
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Todd Murphy, Comes from over the wicket now and angles it in from around off, kept out.
163.4
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Todd Murphy, At the stumps, blocked out.
163.3
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Todd Murphy, Slows it up and bowls it shorter around middle and leg, Todd Murphy looks to work it leg side but fails to do so.
163.2
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Todd Murphy, Another one pushed through on off stump, Murphy defends it off the front foot.
163.1
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Todd Murphy, This is flatter and on off stump, Todd Murphy blocks it out.
163
over
163 | 1 Runs |
HH: 463/8
162.6
0
Axar Patel to Nathan Lyon, A bit slower and angling into middle and off, Lyon keeps it out.
162.5
0
Axar Patel to Nathan Lyon, This is darted in on off stump, Nathan Lyon defends it out.
162.4
0
Axar Patel to Nathan Lyon, Around off again and Lyon makes another block.
162.3
0
Axar Patel to Nathan Lyon, Pushed through on off stump, blocked.
162.2
0
Axar Patel to Nathan Lyon, A tad shorter around off, cut away to backward point.
162.1
1
Axar Patel to Todd Murphy, LEG BYE! Tossed up around the leg stump, Todd Murphy misses the sweep and the ball goes off the pads behind square leg. There is an appeal for lbw but it is turned down and the batters pick up a leg bye.
162
over
162 | 3 Runs |
HH: 462/8
161.6
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Nathan Lyon, Flatter and on off stump, Nathan Lyon eases it toward mid off.
161.5
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Nathan Lyon, Flighted one on middle, blocked out.
161.4
1
Ravindra Jadeja to Todd Murphy, Nicely tossed up, full and around off, this is driven off the outer half of the bat behind backward point for one more.
161.3
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Todd Murphy, Looped up now around off, Murphy pushes it toward cover.
161.2
1
Ravindra Jadeja to Nathan Lyon, On off stump, Nathan Lyon looks to push at it but gets an inside edge that goes past square leg. They pick up one.
161.1
1
Ravindra Jadeja to Todd Murphy, Tossed up full and outside off, inviting the drive. Todd Murphy drives it past the fielder at short cover and picks up a single.
Drinks! India were able to get rid of Usman Khawaja on the very first delivery of this session, but they have not been able to build on that. They are struggling to break this stand between Nathan Lyon and Todd Murphy which is worth 50 runs now, and every run will be hurting the hosts. India need someone to step up and get these last two wickets as Australia are nearing towards the 500-run mark. An exciting last hour of Day 2 awaits us.
161
over
161 | 1 Runs |
HH: 459/8
160.6
0
Axar Patel to Nathan Lyon, This is floated up on the stumps, Lyon makes yet another solid block.
160.5
0
Axar Patel to Nathan Lyon, This is full again and angled into middle and leg, Nathan Lyon blocks it off the front foot.
160.4
0
Axar Patel to Nathan Lyon, Fuller and on middle, kept out.
160.3
0
Axar Patel to Nathan Lyon, Flighted delivery, on a length and on middle, Lyon keeps it out.
160.2
1
Axar Patel to Todd Murphy, Quicker one angling across off, Todd Murphy goes on the back foot and cuts it late down to third man for one. The 50-run stand is up between these two, a vital stand for Australia.
160.1
0
Axar Patel to Todd Murphy, This is bowled flatter and around off, Todd Murphy blocks it out.
160
over
160 | 0 Runs |
HH: 458/8
159.6
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Nathan Lyon, A maiden over! This is flatter, full and on middle, Nathan Lyon drills it back towards the bowler.
159.5
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Nathan Lyon, On off, kept out.
159.4
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Nathan Lyon, Flighted, full and on middle, Nathan Lyon prods forward to defend again.
159.3
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Nathan Lyon, A bit short and on middle, Nathan Lyon is solid in his defense again.
159.2
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Nathan Lyon, Floated, full and on middle, Nathan Lyon leans on to block it out.
159.1
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Nathan Lyon, Tossed up, full and on off, Nathan Lyon keeps it out to the off side.
159
over
159 | 6 Runs |
HH: 458/8
158.6
0
Axar Patel to Todd Murphy, Shortish and on off, Todd Murphy defends it on the back foot.
158.5
2
Axar Patel to Todd Murphy, Brilliant fielding in the deep! This is looped up, full and on middle, Todd Murphy paddles it towards the vacant fine leg region, Umesh Yadav runs from deep square leg and puts in a dive to his left to stop it. Two runs taken!
158.4
0
Axar Patel to Todd Murphy, Flighted, full and on middle, Todd Murphy knocks it back to the bowler.
158.3
4
Axar Patel to Todd Murphy, FOUR! Fine shot! This is floated, full and around leg, Todd Murphy goes down and nails his sweep shot towards the deep square leg fence for a boundary.
158.2
0
Axar Patel to Todd Murphy, Short and on middle, Todd Murphy stays back and keeps it out down the pitch.
158.1
0
Axar Patel to Todd Murphy, Tossed up, full and on leg, Todd Murphy turns it towards short mid-wicket.
158
over
158 | 3 Runs |
HH: 452/8
157.6
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Nathan Lyon, Short again and on leg, Nathan Lyon moves back and flicks it uppishly towards short leg, but it falls just short of Shreyas Iyer.
157.5
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Nathan Lyon, Floated, short and on leg, Nathan Lyon looks to flick, but misses as the ball loops up off his pads towards short leg where Shreyas Iyer pouches it. There is an appeal for the catch, but turned down.
157.4
2
Ravindra Jadeja to Nathan Lyon, Quicker, full and on leg, Nathan Lyon clips it wide of deep square leg for a couple of runs.
157.3
1
Ravindra Jadeja to Todd Murphy, Short again and outside off, Todd Murphy connects this time with his cut shot towards deep point for a single. 450 up for Australia!
157.2
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Todd Murphy, Short and outside off, Todd Murphy looks to cut it again, but misses this time.
157.1
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Todd Murphy, Tossed up, full and on off, turning in, Todd Murphy cuts it towards backward point.
Ravindra Jadeja (31-4-82-1) is back into the attack.
157
over
157 | 10 Runs |
HH: 449/8
156.6
1
Mohammad Shami to Todd Murphy, Short of a length and on middle, angling in, Todd Murphy taps it down towards square leg for a run.
156.5
4
Mohammad Shami to Todd Murphy, MISFIELD AND FOUR! Mohammad Shami bowls a full toss, outside off, Todd Murphy thrashes it towards the deep point fence where Ravichandran Ashwin runs from third man and reaches it, but a tired effort from him lets it through for a boundary.
156.4
1
Mohammad Shami to Nathan Lyon, On a length and on off, Nathan Lyon dabs it through cover-point for a single.
156.3
0
Mohammad Shami to Nathan Lyon, Goes fuller and on middle, Nathan Lyon drives it wide of mid on.
156.2
4
Mohammad Shami to Nathan Lyon, FOUR! Fine shot! Mohammad Shami bangs this short and on middle, Nathan Lyon is already waiting for it and pulls it towards the vacant deep mid-wicket fence for a boundary.
156.1
0
Mohammad Shami to Nathan Lyon, Full and outside off, shaping away, Nathan Lyon throws his bat at it, but fails to connect.
156
over
156 | 3 Runs |
HH: 439/8
155.6
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Todd Murphy, A bit short and on middle, Todd Murphy moves back and flicks it towards square leg. Lyon wants the run, but he is sent back.
155.5
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Todd Murphy, Fires a yorker now, on off, Todd Murphy squeezes it towards point again.
155.4
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Todd Murphy, Slower through the air, on off, turning away, Todd Murphy steers it towards point.
155.3
2
Ravichandran Ashwin to Todd Murphy, Flighted, full and on off, Todd Murphy drives it past the diving cover fielder for a brace.
155.2
1
Ravichandran Ashwin to Nathan Lyon, Floated, full and on middle, Nathan Lyon eases it towards long on for a single.
155.1
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Nathan Lyon, Tossed up, full and on middle, Nathan Lyon drills it back to the bowler.
155
over
155 | 7 Runs |
HH: 436/8
154.6
0
Mohammad Shami to Todd Murphy, On a length and on middle, angling in, Todd Murphy gets cramped and misses his flick to get hit high on his pads.
154.5
0
Mohammad Shami to Todd Murphy, Mohammad Shami lands this short but down the leg side, Todd Murphy tries to hook it away, but misses.
154.4
4
Mohammad Shami to Todd Murphy, FOUR! Just wide! Mohammad Shami serves this full again and on off, Todd Murphy goes for the drive on the up, but gets an outside edge well past the diving second slip for a boundary.
154.3
1
Mohammad Shami to Nathan Lyon, Overpitched and outside off, Nathan Lyon reaches out for it and drills it towards deep point for a run.
154.2
1
Mohammad Shami to Todd Murphy, Full again and on off, Todd Murphy opens the face of the bat and guides it towards deep point for a single.
154.1
0
Mohammad Shami to Todd Murphy, Fuller one and on middle, angling in, Todd Murphy pushes it towards covers.
154.1
1
Mohammad Shami to Todd Murphy, Mohammad Shami steams in and bangs in a bouncer, on middle, Todd Murphy gets hurried and awkwardly ducks under it. However, he has overstepped and it is a No Ball.
A slight halt in the proceedings as Nathan Lyon seems to be struggling a bit with the heat. The physio comes out and hands the batters a few refreshments and we are good to continue. Also, Mohammad Shami is brought back into the attack.
154
over
154 | 0 Runs |
HH: 429/8
153.6
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Nathan Lyon, Fires this one full and down the leg, Nathan Lyon looks to clip it, but misses.
153.5
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Nathan Lyon, Flatter, full and down the leg, Nathan Lyon misses his flick and Srikar Bharat does well to collect it behind the stumps moving to his left.
153.4
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Nathan Lyon, Flighted and around middle, Nathan Lyon goes down and tries to sweep it away, but misses and gets his around his forearm. There is a stiffled appeal for LBW, but turned down.
153.3
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Nathan Lyon, A bit short and on off, Nathan Lyon moves back and defends it onto the pitch.
153.2
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Nathan Lyon, On middle, blocked out.
153.1
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Nathan Lyon, Tossed up, full and on middle, Nathan Lyon keeps it out to the leg side.
153
over
153 | 7 Runs |
HH: 429/8
152.6
4
Axar Patel to Todd Murphy, FOUR! Nice shot! This is short and outside off, Todd Murphy frees his arms and cuts it through cover-point for a boundary.
152.5
2
Axar Patel to Todd Murphy, Slower through the air, on off, Todd Murphy looks to defend it with soft hands and gets an outside edge along the ground wide of slip for a couple of runs.
152.4
0
Axar Patel to Todd Murphy, Floated, full and on middle, Todd Murphy blocks it out.
152.3
1
Axar Patel to Nathan Lyon, Uppish but safe! This is tossed up, full and on middle, Nathan Lyon drives it uppishly back towards the bowler where Axar Patel dives to his right, but fails to grab it. A good attempt though. A single is also taken.
152.2
0
Axar Patel to Nathan Lyon, Darts this one full and on leg, keeps low, Nathan Lyon looks to flick it, but misses and gets hit on the pads.
152.1
0
Axar Patel to Nathan Lyon, Angles this one into the batter, on leg, Nathan Lyon blocks it back to the bowler.
152
over
152 | 0 Runs |
HH: 422/8
151.6
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Todd Murphy, Looped up, full and on middle, Todd Murphy knocks it back to the bowler.
151.5
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Todd Murphy, Shortish and around off, Todd Murphy moves back and cuts it towards point.
151.4
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Todd Murphy, Flatter, full and on leg, Todd Murphy is solid in his defense again.
151.3
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Todd Murphy, Flighted, full and on middle, Todd Murphy keeps it out down the pitch.
151.2
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Todd Murphy, Floated, full and on middle, Todd Murphy defends it with the inner half past short leg.
151.1
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Todd Murphy, Tossed up, full and on middle, Todd Murphy leans on and blocks it out.
151
over
151 | 5 Runs |
HH: 422/8
150.6
0
Axar Patel to Nathan Lyon, Flighted, full and on middle, Nathan Lyon pushes it back to the bowler.
150.5
1
Axar Patel to Todd Murphy, This one keeps very low, on middle, Todd Murphy stays back and does to well to tuck it away through square leg for a single.
150.4
0
Axar Patel to Todd Murphy, Quciker, full and on off, Todd Murphy defends it on the front foot.
150.3
0
Axar Patel to Todd Murphy, On off, kept out.
150.2
0
Axar Patel to Todd Murphy, Tossed up, full and on middle, Todd Murphy blocks it back to the bowler.
150.1
4
Axar Patel to Todd Murphy, FOUR! Good shot! This is flatter and short, outsdie off, Todd Murphy punches it towards point where Ravindra Jadeja starts to move to his left and is late to change direction and the ball races towards the deep point fence for a boundary.
150
over
150 | 5 Runs |
HH: 417/8
149.6
4
Ravichandran Ashwin to Nathan Lyon, FOUR! One of those that slips out of the hand. This is way too short and wide, Nathan Lyon rocks back and cuts it hard into the vacant cover-point fence.
149.5
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Nathan Lyon, Floated up around off, blocked out.
149.4
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Nathan Lyon, Tossed up full and on middle, Lyon drives it straight back but Ravichandran Ashwin makes a good diving stop to his right.
149.3
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Nathan Lyon, Nicely tossed up on the pads, Nathan Lyon looks for the sweep but seems to have missed it and gets hit on the pads. There is an appeal for LBW but it is turned down. No review is taken either and that's a good decision as the replays show that there was glove involved.
149.2
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Nathan Lyon, Shorter one, angled well across the off stump, Nathan Lyon stands tall and punches it toward mid off.
149.1
1
Ravichandran Ashwin to Todd Murphy, Short and around off, cut away behind backward point for a quick single.
149
over
149 | 3 Runs |
HH: 412/8
148.6
0
Axar Patel to Nathan Lyon, Close! Axar Patel bowls it quicker and tries angling it in from outside off. Nathan Lyon looks to drive but misjudges the length and is beaten on the inside edge.
148.5
0
Axar Patel to Nathan Lyon, Gives it a bit more air and bowls it around middle, Lyon makes the block.
148.4
0
Axar Patel to Nathan Lyon, Floated up on the leg stump line, Nathan Lyon defends it with soft hands.
148.3
1
Axar Patel to Todd Murphy, This one is angled across the left-hander, Todd Murphy strides forward and pushes it through the point region for a quick single.
148.2
0
Axar Patel to Todd Murphy, Tossed up on leg stump, Todd Murphy defends it out.
148.1
2
Axar Patel to Todd Murphy, Very full and on the pads, this is flicked away toward fine leg for a couple of runs.
148
over
148 | 0 Runs |
HH: 409/8
147.6
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Nathan Lyon, BEATEN! Nicely flighted once again, on a nagging length and around off, Lyon looks to push at it but ghets beaten on the outside edge.
147.5
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Nathan Lyon, This is shorter and angling well across the off stump, Nathan Lyon looks to poke at it but misses.
147.4
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Nathan Lyon, Full and on middle, Nathan Lyon jams it out to mid on.
147.3
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Nathan Lyon, Around off stump, blocked out.
147.2
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Nathan Lyon, Flights this one across the right-hander, Lyon eases it on the off side.
147.1
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Nathan Lyon, Starts off with a flatter delivery on middle and off, Nathan Lyon makes the block.
Ravichandran Ashwin to bowl from the other end.
147
over
147 | 0 Runs |
HH: 409/8
146.6
0
Axar Patel to Todd Murphy, A wicket-maiden! Flatter and around off, Todd Murphy defends it out.
146.5
0
Axar Patel to Todd Murphy, Flatter one, angling across off, kept out by Murphy.
146.4
0
Axar Patel to Todd Murphy, Flights it up now on off stump, Todd Murphy leans forward to defend.
146.3
0
Axar Patel to Todd Murphy, Flatter one on off stump, blocked off the front foot.
146.2
0
Axar Patel to Todd Murphy, Full and outside off, Todd Murphy reaches out and eases it toward cover-point.
Todd Murphy comes out to the middle now.
146.1
W
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, OUT! LBW! A lazy prod right after the break from Usman Khawaja and all the hard work is undone in a jiffy. Axar Patel starts off with a shortish delivery on middle and leg, turning it in. Khawaja goes on the back foot and casually looks to flick it away but misses and gets pinged on the pads. There is a huge shout for LBW but it is turned down. After a bit of discussion, the stand in skipper Cheteshwar Pujara takes the review. UltraEdge is checked first and there's no bat involved. Ball Tracking comes up with three reds and Khawaja has to walk back after a mamoth knock.
We are back for the third session! The players are out in the middle now. Usman Khawaja and Nathan Lyon have the responsibilty to take Australia to an even more big total while India will be looking to bowl them out. Axar Patel has the ball in his hand. Also, Rohit Sharma has not come out to field and Cheteshwar Pujara is the stand-by skipper for India for now.
... DAY 2, SESSION 3 ...
Usman Khawaja and Cameron Green started from where they left off in the first session. Green did not take much time and registered his maiden Test hundred. However, he soon fell into Ashwin's trap and got out. After that, Ravichandran Ashwin showed his class and quickly picked a couple of wickets more to expose the lower order of Australia. The only thing for Australia is that Khawaja is still going and frustrating their bowlers, as well as the fact that the visitors have gone past the 400-run mark. Australia will look to get somewhere around 450 runs, while the hosts will hope to quickly wrap up the Australian innings when they come out in the last session. Join us at 2.30 pm IST (9 am GMT) to catch all the action in the third session.
A good session for the India! They have managed to get back in the game with three wickets in the session, but knows that they still have a lot of work to do. The Aussies are still on the right track and are ahead in this Test at the moment.
146
over
146 | 3 Runs |
HH: 409/7
145.6
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Nathan Lyon, Tossed up on the off stump, Nathan Lyon keeps it out. That will be Tea on Day 2!
145.5
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Nathan Lyon, Floated up on a length and turning it in from outside off, Nathan Lyon pushes it on the off side.
145.4
1
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Good running! Nicely flighted, full and around off, turning it away a touch. Usman Khawaja strokes it away toward backward point and gets across to the other end.
145.3
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Nagging length around off, Usman Khawaja hangs back and pokes at it late, keeping it down past the slip cordon.
145.2
1
Ravichandran Ashwin to Nathan Lyon, On the pads, worked away toward mid-wicket for a single.
145.1
1
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Shorter one, a bit slower and around middle, this is worked away off the back foot in front of square leg for one.
145
over
145 | 1 Runs |
HH: 406/7
144.6
0
Umesh Yadav to Nathan Lyon, Banged in short again around off, Nathan Lyon looks to pull but seems to have missed it. The ball goes off the back of the helmet and toward the man at fly slip.
144.5
0
Umesh Yadav to Nathan Lyon, On a length around off, pushed away to mid off.
144.4
0
Umesh Yadav to Nathan Lyon, Here comes the bumper now, this is bowled over off stump and at a good height as well. Nathan Lyon looks to hook it away but takes his eyes off the ball and misses.
144.3
0
Umesh Yadav to Nathan Lyon, Back of a length outside off, Nathan Lyon bends his back a bit and taps it toward cover.
144.2
1
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, Length again around off, this is played down with soft hands toward third man for a single.
144.1
0
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, Goes wide of the crease and serves a good-length delivery around the top of off stump, Usman Khawaja keeps it out toward point.
144
over
144 | 1 Runs |
HH: 405/7
143.6
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Nathan Lyon, Around off stump, Lyon leans forward to defend.
143.5
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Nathan Lyon, A bit flatter and on middle, Nathan Lyon gets behind the line and keeps it out.
143.4
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Nathan Lyon, Tosses it up now outside off, inviting the drive. Lyon mistimes the cover drive toward cover-point.
143.3
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Nathan Lyon, Flighted once again, on middle and Nathan Lyon keeps it out.
143.2
1
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Tossed up full and on off stump, Usman Khawaja drives it a bit uppishly and through the cover region for a single.
143.1
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Nice bit of flight and drift into the off stump, Usman Khawaja pushes it past silly point.
143
over
143 | 3 Runs |
HH: 404/7
142.6
0
Umesh Yadav to Nathan Lyon, On a length and outside off, this is patted away toward cover.
142.5
1
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, A bit fuller and angled in from well outside off, Usman Khawaja gets on the front foot and punches it toward sweeper cover for another single.
142.4
1
Umesh Yadav to Nathan Lyon, Short of a length outside off, Lyon wiats on the back foot and plays it with an angled bat toward deep backward point for one.
142.3
0
Umesh Yadav to Nathan Lyon, A bit fuller and on the fifth stump line, left alone by Nathan Lyon.
142.2
0
Umesh Yadav to Nathan Lyon, On a length and outside off, Nathan Lyon bunts it off the bottom edgge toward first slip.
142.1
1
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, Full and well outside off, Usman Khawaja reaches out and drives it to deep cover for a run.
142
over
142 | 1 Runs |
HH: 401/7
141.6
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Nathan Lyon, Around off stump, this is eased away toward cover.
141.5
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Nathan Lyon, Comes from around the wicket and floats it up in the blockhole on middle and leg, Nathan Lyon manages to get some bat on it.
141.4
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Nathan Lyon, This is quicker and around off, kept out by Lyon.
141.3
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Nathan Lyon, Gives it a lot of air and floats it up around off, Nathan Lyon blocks off the front foot.
141.2
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Nathan Lyon, Flighted, around off, Nathan Lyon presses forward and edges it down with soft hands toward gully.
141.1
1
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Short and around off, this is eased off the back foot by Usman Khawaja to deep cover-point for a single.
141
over
141 | 2 Runs |
HH: 400/7
140.6
0
Umesh Yadav to Nathan Lyon, Full and straight, played on the up toward mid off.
140.5
0
Umesh Yadav to Nathan Lyon, Fullish length on middle, this is pushed gently to mid on.
140.4
0
Umesh Yadav to Nathan Lyon, This is pitched up on off stump, Lyon blocks it out.
140.3
1
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, Back of a length around off, Usman Khawaja flicks it off the back foot to the right of short mid-wicket. The fielder there dives and parries the ball toward mid off and the batters are able to scamper through for one. The 400 is now up for Australia.
140.2
0
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, Good length, angling in from outside off, Usman Khawaja pushes it gently onto the off side.
140.1
1
Umesh Yadav to Nathan Lyon, LEG BYE! This is very full and attacking the pads, Nathan Lyon looks to flick but misses. The ball goes off the pads toward backward square leg and they get a leg bye.
140
over
140 | 0 Runs |
HH: 398/7
139.6
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, A maiden over! Ravichandran Ashwin floats this up outside off, Usman Khawaja offers no shot at it.
139.5
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, A bit short and on leg, Usman Khawaja tucks it towards short mid-wicket.
139.4
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Flighted, full and no off, Usman Khawaja drives it towards covers.
139.3
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Quicker, on middle, keeps low, Usman Khawaja stays there and does to well to keep it out.
139.2
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Floated, full and on middle, Usman Khawaja defends it on the front foot.
139.1
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Tossed up, full and on off, Usman Khawaja stays back and knocks it wide of short covers.
139
over
139 | 5 Runs |
HH: 398/7
138.6
0
Umesh Yadav to Nathan Lyon, Fuller one and on middle, Nathan Lyon drills it towards mid on.
138.5
4
Umesh Yadav to Nathan Lyon, EDGED AND FOUR! Umesh Yadav lands this on a good length and on off, angling in, Nathan Lyon looks to play at it, but gets an outside edge. However, it goes between the keeper and first slip for a boundary.
138.4
0
Umesh Yadav to Nathan Lyon, Touch fuller and on off, Nathan Lyon defends it back to the bowler.
138.3
0
Umesh Yadav to Nathan Lyon, Length again and on off, Nathan Lyon chops it in front of first slip.
138.2
1
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, On a length and on off, Usman Khawaja guides it through point for a single.
138.1
0
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, Overpitched and on off, Usman Khawaja drives it straight to covers.
138
over
138 | 1 Runs |
HH: 393/7
137.6
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Nathan Lyon, Looped up, full and on off, Nathan Lyon is solid in his defense again.
137.5
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Nathan Lyon, Slower through the air, on middle, Nathan Lyon knocks it back to bowler.
137.4
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Nathan Lyon, Flighted, full and on middle, Nathan Lyon prods forward and blocks it out.
137.3
1
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Shortish and on middle, Usman Khawaja flicks it off the back foot towards mid on for a single.
137.2
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Floated, full and on middle, angling in, Usman Khawaja stays back and keeps it out to the leg side.
137.1
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Tossed up, full and on off, turning away, Usman Khawaja leaves it alone.
137
over
137 | 5 Runs |
HH: 392/7
136.6
0
Mohammad Shami to Nathan Lyon, This is pitched up, on off, Nathan Lyon drives it towards covers.
136.5
0
Mohammad Shami to Nathan Lyon, Full again and on middle, Nathan Lyon negotiates it well.
136.4
1
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Touch fuller and off, Usman Khawaja drives it towards covers for a single.
136.3
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, On a length and on middle, Usman Khawaja taps it back to the bowler.
136.2
4
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, FOUR! Easy pickings for Usman Khawaja! Mohammad Shami serves this full and on the pads, Usman Khawaja tickles it wide of the keeper where Srikar Bharat dives to his right, but fails to reach it and the ball races to the fin leg fence for a boundary.
136.1
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Full and on off, Usman Khawaja pushes it towards covers.
136
over
136 | 0 Runs |
HH: 387/7
135.6
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Nathan Lyon, Another wicket-maiden from Ashwin! This is floated, full and on off, Nathan Lyon defends it back to the bowler.
135.5
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Nathan Lyon, Flighted, full and on off, Nathan Lyon drives it towards point.
135.4
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Nathan Lyon, Tossed up, full and on off, Nathan Lyon blocks it out.
Nathan Lyon is the new man in.
135.3
W
Ravichandran Ashwin to Mitchell Starc, OUT! TAKEN! Ravichandran Ashwin strikes again! He has been brilliant in this session and sends Mitchell Starc back to the hut now. He bowls this slower through the air, on middle, tempting the batter to come on the front foot, Mitchell Starc obliges and tries to fend it, but gets an uppish inside edge and Shreyas Iyer at short leg shows good reflexes and takes a fine low catch. Australia lose their seventh wicket!
135.2
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Mitchell Starc, Short and on middle, Mitchell Starc moves back and knocks it towards the bowler.
135.1
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Mitchell Starc, Floated, full and on leg, Mitchell Starc turns it towards short mid-wicket.
135
over
135 | 1 Runs |
HH: 387/6
134.6
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, On a length again and on the sixth stump line, Usman Khawaja thinsk about dabbing it away, but withdraws his bat at the last moment. End of a testing over!
134.5
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, BEAUTY! Mohammad Shami lands this on a hard length and on off, Usman Khawaja looks to fend it away, but gets beaten by the pace and misses as he is late into the shot.
134.4
1
Mohammad Shami to Mitchell Starc, Pitched up, on leg, angling in, Mitchell Starc flicks it through mid-wicket for a single.
134.3
0
Mohammad Shami to Mitchell Starc, This is on a good length and around off, angling in, Mitchell Starc plays inside the line and misses it.
134.2
0
Mohammad Shami to Mitchell Starc, Full again and on off, Mitchell Starc tries to drive on the up, but gets beaten on the outside edge.
134.1
0
Mohammad Shami to Mitchell Starc, Fuller in length and outside off, Mitchell Starc shoulders arms to it.
134
over
134 | 2 Runs |
HH: 386/6
133.6
1
Ravichandran Ashwin to Mitchell Starc, Shorter in length and outside off, turning in, Mitchell Starc moves back and cuts it towards sweeper covers for a run.
133.5
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Mitchell Starc, Gives this one some air as well, on middle, Mitchell Starc leans on and blocks it out.
133.4
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Mitchell Starc, Flighted, full and on middle, Mitchell Starc turns it towards short mid-wicket.
133.3
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Mitchell Starc, Looped up, full and on off, Mitchell Starc waits for it and keeps it out to the off side.
133.2
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Mitchell Starc, Floated, full and on off, Mitchell Starc pushes it towards short covers.
133.1
1
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Tossed up, full and on off, Usman Khawaja drives it through cover-point for a single.
Drinks break! It was yet another fine start to the session by Australia as Cameron Green notched up brilliant maiden ton and both batters seemed to be going great guns. India though managed to pick up a couple of quick wickets thanks to Ravichandran Ashwin and that has now put the visitors slightly on the back foot. Green got out sweeping and then Alex Carey played a poor shot having played just a couple of deliveries before that and 450 which looked pretty straightforward now looks far away. An interesting phase of play awaits as both teams look to get the upperhand. Also, Ravichandran Ashwin switches ends now.
133
over
133 | 2 Runs |
HH: 384/6
132.6
0
Mohammad Shami to Mitchell Starc, Touch fuller and on off, shaping in, Mitchell Starc knocks it to the right of the bowler.
132.5
0
Mohammad Shami to Mitchell Starc, BEATEN! Mohammad Shami bowls this on a hard length and on off, nips away a bit, Mitchell Starc gets beaten on the outside edge as he looks to fend it away.
132.4
0
Mohammad Shami to Mitchell Starc, This is on a good length and outside off, Mitchell Starc tries to push it away, but misses it completely.
132.3
1
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Fuller one and on leg, Usman Khawaja flicks it towards fine leg for a run.
132.2
1
Mohammad Shami to Mitchell Starc, Back of a length and around leg, Mitchell Starc nudges it towards fine leg for a single.
132.1
0
Mohammad Shami to Mitchell Starc, Full and on off, Mitchell Starc drives it towards mid off.
The wicket-taker Ravichandran Ashwin is taken out of the attack and in comes Mohammad Shami (25-3-94-2).
132
over
132 | 4 Runs |
HH: 382/6
131.6
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Short and outside off again, Usman Khawaja is solid in his defense again.
131.5
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, A bit short and on off, Usman Khawaja moves across and blocks it out.
131.4
1
Ravindra Jadeja to Mitchell Starc, Quicker, full and on off, Mitchell Starc steers it towards point for a single.
131.3
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Mitchell Starc, Flighted, full and on off, Mitchell Starc keeps it out to the off side.
131.2
2
Ravindra Jadeja to Mitchell Starc, Tossed up, full and on off, Mitchell Starc drives it through covers for a couple of runs as Umesh Yadav chases and dives to keep it inside.
131.1
1
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Flatter, full and on leg, Usman Khawaja stays there and paddles it towards fine leg for a single.
Mitchell Starc walks in at number 8.
131
over
131 | 0 Runs |
HH: 378/6
130.6
W
Ravichandran Ashwin to Alex Carey, OUT! TAKEN! Ravichandran Ashwin with the double whammy! Alex Carey tries to take on Ashwin, but holes out instead for a duck. This is flighted, full and well outside off, Alex Carey fails to control the temptation and goes for the slog-sweep against the turn, but slices it up in the air and Axar Patel at short third man takes a comfortable catch. Australia six down now!
130.5
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Alex Carey, Looped up, full and on off, Alex Carey strides forward and knocks it towards covers.
130.4
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Alex Carey, Flighted, full and on middle, Alex Carey drives it towards mid on.
130.3
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Alex Carey, Floated, full and on middle, Alex Carey defends it back to the bowler.
Alex Carey walks out to bat now.
130.2
W
Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Ravichandran Ashwin strikes and India finally breaks this huge stand. A wicket against the run of play. Ashwin bowls this flatter and down the leg, Cameron Green goes down to sweep it away, but goes through the shot a bit early as the ball arrives late and brushes against his gloves towards the keeper where Srikar Bharat takes a sharp low catch moving to his right. They appeal for it, and up goes the finger. Cameron Green walks back after a fine innings.
130.1
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Tossed up, full and on leg, Cameron Green tucks it towards short mid-wicket.
130
over
130 | 2 Runs |
HH: 378/4
129.6
1
Ravindra Jadeja to Cameron Green, Very full and around off, punched on the up down to long off for a single.
129.5
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Cameron Green, Floated up outside off, this is firmly driven to short extra cover.
129.4
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Cameron Green, A bit more round-arm, trying to angle it in from outside off, Cameron Green stays solid in defense.
129.3
1
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Full and around off, caressed through extra cover for an easy single.
129.2
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Nagging length around off, Usman Khawaja goes on the back foot and nudges it down with soft hands past the first slip.
129.1
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Bowled full and drifted onto middle and off, Khawaja plays it off the front foot back to the bowler.
129
over
129 | 2 Runs |
HH: 376/4
128.6
1
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, This is the carrom ball, bowled full and around off, Usman Khawaja drives it square of the wicket to deep cover-point and picks up a single.
128.5
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Loops this one up, full and outside off, enticing the batter but Usman Khawaja just leaves it alone.
128.4
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, A bit fuller and around off, this is pushed away to cover.
128.3
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Flatter and close to the off stump, Usman Khawaja defends it off the back foot.
128.2
1
Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Full and around middle, knocked down the ground for a single.
128.1
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Tossed up on the stumps, Cameron Green blocks it out.
128
over
128 | 0 Runs |
HH: 374/4
127.6
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, An appeal for LBW but nothing from the umpire. Rohit Sharma does take the review, the first one of the game and it seems like a shot in the dark. No shot is offered by Usman Khawaja which means the third umpire will directly go to Ball Tracking and the impact won't matter either. The replays show that the ball is missing the off stump by a long way. Coming to the delivery, it is bowled a bit shorter and well outside off, Usman Khawaja gets his front pad out and blocks it away toward point.
127.5
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Flatter and on the pads, Khawaja rocks back to work it toward square leg.
127.4
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, This is pushed through a bit fuller and quicker on middle, Khawaja pushes it gently toward mid on.
127.3
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Angling into middle, blocked out once again.
127.2
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Shorter in length and around off, Khawaja gets on the back foot and blocks it out.
127.1
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, A huge roar from the crowd who are trying to get the hosts a bit pumped up. This is bowled on off stump, Khawaja pushes it out on the off side.
127
over
127 | 2 Runs |
HH: 374/4
126.6
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Tossed up on middle and leg, Green strides forward to defend.
126.5
1
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Gives it a big loop and floats it outside off, Usman Khawaja plays a flowing cover drive to sweeper cover and picks up a single.
126.4
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Slower and shorter, angling into middle and leg, Khawaja has all the time in the world to get on the back foot and blocks it out.
126.3
1
Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Nicely flighted on middle and leg, Cameron Green leans on and works it through mid-wicket for a run.
126.2
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Flatter one around leg stump, Cameron Green strides out and pads it away.
126.1
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Starts off with a floater down the leg side, Cameron Green looks to flick and misses. The keeper whips off the bails but Green manages to keep his back leg planted inside the crease.
Ravichandran Ashwin (31-8-71-1) replaces Mohammad Shami.
126
over
126 | 2 Runs |
HH: 372/4
125.6
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Fraction shorter and on off stump, Usman Khawaja gets behind the line of the ball and keeps it out.
125.5
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, This one is angled into middle stump, Khawaja makes another block.
125.4
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Bowls it flatter and around off, Khawaja defends it off the back foot.
125.3
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Flighted, on a nagging length around off and just turning in a bit. Usman Khawaja shuffles and gets behind the line to make the block.
125.2
2
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Flatter one around off, staying a touch low. Khawaja backs away and pushes it through the cover region for a couple of runs.
125.1
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Loops this one up on the off stump, Usman Khawaja pushes it back to the bowler.
125
over
125 | 2 Runs |
HH: 370/4
124.6
1
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, A single to end and the 200-run partnership is up between these two, a mighty effort. Back of a length around off, Usman Khawaja stays back and eases it in front of cover-point for a run.
124.5
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Pitched-up delivery on leg stump, Usman Khawaja plays a straight drive off the middle of the blade but hits it straight to mid on.
124.4
1
Mohammad Shami to Cameron Green, Fullish length on the legs, flicked away through mid-wicket for an easy single.
124.3
0
Mohammad Shami to Cameron Green, Goes full and on off stump, Cameron Green drives it on the up but finds the fielder at mid off.
124.2
0
Mohammad Shami to Cameron Green, Length ball angling into the pads, Cameron Green works it to short mid-wicket.
124.1
0
Mohammad Shami to Cameron Green, This is pitched up on middle and leg, Green blocks it back to the bowler.
124
over
124 | 6 Runs |
HH: 368/4
123.6
1
Ravindra Jadeja to Cameron Green, This is bowled around off, Green knocks it down to long off and picks up a single.
123.5
4
Ravindra Jadeja to Cameron Green, FOUR! Powered away and runs are flowing here for Australia. This is full and outside off, Cameron Green drives it firmly and a bit uppishly through the cover region for another boundary.
123.4
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Cameron Green, A bit slower and around off, Green makes another block off the front foot.
123.3
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Cameron Green, On middle, looking to turn it away, Green blocks it out.
123.2
1
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Floated up around off, this is driven all along the ground to long on for a single.
123.1
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Slowed up on a shorter length and angled in from outside off. Usman Khawaja shuffles across and keeps it out.
123
over
123 | 7 Runs |
HH: 362/4
122.6
4
Mohammad Shami to Cameron Green, FOUR! Uppish but in the gap! Fullish length outside off and shaping away a touch, Cameron Green leans on and drives it uppishly through extra cover and picks up a boundary.
122.5
0
Mohammad Shami to Cameron Green, On a hard length outside off, dabbed down to the right of the gully fielder.
122.4
1
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Risky single but they get through! Fullish length on middle and leg, Usman Khawaja pushes it to the left of mid on and sets off for the single. Ravindra Jadeja there picks it up and fires in a throw at the bowler's end but misses. Khawaja was safe even if that had hit the stumps.
122.3
1
Mohammad Shami to Cameron Green, Good length around the top of off, Green pushes at it and plays it in front of cover-point for a single.
122.2
0
Mohammad Shami to Cameron Green, Pitches this one up on the off stump, Cameron Green solidly defends it off the front foot.
122.1
1
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Length ball on middle, staying a touch low. Usman Khawaja hops back and works it away in front of mid-wicket for one.
122
over
122 | 5 Runs |
HH: 355/4
121.6
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Cameron Green, Pushed through on the off stump, Green pushes it toward extra cover.
121.5
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Cameron Green, This is bowled quicker, trying to slide one into the off pole but Green stays watchful in defense.
121.4
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Cameron Green, Flatter one around off, kept out on the off side.
121.3
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Cameron Green, Angled into middle, Cameron Green pushes it gently to the right of the bowler.
121.2
4
Ravindra Jadeja to Cameron Green, FOUR! Cut away and that will be a maiden Test hundred for Cameron Green! A sensational knock from the young man and he is absolutely delighted and rightly so. Green takes off the helmet and soaks in the applause from the crowd and the dressing room. The ball is bowled slightly shorter and outside off, Green waits on the back foot and cuts it hard wide of backward point for a boundary.
121.1
1
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Shorter in length and bowled on the off pole, Usman Khawaja pushes it off the back foot down to long on for a run.
121
over
121 | 1 Runs |
HH: 350/4
120.6
0
Mohammad Shami to Cameron Green, Keeps it full and pushes it wider, this is driven again but straight to Cheteshwar Pujara at covers.
120.5
0
Mohammad Shami to Cameron Green, Pitches it up on the off stump, Cameron Green drives it nicely off the front foot but straight to extra cover.
120.4
1
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, This is pitched up around middle, Usman Khawaja with a gentle push back past the bowler for a quick single.
120.3
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, A touch shorter and over the leg stump, Khawaja hops and flicks it to short mid-wicket.
120.2
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Length ball right on the money, Khawaja gets his bat down in time and defends it toward mid on.
120.1
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, This is bowled full and wide, angling well across the batter. Usman Khawaja leaves it alone.
Mohammad Shami steams in from the other end.
120
over
120 | 2 Runs |
HH: 349/4
119.6
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Cameron Green, Just a hint of turn as this is bowled around the off stump, Cameron Green blocks it off the front foot.
119.5
1
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, A touch shorter and turning it in from outside off, Usman Khawaja covers the line and edges it down with soft hands toward short third man for a single.
119.4
1
Ravindra Jadeja to Cameron Green, Floated up on the off stump, this is knocked down to long off for a single.
119.3
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Cameron Green, Slightly flighted and drifting it in from around off stump, Green blocks it out.
119.2
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Cameron Green, A bit flatter and on off stump, Green eases it toward cover.
119.1
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Cameron Green, Starts off with a tossed-up delivery on middle and leg, Cameron Green pushes it back to the bowler.
We are back for the second session! The Indian team is in a huddle near the boundary ropes and now they spread out to take their respective field positions. Cameron Green and Usman Khawaja step out to continue the Australian innings. Ravindra Jadeja to start proceedings with the ball in this session.
... DAY 2, SESSION 2 ...
Right then, 347 runs on the board already and a score of 450 or even 500 doesn't seem far-fetched given the nature of the surface. Australia will look to bat out another whole session without losing a wicket or two and post a big first inning total. India will look to come out with a bit more intent and make the Aussie batters play a few more shots. Will the fortunes change in the post-Lunch session? Join us at 12.10 pm IST (6.40 am GMT) to find out.
India have had a tough time out in the middle early on Day 2 as they haven't been able to create a single real wicket-taking opportunity. There was one outside edge early in the session which landed well short and one in the final over before Lunch as well but that was it. Mohammad Shami and Axar Patel bowled a fine spell at the start of the day but the others couldn't keep the pressure on the Aussie batters. Umesh Yadav had a torrid time with the second new ball last evening and once again he was targeted by the Aussies. There is hardly any spin available and it will certainly be a test of India's patience now.
Australia came into Day 2 on the back of a fine final session on Day 1 that saw both Usman Khawaja and Cameron Green score freely against the second new ball. The pair though stayed watchful in the first hour of Day 2 but did manage to score much more freely in the second hour with both batters taking a liking to Umesh Yadav. Khawaja who had already surpassed the 100-run mark went on to score over 150 runs and is still going strong. Green has been brilliant and is nearing a ton as well. The pair will like to take the visitors above the 400-run mark without getting out and build on from there.
Session Summary - 29 overs, 92 runs and no wickets! A solid first session on Day 2 for Australia and they are firmly in control at the moment. The Indian bowlers were made to toil hard under the sun and it seems to be getting tougher every minute for the hosts.
119
over
119 | 9 Runs |
HH: 347/4
118.6
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, A slower delivery, on a length and on middle, Usman Khawaja keeps it out towards mid on. THAT WILL BE LUNCH ON DAY 2!
118.5
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Overpitched and on off, Usman Khawaja drives it towards mid off.
118.4
1
Mohammad Shami to Cameron Green, Fuller and on middle, Cameron Green pushes it wide of mid on for a quick single.
118.3
4
Mohammad Shami to Cameron Green, EDGED AND FOUR! Mohammad Shami lands this on a hard length and on middle, nips away a bit, Cameron Green looks to block it without much footwork, and gets a thick outside edge. However, there is only a third slip in place and this goes well wide of him and towards the third man fence for a boundary. Green moves to 94!
118.2
0
Mohammad Shami to Cameron Green, On a length and on middle, Cameron Green blocks it back to the bowler.
118.1
4
Mohammad Shami to Cameron Green, FOUR! Nice shot! Mohammad Shami set up the field for a bouncer and he delivers it as well, but around off, Cameron Green picks up the length early and pulls it hard towards the deep mid-wicket fence for a boundary.
118
over
118 | 1 Runs |
HH: 338/4
117.6
0
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, Slightly shorter and on middle, Usman Khawaja defends it on the back foot.
117.5
0
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, Flatter, full and on leg, Usman Khawaja nudges it towards square leg.
117.4
0
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, Floated, full and on off, Usman Khawaja drives it wide of short covers where the fielder dives to his right to stop it.
117.3
0
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, Shortish and on off, Usman Khawaja stays back and keeps it out down the pitch.
117.2
0
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, Tossed up, full and on off, Usman Khawaja blocks it to the right of the bowler.
117.1
1
Axar Patel to Cameron Green, Short and on leg, Cameron Green moves back and flicks it through mid-wicket for a single.
117
over
117 | 6 Runs |
HH: 337/4
116.6
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, This is on a hard length and on middle, Usman Khawaja dabs it down towards mid on.
116.5
4
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, FOUR! 150 FOR KHAWAJA! Mohammad Shami lands this short but down the leg side, Usman Khawaja swivels and hooks it towards the fine leg fence for a boundary. He will be eying for that double hundred now.
116.4
1
Mohammad Shami to Cameron Green, Goes a bit fuller and on the pads, Cameron Green tickles it towards fine leg for a run.
116.3
1
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Back of a length and outside off, Usman Khawaja punches it towards deep point for a single.
116.2
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, This is on a good length and on middle, angling in sharply, Usman Khawaja looks to work it away, but misses and gets hit on his thigh pads.
116.1
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Mohammad Shami tries for the bouncer, on off, angling in, did not bounce that much, Usman Khawaja sways away from it.
Mohammad Shami (20-3-69-2) is back on.
116
over
116 | 3 Runs |
HH: 331/4
115.6
0
Axar Patel to Cameron Green, Tossed up, full and on off, Cameron Green blocks it to the left of the bowler.
115.5
1
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, Flatter, full and on off, Usman Khawaja opens the face of his bat and steers it through backward point for one.
115.4
1
Axar Patel to Cameron Green, Shorter in length and on off, Cameron Green stays back and slaps it towards long off for a run.
115.3
0
Axar Patel to Cameron Green, Slower through the air, on middle, Cameron Green prods forward and blocks it out.
115.2
0
Axar Patel to Cameron Green, Floated, full and on off, Cameron Green pushes it towards short covers.
115.1
1
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, Shortish and around off, Usman Khawaja waits for it and guides it towards third man for a single.
Axar Patel (18-6-20-0) is brought back into the attack.
115
over
115 | 3 Runs |
HH: 328/4
114.6
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Cameron Green, Gives this one some air as well, on off, Cameron Green is already on the front foot and plays it towards silly mid off again.
114.5
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Cameron Green, Slower through the air, on off, Cameron Green pushes it towards silly mid off.
114.4
3
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Flatter, full and outside off, Usman Khawaja drives it through cover-point as Axar Patel chases it down and does well to keep it inside. Three runs taken!
114.3
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, A bit short and on off, Usman Khawaja moves across and keeps it out to the off side.
114.2
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Floated, full and on off, turning in, Usman Khawaja moves back and defends it back to the bowler.
114.1
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Tossed up, full and on middle, Usman Khawaja prods forward and blocks it out.
114
over
114 | 12 Runs |
HH: 325/4
113.6
4
Umesh Yadav to Cameron Green, FOUR! Another expensive over from Umesh Yadav! He bowls this full again and on off, Cameron Green stays in his creases and drills it with sweet timing through covers for the third boundary of the over.
113.5
0
Umesh Yadav to Cameron Green, Pitched up and on leg, Cameron Green tucks it towards short mid-wicket.
113.4
4
Umesh Yadav to Cameron Green, FOUR! Easy pickings for Green! Umesh Yadav attempts the yorker, but bowls a low full toss on off, Cameron Green thrashes it through covers for another boundary.
113.3
0
Umesh Yadav to Cameron Green, Goes a bit fuller and on middl, Cameron Green knocks it towards silly mid on.
113.2
0
Umesh Yadav to Cameron Green, On a length and on middle, Cameron Green keeps it out to the leg side.
113.1
4
Umesh Yadav to Cameron Green, FOUR! Lovely shot! Umesh Yadav serves this full and on off, Cameron Green shows the full face of the bat and drives it wide of mid off for a boundary.
113
over
113 | 6 Runs |
HH: 313/4
112.6
2
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Looped up, full and on off, Usman Khawaja drives it firmly through covers for a couple of runs. End of an eventful over!
112.5
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Darts this one full and on middl, Usman Khawaja works it towards square leg.
112.4
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Flighted, full and on off, straightens after hitting the deck, Usman Khawaja leans on to defend, but gets beaten on the outside edge.
112.3
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Flatter, full and on off, Usman Khawaja stays back and blocks it out.
112.2
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Floated, full and on off again, Usman Khawaja pads it away.
112.1
4
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, FOUR! Almost a wicket for Jadeja! This is tossed up, full and on off, turning in sharply, Usman Khawaja tries to drive on the up, but gets an inside edge just past the stumps and Srikar Bharat fails to get behind as well and the ball races to the fine leg fence for a boundary.
112
over
112 | 1 Runs |
HH: 307/4
111.6
0
Umesh Yadav to Cameron Green, Goes fuller and on leg, angling in, Cameron Green keeps it out towards short mid-wicket.
111.5
1
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, This is on a good length and around off, Usman Khawaja opens the face of his bat and steers it through point for a single.
111.4
0
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, Fuller one and on middle, Usman Khawaja blocks it back to the bowler.
111.3
0
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, Pitched up, on middle, angling in, Usman Khawaja moves across a bit and works it towards mid on again.
111.2
0
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, On a length and on middle, Usman Khawaja knocks it towards mid on.
111.1
0
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, Overpitched and outside off, tempts the batter to drive, but Usman Khawaja lets it go to the keeper.
111
over
111 | 0 Runs |
HH: 306/4
110.6
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Cameron Green, A maiden over! This is looped up, full and on off, Cameron Green pushes it towards silly mid off.
110.5
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Cameron Green, Flatter, full and on leg, keeps low too, Cameron Green tries to flick it away, but misses and gets hit on the pads as the ball goes nowhere.
110.4
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Cameron Green, Gives this some air, on off, Cameron Green keeps it out to the off side.
110.3
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Cameron Green, Flighted, full and on middle, Cameron Green negotiates it well.
110.2
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Cameron Green, Tossed up, full and on middle, Cameron Green looks defend, but the extra bounce hits the sticker of the bat and rolls towards the bowler.
110.1
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Cameron Green, Floated, full and on off, Cameron Green leans on and blocks it wide of short covers.
Ravindra Jadeja (21-2-52-1) is back into the attack.
110
over
110 | 5 Runs |
HH: 306/4
109.6
0
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, Full again around off, Usman Khawaja drives it sweetly but straight to mid off.
109.5
0
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, This is bowled full and angled onto the off stump, Usman Khawaja blocks it out.
109.4
1
Umesh Yadav to Cameron Green, On a hard length, angling onto the body, Green stays back and tucks it away in front of square leg for an easy single.
109.3
0
Umesh Yadav to Cameron Green, On a good length and over middle, this is played off the back foot straight to short mid-wicket.
109.2
0
Umesh Yadav to Cameron Green, Good length, angling into middle and leg, Green defends it from inside his crease.
109.1
4
Umesh Yadav to Cameron Green, FOUR! Lovely timing! On a length around off, Cameron Green gets on the front foot and punches it on the up and off the middle of the bat through extra cover for a boundary.
109
over
109 | 1 Runs |
HH: 301/4
108.6
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, This is floated full and on the fifth stump line, Usman Khawaja watches the ball go through to the keeper.
108.5
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Tosses it up a bit and bowls it around off, Usman Khawaja blocks it off the front foot toward cover.
108.4
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Quicker one, on a nagging length and angling onto middle, Khawaja defends it from deep in his crease.
108.3
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Shorter and on off stump, Khawaja punches it toward mid off.
108.2
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, This is drifted in fuller and onto middle and off, Usman Khawaja goes back and across to keep this one out on the off side.
108.1
1
Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Floated on middle and leg, Cameron Green leans forward and pushes it down to long on for a single.
108
over
108 | 4 Runs |
HH: 300/4
107.6
4
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, FOUR! In control! On a length angling in from outside off, Usman Khawaja hangs back and edges it down with soft hands through the slip cordon and the ball races away into the third man fence. The 300 is now up for Australia.
107.5
0
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, Nagging length, on a tight line around the off stump, Usman Khawaja goes deep in his crease to keep this one out.
107.4
0
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, Pitches this one up on the off stump, Usman Khawaja shuffles across a bit and blocks it out.
107.3
0
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, Length ball, pushed a bit wider of the off stump, Khawaja stays back and dabs it down toward gully.
107.2
0
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, Fullish length, in that channel around off and angling in late. Usman Khawaja makes an assured leave.
107.1
0
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, Comes from around the wicket and angles in a full ball from around off, Usman Khawaja pushes it toward extra cover.
Drinks! It has been all Australia till now in this session as Usman Khawaja and Cameron Green looks solid out there in the middle. They are in a comfortable position and if these two bats for a bit long, they can get around 400. India have tried all their options, but got no reward. They could try some part-timers to do something different after the break as this wicket looks really good to bat on.
107
over
107 | 1 Runs |
HH: 296/4
106.6
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, A touch shorter on off stump, kept out by Green.
106.5
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Just pulls back the length a bit and flights it on the off stump, Green stays solid in defense.
106.4
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Floated up around leg stump, Cameron Green strides forward and makes the block.
106.3
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Back to around the wicket now and tries to slide across a quicker one, Green defends it off the front foot.
106.2
1
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Slightly slower and shorter around leg, Usman Khawaja waits on the back foot and works it through square leg for one.
106.1
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Comes from over the wicket to the left-hander now and floats one down leg, Usman Khawaja hangs back and pads it away.
106
over
106 | 8 Runs |
HH: 295/4
105.6
2
Umesh Yadav to Cameron Green, Fuller one angled into the pads, Cameron Green flicks it away in front of square on the leg side for a couple of runs.
105.5
0
Umesh Yadav to Cameron Green, Shortish length outside off, Cameron Green looks to slap it away off the back foot but loses his shape a bit and mistimes it toward covers.
105.4
0
Umesh Yadav to Cameron Green, Back of a good length around off, hit away on the up but straight to the man at extra cover.
105.3
1
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, Keeps the length short and bowls it around the hips, this is wristed away to deep backward square leg for one.
105.2
4
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, FOUR! Umesh Yadav gets his line wrong again and Usman Khawaja takes full advantage of it. A touch shorter on leg stump, Khawaja hops back and tucks it away in between deep square leg and deep backward square leg for a boundary.
105.1
1
Umesh Yadav to Cameron Green, Good length outside off, Cameron Green plays the cover drive on the up and times it well. Ravindra Jadeja at extra cover does well to make a half-stop to his left and keeps it down to a single.
105
over
105 | 2 Runs |
HH: 287/4
104.6
1
Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Fuller and on the stumps, pushed firmly back past the bowler down to long on for a run.
104.5
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, A bit flatter and tries to angle it across the off stump, Green stays deep in his crease and blocks it back on the deck.
104.4
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, On a shorter length and on middle, Green blocks it out.
104.3
1
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, This is full and outside off, Khawaja drives it sweetly toward sweeper cover for a single.
104.2
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Nicely flighted outside off, trying to entice the batter but Usman Khawaja leaves it alone.
104.1
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Nagging length outside off and keeping a bit low, Khawaja defends it off the back foot.
104
over
104 | 7 Runs |
HH: 285/4
103.6
1
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, Back of a length and around off, Khawaja hangs back and steers it down to third man for one.
103.5
0
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, Umesh Yadav bangs this short but way down the leg side, Usman Khawaja offers no shot at it.
103.4
0
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, On a good length around off, Usman Khawaja eases it toward cover-point.
103.3
4
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, FOUR! Easy pickings! Slightly shorter and on the pads, Usman Khawaja flicks it off his hips and finds the vacant square leg fence.
103.2
1
Umesh Yadav to Cameron Green, Goes over the wicket now to the right-hander and angles in another length ball around the top of off. Cameron Green taps it in front of point and picks up a single.
103.1
1
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, Umesh Yadav starts a new spell from around the wicket and angles in a good-length delivery onto middle. Usman Khawaja pushes it gently to the right of mid on and scampers through for one.
103
over
103 | 3 Runs |
HH: 278/4
102.6
1
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Fraction shorter and on the pads, Khawaja works it 'round the corner for a run.
102.5
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, This is drifted onto middle, Usman Khawaja prods and makes the block.
102.4
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Gets it to drift in a bit from around off, Usman Khawaja blocks it toward cover.
102.3
1
Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Floated across the right-hander, Cameron Green strides out and drives it through extra cover for a single.
102.2
1
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Flighted delivery, angling onto the pads, Khawaja works it in front of square leg and rotates the strike.
102.1
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Floated up on a nagging length around off, Usman Khawaja defends from deep inside the crease.
102
over
102 | 0 Runs |
HH: 275/4
101.6
0
Axar Patel to Cameron Green, Bowls it on off stump, Green solidly defends it off the front foot. Maiden!
101.5
0
Axar Patel to Cameron Green, A bit flatter and on the pads, tucked away to short mid-wicket.
101.4
0
Axar Patel to Cameron Green, Quicker one around off, Green keeps it out on the off side.
101.3
0
Axar Patel to Cameron Green, Fired in on middle, kept out by Green.
101.2
0
Axar Patel to Cameron Green, A bit more round arm and angling into middle, Cameron Green strides forward to defend.
101.1
0
Axar Patel to Cameron Green, Angled into middle and leg, Green blocks it out with soft hands.
101
over
101 | 6 Runs |
HH: 275/4
100.6
1
Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Tossed up, full and on the legs, Green whips it to deep mid-wicket for a single.
100.5
4
Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, FOUR! Put away with ease! Too short and too wide from Ashwin, Cameron Green waits on the back foot and cuts it hard through the point region for a boundary.
100.4
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Pushed through quicker and on leg stump, Cameron Green blocks it back to the bowler.
100.3
1
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Shorter one on off, this is eased down to long off for a single. The 100-run stand is up between these two as well.
100.2
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Slows it up a bit and slides it onto the pads, Khawaja nudges it with soft hands toward square leg.
100.1
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Flatter one, angling in from around middle, Usman Khawaja goes on the back foot to keep it out.
100
over
100 | 1 Runs |
HH: 269/4
99.6
0
Axar Patel to Cameron Green, Sligtly shorter and on off, Cameron Green goes on the front foot and pushes it towards short covers.
99.5
0
Axar Patel to Cameron Green, Quicker, full and on middle, Cameron Green once again gets an inside edge towards square leg as he tries to keep it out.
99.4
0
Axar Patel to Cameron Green, Flighted, full and on middle, Cameron Green leans on and blocks it down the pitch.
99.3
0
Axar Patel to Cameron Green, Floated, full and on middle, Cameron Green fends it off the inner half towards square leg.
99.2
0
Axar Patel to Cameron Green, Tossed up, full and on off, Cameron Green knocks it towards silly mid off.
99.1
1
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, Short and on middle, Usman Khawaja moves back and tucks it to the right of square leg for a quick single.
99
over
99 | 1 Runs |
HH: 268/4
98.6
1
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Gives this one some air, on off, swinging in, Usman Khawaja eases it towards long off for a single.
98.5
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Fligthed, full and on off, Usman Khawaja drives it towards short covers.
98.4
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Shortish and on off, Usman Khawaja moves back and steers it towards point.
98.3
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Tossed up, full and on middle, Usman Khawaja blocks it back to the bowler.
98.2
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Floated, full and on off, Usman Khawaja stays back and defends it to the off side.
98.1
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Ravichandran Ashwin begins with a flatter delivery, full and on off, Usman Khawaja pushes it towards short covers.
98
over
98 | 0 Runs |
HH: 267/4
97.6
0
Axar Patel to Cameron Green, Quicker one, short and on leg, angling in, Cameron Green stays back and tries to flick it away, but misses and gets hit on the pads.
97.5
0
Axar Patel to Cameron Green, On middle, blocked out.
97.4
0
Axar Patel to Cameron Green, Flatter, full and on middle, Cameron Green defends it back to the bowler.
97.3
0
Axar Patel to Cameron Green, Angles ths is one into the batter, short and on leg, Cameron Green keeps it out to the off side.
97.2
0
Axar Patel to Cameron Green, Tossed up, full and on middle, Cameron Green leans on and blocks it down the pitch.
97.1
0
Axar Patel to Cameron Green, Floated, full and on middle, Cameron Green turns it towards short mid-wicket.
97
over
97 | 0 Runs |
HH: 267/4
96.6
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Maiden over! Mohammad Shami continues to bowler fuller, on middle, Usman Khawaja drills it wide of mid off, but for no run.
96.5
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Overpitched and well outside off, Usman Khawaja makes an easy leave.
96.4
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Mohammad Shami pitches it up, on off, Usman Khawaja defends it on the front foot towards mid off.
96.3
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Full again and on off, Usman Khawaja drives it straight to short covers.
96.2
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Full and outside off, Usman Khawaja lets it go to the keeper.
96.1
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, On a length and on middle, Usman Khawaja knocks it back towards the bowler.
96
over
96 | 1 Runs |
HH: 267/4
95.6
1
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, Shorter in length and on the leg stump line, Usman Khawaja moves back and nudges it towards deep square leg for a single.
95.5
0
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, Flighted, full and around off, Usman Khawaja thinks about playing it, but withdraws his bat at the last moment.
95.4
0
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, Shortish and on middle, Usman Khawaja stays back and blocks it down the pitch.
95.3
0
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, Floated, full and on off, Usman Khawaja drives it towards short covers.
95.2
0
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, Flatter and around off, Usman Khawaja stays back and keeps it out.
95.1
0
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, Tossed up, full and on off, Usman Khawaja strides forward and defends it.
95
over
95 | 1 Runs |
HH: 266/4
94.6
0
Mohammad Shami to Cameron Green, Another pitched-up delivery, on off, Cameron Green drives straight to mid off.
94.5
1
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, This is pitched up, on middle, Usman Khawaja drills it past the bowler and in between mid off and mid on for an easy single.
94.4
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Overpitched and on middle, Usman Khawaja drives it towards mid off.
94.3
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Full again and on middle, Usman Khawaja tucks it towards mid on.
94.2
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Fuller and on middle, Usman Khawaja works it towards mid on.
94.1
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, This is on a good length and outside off, Usman Khawaja decides to leave it alone.
94
over
94 | 2 Runs |
HH: 265/4
93.6
1
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, Short again and on middle, Usman Khawaja moves back and clips it towards deep mid-wicket for a ru.
93.5
0
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, A bit short and on off, Usman Khawaja tucks it towards short mid-wicket.
93.4
0
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, Flatter, full and on middle, Usman Khawaja drills it to the left of the bowler.
93.3
0
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, Slower through the air, on off, Usman Khawaja leans on and blocks it out.
93.2
0
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, Floated, full and on middle, Usman Khawaja defends it on the front foot.
93.1
1
Axar Patel to Cameron Green, Tossed up, full and on off, Cameron Green drives it towards mid off for a single.
93
over
93 | 3 Runs |
HH: 263/4
92.6
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Fullish again and on middle, angling in, Usman Khawaja knocks it back to the bowler.
92.5
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, EDGED BUT SAFE! Mohammad Shami pitches this up on the fifth stump line, Usman Khawaja looks to drive it away, but gets an outside edge. However, the ball does not carry and goes on two bounces towards Srikar Bharat behind the stumps.
92.4
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, On a length and on off, Usman Khawaja pushes it towards short covers.
92.3
1
Mohammad Shami to Cameron Green, Full again and on off, Cameron Green opens the face of his bat and guides it through point for another run.
92.2
1
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Goes a bit fuller and on middle, keeps low, Usman Khawaja tries to defend, but gets an outside edge along the ground towards third man for a run.
92.1
1
Mohammad Shami to Cameron Green, Mohammad Shami starts with a good-length delivery, on middle, shaping in, Cameron Green looks to play at it, but gets an inside edge towards deep square leg for a single.
An immediate change in the bowling as Mohammad Shami (17-2-65-2) comes into the attack.
92
over
92 | 2 Runs |
HH: 260/4
91.6
0
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, Flighted, full and on off, Usman Khawaja decides to come forward, but in the end stays on his crease and defends it to the leg side.
91.5
1
Axar Patel to Cameron Green, Tossed up, full and on off, Cameron Green drives it towards mid off and scampers across for another run.
91.4
1
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, Axar Patel continues to bowl short, on leg this time, Usman Khawaja works it through square leg for a run.
91.3
0
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, Another short delivery, on middle, Usman Khawaja gets surprised by the extra bounce, but fends it down towards short leg.
91.2
0
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, Floated, short and on middle, Usman Khawaja keeps it out on the pitch.
91.1
0
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, Axar Patel begins with a short delivery, on middle, Usman Khawaja tucks it towards short mid-wicket.
Axar Patel (12-4-14-0) to operate from the other end.
91
over
91 | 3 Runs |
HH: 258/4
90.6
1
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, A single to end the over as this short delivery is flicked off the back foot towards deep square leg by Usman Khawaja.
90.5
1
Ravindra Jadeja to Cameron Green, FIFTY FOR GREEN! A fine knock from him and he has played really well, but he will look to make it big now. This is short and on middle, keeps low too, Cameron Green knocks it towards long off for a run.
90.4
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Cameron Green, Flighted, full and on off, Cameron Green pushes it towards short covers.
90.3
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Cameron Green, Floated, full and on middle, Cameron Green looks defend it on the front foot, but misses and gets hit on the pads.
90.2
1
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Flatter, short and on leg, Usman Khawaja moves back and nudges it through square leg for a single.
90.1
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Ravindra Jadeja starts with a tossed up delivery, full and on middle, turning in, Usman Khawaja blocks it down the pitch.
All in readiness for the start of play on Day 2! The umpires are out in the middle as the Indian players are seen in a huddle led by Rohit Sharma. The Australian players will wear black armbands to honor the recent passing away of skipper Pat Cummins' mother. The overnight batters for Australia, Usman Khawaja and Cameron Green also stride out to the middle. It will be Ravindra Jadeja (20-2-49-1) to start proceedings with the ball here.
PITCH REPORT - Murali Kartik is pitchside and he is joined by Dinesh Karthik. The latter says that run-scoring will get a little difficult, the ball won't turn much but the wicket will get slower. Adds that the odd delivery might straighten enough for the spinners but the pitch doesn't have many demons on it. Murali Kartik ends by saying that Day 2 will be a hard battle for the batters.
India, on the other hand, struggled a bit, as their spin trio was not as effective as it was in previous games. However, Mohammad Shami bowled really well on this tough wicket and picked up two crucial wickets, and he will look to get some early breakthroughs on Day 2 to quickly wrap up the Australian innings. Stay tuned for all the action, which starts in a bit.
Australia put on their best batting display in this series on Day 1, avoiding any kind of collapses. Usman Khawaja was the star of the show with his class hundred, and he will come out to bat along with Cameron Green to take them to a huge first innings total.
Hello and welcome to our coverage of Day 2 of this fourth and final Test between India and Australia. The Aussies are in a good position, and they will want to strengthen that, while India will hope to make some early inroads and comeback into this game.
... DAY 2, SESSION 1...
Right then, finally a day of test cricket on this tour where we didn't see the ball doing all sorts of things and this makes the final Test very interesting. Australia will now target the 350-run mark and set the tone for the rest of the game whereas India will look to pick up early wickets on Day 2 and keep the score as close to 300 as possible. It will be interesting to see which side is able to make their mark on the second day. Day 2 will begin on Friday at 9.30 am IST (4 am GMT) but you can catch our build-up a lot earlier. Cheers!
Usman Khawaja, the man of the moment is down for a quick chat. Khawaja says a lot of emotions are running through him and it is his third tour to India and finally getting a hundred here feels really special. He adds that at the start of the day and in the later stage of the day, they did not talk about anything and he just kept giving the strike to Travis Head early on and then to Cameron Green who was seeing the ball like a basketball. He also adds in his celebration that Green just wanted a hug as he wanted to congratulate him and they celebrated a bit emotionally. He also adds that he would like to thank all the coaches and those who supported him and helped him with the warm-ups that are best for him.
India will be a touch disappointed with that effort and even though the pitch wasn't anywhere near a raging turner, the overall intent with the ball was lacking. The hosts did extremely well to knock over Steven Smith and Peter Handscomb fairly early in the final session but couldn't go on and use that momentum in their favour. The bowlers bowled quite a few quiet overs but the wickets didn't come and once the second new ball was taken, runs started to flow quite thickly for the opposition and India ended the day on the back foot.
Australia came into the final session with just a couple of wickets down but the scoring rate was pretty low. Steven Smith got out early in the post-Tea session and he looked tentative to score runs. Peter Handscomb came out and played a few shots but was dismissed soon after. After that though, Usman Khawaja and Cameron Green remained watchful till the second new ball was taken. Green went into overdrive and punished the bowlers with Khawaja ticking along nicely as well and the latter ended with an unbeaten ton, the first by an Aussie batter on this tour.
Session Summary - 28 overs, 106 runs and 2 wickets! An unlikely first day of Test cricket comes to an end, and we say that because the norm for the series has been wickets tumbling left, right, and center but this was a day that was dominated by the batters. Australia will be very happy to end the day with still 6 wickets in hand whereas India will look to come back stronger on Day 2 and pick up early wickets.
90
over
90 | 5 Runs |
HH: 255/4
89.6
1
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Usman Khawaja gets a single to end the day. On a length angling in towards him, Khawaja pushes this wide of short mid wicket and takes a single. That will be Stumps on Day 1!
89.5
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Fuller around off, Usman Khawaja pushes this to point for no run.
89.4
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Full and wide outside off, Usman Khawaja leaves this for the keeper to collect.
89.3
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, On a length outside off, Usman Khawaja looks to defend but gets beaten on the outside edge.
89.2
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, On a length outside off, Usman Khawaja defends this to the off side.
89.1
4
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, FOUR! Century for Usman Khawaja and what a sensational knock this has been. His maiden ton in India and against them. Fuller on his pads, Usman Khawaja flicks this out in the vacant square leg region for a boundary before leaping up and punching the air in joy.
Mohammad Shami (16-2-60-2) comes back in to bowl the final over of Day 1.
89
over
89 | 6 Runs |
HH: 250/4
88.6
1
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Short in length around pads, Usman Khawaja flicks this to deep square leg for a single as he edges closer to his century.
88.5
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Fuller around pads, Usman Khawaja tucks this to short mid wicket for no run.
88.4
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Fuller around middle, Usman Khawaja defends this in front.
88.3
1
Ravindra Jadeja to Cameron Green, Fuller outside off, Usman Khawaja guides this to off side for a single.
88.2
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Cameron Green, Fuller outside off, Cameron Green defends this to the off side.
88.1
4
Ravindra Jadeja to Cameron Green, FOUR! Green has not shut a shot here. Shor and wide outside of the off-stump, Cameron Green bottom edges this as he attempts this cut and earns a boundary.
88
over
88 | 6 Runs |
HH: 244/4
87.6
1
Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Tossed up full and on middle, nicely driven through mid on for a single.
87.5
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Flatter one around middle, kept out.
87.4
4
Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, FOUR! Another lovely shot from Cameron Green! Floated up outside off, Green gets down on one knee and creams it through covers for a boundary.
87.3
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Nagging length, angling just down the leg side, Green misses the flick and there's half an appeal for caught behind.
87.2
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Gives it more air and bowls it a touch shorter on middle, Cameron Green keeps it down in front of short leg.
87.1
1
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Fraction shorter and around off, this is played off the back foot and with soft hands to the left of cover-point for an easy single.
87
over
87 | 2 Runs |
HH: 238/4
86.6
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Cameron Green, Drifts it onto the off stump, Cameron Green stays solid in defense.
86.5
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Cameron Green, Flatter delivery, Green mistimes the drive toward extra cover.
86.4
1
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, On the pads, flicked away through square leg for a single.
86.3
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Round-arm delivery, on a nagging length and outside off, Usman Khawaja goes on the back foot to keep this one out.
86.2
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Flatter and around off, kept out off the back foot.
86.1
1
Ravindra Jadeja to Cameron Green, Starts off with a full ball on off stump, Cameron Green drives it along the ground to long off for one.
Ravindra Jadeja (18-2-41-1) comes back into the attack now.
86
over
86 | 1 Runs |
HH: 236/4
85.6
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, A fraction shorter and on the stumps, Khawaja goes on the back foot to defend.
85.5
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Flighted delivery, on a nagging length around off, Usman Khawaja leans forward and blocks it out.
85.4
1
Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Tossed up on middle, this is driven through mid on for a single.
85.3
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Slows it up again and bowls it a bit shorter on the pads, Cameron Green nudges it toward mid-wicket.
85.2
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Holds it back a touch and flights it on off stump, Cameron Green blocks it off the front foot.
85.1
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Tosses it up full and around off, Green strokes it back to the bowler.
85
over
85 | 11 Runs |
HH: 235/4
84.6
1
Mohammad Shami to Cameron Green, A bumper now over the stumps, Cameron Green plays a cracking pull shot toward deep mid-wicket and picks up a single.
84.5
4
Mohammad Shami to Cameron Green, FOUR! Looking for the yorker but ends up being a low full toss on off stump, Cameron Green drills it past mid off and the ball sprints away into the fence.
84.4
2
Mohammad Shami to Cameron Green, Banged in short and around off, Cameron Green looks to pull but ends up dragging it in front of mid-wicket. Ravichandran Ashwin there gives the chase and keeps it down to a couple of runs.
84.3
0
Mohammad Shami to Cameron Green, In the air... lands safely! Mohammad Shami gets this one kick off a shortish length and Cameron Green is caught on the back foot. Green tries to get behind it and only manages to lob it off the handle of the bat in front of short cover. There is no one there and the ball lands safely.
84.2
0
Mohammad Shami to Cameron Green, Fullish length around off, driven on the up but straight to extra cover.
84.1
4
Mohammad Shami to Cameron Green, FOUR! Put away with disdain! Short of a length outside off, Cameron Green stands tall and muscles it away through wide mid on for a cracking boundary.
84
over
84 | 5 Runs |
HH: 224/4
83.6
2
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, A tad shorter outside off, Khawaja eases it off the back foot in front of the man at point for another brace.
83.5
2
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, A tad shorter and on the pads, Usman Khawaja flicks it down to fine leg and comes back for two with ease.
83.4
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Nicely drifted from outside off and on a nagging length as well, Usman Khawaja doesn't play at it.
83.3
1
Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Drops it short now and bowls it around leg stump, Cameron Green works it away past square leg and picks up a run.
83.2
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Tossed up around middle, Green defends it out.
83.1
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Comes from around the wicket and bowls it full on middle, Cameron Green prods and defends.
After just the one over with the second new ball from Umesh Yadav, Ravichandran Ashwin (22-8-45-1) is brought back into the attack.
83
over
83 | 6 Runs |
HH: 219/4
82.6
4
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, FOUR! Easy pickings for Usman Khawaja and he moves into the 90s. This is full and angled on the pads, Khawaja clips it away into the vacant square leg fence.
82.5
1
Mohammad Shami to Cameron Green, Good length around off, Green crouches a bit and pushes it toward cover-point for a single.
82.4
0
Mohammad Shami to Cameron Green, Switches to over the wicket and angles in a fuller delivery onto middle, Cameron Green blocks it out.
82.3
1
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, BYE! On a hard length outside off, the ball seams away after leaving the batter and the keeper Srikar Bharat fails to collect it cleanly. The ball trickles toward third man but the fielder from first slip cuts it off and keeps it down to a run.
82.2
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, On a good length around off, this is dabbed away toward cover-point.
82.1
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Steams in from around the wicket and angles in a length ball from around off. Usman Khawaja blocks it out on the off side.
Mohammad Shami (14-2-44-2) is back into the attack.
82
over
82 | 12 Runs |
HH: 213/4
81.6
0
Umesh Yadav to Cameron Green, Good length around the top of off, Green keeps it down on the deck. 12 off the first over with the second new ball, a fruitful one for Australia.
81.5
4
Umesh Yadav to Cameron Green, FOUR! Lovely drive! This is full and straight, Cameron Green drives it dead straight past the bowler and the ball runs away into the fence for another boundary.
81.4
2
Umesh Yadav to Cameron Green, Short and outside off, Cameron Green hops and cuts it to the right of the man at deep backward point for a couple of runs.
81.3
4
Umesh Yadav to Cameron Green, FOUR! Slashed away! A real loosener outside off, with not much pace behind it either. Cameron Green waits on the back foot and cuts it late into the backward point fence.
81.2
0
Umesh Yadav to Cameron Green, On a hard length and on the body, Green nudges it down in front of mid-wicket.
81.1
2
Umesh Yadav to Cameron Green, Starts off with a fullish delivery outside off, Cameron Green drives it through the cover region and picks up a couple of runs.
The second new ball has been taken! It will be Umesh Yadav (14-2-46-0) to have the first bite at it. With 9 overs left in the day, will we see some late drama?
81
over
81 | 2 Runs |
HH: 201/4
80.6
1
Axar Patel to Cameron Green, Bowls it quicker and shorter on off stump, Cameron Green swings hard across the line but miscues it completely in front of mid-wicket. The batters scamper through for one.
80.5
0
Axar Patel to Cameron Green, Nagging length around off, Green makes another block.
80.4
0
Axar Patel to Cameron Green, Fuller and angled into off stump, Green puts a stride forward to defend.
80.3
0
Axar Patel to Cameron Green, Angled into middle, Green keeps it out.
80.2
1
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, Flatter and on middle, punched off the back foot down to long on for a single.
80.1
0
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, Bowls it flatter and tries angling it across the left-hander, Usman Khawaja goes on the back foot to defend.
The second new ball is now available. Rohit Sharma hasn't taken it yet.
80
over
80 | 1 Runs |
HH: 199/4
79.6
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Floated up from over the wicket and on the off pole, Cameron Green defends it off the front foot.
79.5
1
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Tossed up on off stump, Usman Khawaja drives it through mid off and picks up a single.
79.4
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, A touch shorter around off, Usman Khawaja goes back and across to tap it toward cover-point.
79.3
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Nagging length around middle, Khawaja is just happy to defend off the front foot.
79.2
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, A hint of flight as this is drifted onto middle and leg, Usman Khawaja defends it out with soft hands.
79.1
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Goes a bit wider of the crease and drifts it in from outside off, Usman Khawaja blocks it out.
79
over
79 | 0 Runs |
HH: 198/4
78.6
0
Axar Patel to Cameron Green, Yet another maiden and Australia are going nowhere at the moment. Quicker and flatter on off stump, solidly blocked out by Cameron Green.
78.5
0
Axar Patel to Cameron Green, On off stump, kept out.
78.4
0
Axar Patel to Cameron Green, Induces the false shot now! Angled in from around off, Cameron Green looks for the lofted drive but gets it off the inner half of the bat to mid-wicket.
78.3
0
Axar Patel to Cameron Green, Full and straight, Cameron Green blocks off the front foot.
78.2
0
Axar Patel to Cameron Green, A bit quicker and angled into the pads, Green defends it toward mid on.
78.1
0
Axar Patel to Cameron Green, Floated full and on middle, this is driven straight to mid off.
78
over
78 | 0 Runs |
HH: 198/4
77.6
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Back-to-back maidens for India! This is flatter from Ashwin and bowled on off stump, Usman Khawaja eases it away toward cover.
77.5
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Shorter again on middle, staying a touch low, Khawaja pushes it toward mid on.
77.4
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Floated up, on a shorter length and on middle, Khawaja blocks it off the back foot.
77.3
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Pulls the length back and angles it in from around middle, Usman Khawaja goes on the back foot and flicks it leg side.
77.2
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, This is angled into middle and leg, Usman Khawaja backs away and taps it past silly point.
77.1
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Drifts it full and onto middle, Usman Khawaja defends it back to the bowler.
77
over
77 | 0 Runs |
HH: 198/4
76.6
0
Axar Patel to Cameron Green, A maiden! Another ball that is angled in on middle and leg, Green pushes it to the right of the bowler.
76.5
0
Axar Patel to Cameron Green, A bit more round arm and angling into middle, Cameron Green stays solid in defense.
76.4
0
Axar Patel to Cameron Green, This is angled into the leg pole, Green keeps it out.
76.3
0
Axar Patel to Cameron Green, Flatter again around off, Green punches it to the right of the man at silly point.
76.2
0
Axar Patel to Cameron Green, This is fuller and straighter, on middle and leg, Cameron Green blocks it off the front foot.
76.1
0
Axar Patel to Cameron Green, Bowls it flatter and angles it into middle and off, Cameron Green keeps it out on the off side.
Axar Patel (9-2-12-0) is back on.
76
over
76 | 7 Runs |
HH: 198/4
75.6
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Fuller and on off, Usman Khawaja defends this off the front foot.
75.5
2
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Short in length around off, Khawaja tucks this to fine leg for a couple.
75.4
4
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, FOUR! Slightly overpitched and Khawaj latches onto it. Overpitched outside off, Usman Khawaja drives this through the cover region for a boundary.
75.3
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Fuller one around off, Usman Khawaja defends this off the front foot.
75.2
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Short in length around off, Usman Khawaja pushes this to mid off.
75.1
1
Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Tossed up around middle, Cameron Green jumps down the track and pushes this to long on for a single.
DRINKS! A much better session so far from India as they have claimed two important wickets to get some foothold in this game. Australia looked to get the run rate up in the final session and Steven Smith was dismissed by Ravindra Jadeja against the run of play. Peter Handscomb’s short cameo was brought to an end soon after by Mohammad Shami. The hosts will want to end the day strong with a few more wickets while the Aussies will be hoping for one more good partnership to take them to an above-par score.
75
over
75 | 6 Runs |
HH: 191/4
74.6
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Short and wide outside off, Usman Khawaja defends this to the off side.
74.5
4
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, FOUR! Fuller around pads, Usman Khawaja times it well and finds the gap at mid wicket for a boundary.
74.4
1
Mohammad Shami to Cameron Green, Short-pitched delivery going down leg, Cameron Green tucks this to fine leg for a single.
74.3
0
Mohammad Shami to Cameron Green, Fuller around off and Green defends this.
74.2
0
Mohammad Shami to Cameron Green, Fuller on off, Cameron Green defends this off the front foot.
74.1
1
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Short and wide of off, Usman Khawaja guides this to backward point for a single.
74
over
74 | 5 Runs |
HH: 185/4
73.6
4
Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, FOUR! Short and wide outside off, Cameron Green jumps on his back foot and punches this to a boundary toward sweeper cover region.
73.5
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Tossed up around off, Cameron Green defends this off the front foot.
73.4
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Fuller around middle, Cameron Green keeps this out.
73.3
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Cameron Green, Fuller one pitching outside leg and hits the pads of Green.
73.2
1
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Tossed up around off, Usman Khawaja flicks this to square leg for a single.
73.1
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Fuller outside off, Usman Khawaja defends this.
73
over
73 | 6 Runs |
HH: 180/4
72.6
4
Mohammad Shami to Cameron Green, FOUR! Driven well and finds the gap for four. Overpitched outside off, Cameron Green plays the cover drive well and finds the fence.
72.5
1
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Fuller outside off, Usman Khawaja guides this to cover for a single.
72.4
1
Mohammad Shami to Cameron Green, Fuller around pads, Cameron Green guides this to square leg for a single.
72.3
0
Mohammad Shami to Cameron Green, Good use of the short-pitched delivery here by Shami. Green lets this hit his body and ignores the pull on offer.
72.2
0
Mohammad Shami to Cameron Green, Touch fuller and quicker outside off, Cameron Green defends this with a long stride out.
72.1
0
Mohammad Shami to Cameron Green, On a length outside off, Cameron Green defends this to the off side.
72
over
72 | 4 Runs |
HH: 174/4
71.6
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Flatter and quicker on leg, Usman Khawaja defends this to short leg. Gill does well to field this and saves some runs for the team.
71.5
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Fuller and quicker into the stumps, Usman Khawaja defends this to the on side.
71.4
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Fuller outside off with a bit of pace on it, Usman Khawaja strides ahead and defends this.
71.3
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Fuller around pads, Usman Khawaja defends this off the front foot.
71.2
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Short in length outside off, Usman Khawaja defends this to silly point.
71.1
4
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, FOUR! Khawaja finds the gap and plays this well for a boundary. Full and wide outside off, Usman Khawaja drives this through cover for a boundary.
71
over
71 | 1 Runs |
HH: 170/4
70.6
0
Mohammad Shami to Cameron Green, On a length outside off, Cameron Green leaves this for the keeper to collect.
70.5
0
Mohammad Shami to Cameron Green, Fuller around off, Cameron Green defends this off the front foot.
Cameron Green is the new batter at the crease.
70.4
W
Mohammad Shami to Peter Handscomb, OUT! BOWLED! What a happy sight it is for any fast bowler to see the off pole cartwheel towards the wicket-keeper! This is bowled on a good length and just outside the off pole. The ball reverses a bit and that is enough to beat the outside edge of the bat. The ball uproots the stump and Peter Handscomb's enterprising inning comes to an end. Australia lose their fourth wicket and India are finding a way to keep themselves alive in this game.
70.3
1
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Fuller one on pads, Usman Khawaja flicks this to fine leg for a single
70.2
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Well directed bouncer but well left by Khawaja too as he sways away from this.
70.1
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Back of a length on off, Usman Khawaja defends this off the front foot.
70
over
70 | 1 Runs |
HH: 169/3
69.6
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Peter Handscomb, Fuller around off, Peter Handscomb strides forward and defends this.
69.5
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Peter Handscomb, Tossed up on off, Peter Handscomb walks down the track and pushes this to the fielder at mid off.
69.4
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Peter Handscomb, Fuller around off, Peter Handscomb blocks this out.
69.3
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Peter Handscomb, Tossed up around off, Peter Handscomb defends this off the front foot.
69.2
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Peter Handscomb, Slower through the air outside off, Peter Handscomb pushes this to cover.
69.1
1
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Short in length around middle, Usman Khawaja pushes this to square leg for a single.
69
over
69 | 8 Runs |
HH: 168/3
68.6
4
Umesh Yadav to Peter Handscomb, FOUR! Peter has come out with a positive mindset as he pulls another attempted bouncer in front of the square this time for yet another boundary.
68.5
4
Umesh Yadav to Peter Handscomb, FOUR! Peter Handscomb plays this really well and finds the fence. Bouncer around head, Peter pulls this wide of the fielder at deep square leg for a boundary.
68.4
0
Umesh Yadav to Peter Handscomb, Fuller on off, Peter Handscomb solidly punches this to a slightly forward silly point.
68.3
0
Umesh Yadav to Peter Handscomb, Short and wide outside off, Peter Handscomb smashes this one bounce to the fielder at cover.
68.2
0
Umesh Yadav to Peter Handscomb, Touch fuller on off, Peter Handscomb pushes htis gently towards short cover.
68.1
0
Umesh Yadav to Peter Handscomb, On a length around middle, Peter Handscomb defends this back to the bowler.
68
over
68 | 5 Runs |
HH: 160/3
67.6
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Quicker one going away with the arm, Usman Khawaja looks to drive but gets beaten on his outside edge.
67.5
1
Ravindra Jadeja to Peter Handscomb, Tossed up outside off, Peter Handscomb pushes this to sweeper cover for a single.
67.4
4
Ravindra Jadeja to Peter Handscomb, FOUR! Fuller one around middle, Peter Handscomb walks down the track and flicks this for a boundary towards mid wicket.
67.3
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Peter Handscomb, Slower but flatter in trajectory, Peter Handscomb defends this off the front foot.
67.2
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Peter Handscomb, Fuller outside off, Peter Handscomb strides forward and defends this out.
67.1
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Peter Handscomb, Quicker into the stumps, Peter Handscomb defends this off the front foot.
67
over
67 | 1 Runs |
HH: 155/3
66.6
0
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, Short and wide outside off, Usman Khawaja guides this to point and it will be a maiden over from Umesh Yadav.
66.5
0
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, Umesh is steaming in as he bends his back again and bowls a perfect bouncer, Usman Khawaja negotiates well as he ducks down under this one as well.
66.4
0
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, Short-pitched delivery towards the body of Usman, Peter Handscomb ducks down and leaves it alone.
66.3
0
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, Back of a length around off, Usman Khawaja defends this standing tall on his toes.
66.2
0
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, Umesh is buzzing here as he bowls a short-pitched delivery body bound, Usman Khawaja ducks down on this.
66.1
1
Umesh Yadav to Peter Handscomb, Umesh bends his back as he darts one head high towards leg, Peter Handscomb pulls this to fine leg for a single.
66
over
66 | 1 Runs |
HH: 154/3
65.6
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Tossed up around off, Usman Khawaja keeps this out for a dot.
65.5
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Fuller and on off, Usman Khawaja defends this off the front foot.
65.4
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Short in length on off, Usman Khawaja defends this solidly.
65.3
1
Ravindra Jadeja to Peter Handscomb, Tossed up around off, Peter Handscomb jumps down the track to flicks this for a single at mid wicket.
65.2
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Peter Handscomb, Fuller delivery on middle, Peter Handscomb jumps down the track and flicks this to mid wicket for a single.
65.1
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Peter Handscomb, Fuller around pads, Peter Handscomb defends this well.
65
over
65 | 1 Runs |
HH: 153/3
64.6
0
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, Short and wide outside off, Usman Khawaja guides this to point for no run.
64.5
1
Umesh Yadav to Peter Handscomb, Short-pitched delivery towards the ribs, Peter Handscomb pulls this to deep square leg for a single.
64.4
0
Umesh Yadav to Peter Handscomb, Well directed bouncer body bound, Peter Handscomb ducks away from this.
64.3
0
Umesh Yadav to Peter Handscomb, Yorker nailed to perfection. Peter Handscomb defends this well.
64.2
0
Umesh Yadav to Peter Handscomb, On a length around off, kept a tad low, Peter Handscomb defends this of the toe end of his bat.
64.1
0
Umesh Yadav to Peter Handscomb, On a length outside off, Peter Handscomb pushes this to short cover.
64
over
64 | 2 Runs |
HH: 152/3
63.6
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Fuller around off, Usman Khawaja defends this of the front foot. End of a successful over for India.
63.5
1
Ravindra Jadeja to Peter Handscomb, Fuller around middle, Peter Handscomb defends this to the on side and gets a single.
Peter Handscomb makes his way out to the middle.
63.4
W
Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, OUT! BOWLED! Ravindra Jadeja strikes and India have got rid of the opponent skipper who was looking untroubled at the wicket! This is bowled full and outside the off stump. Steven Smith looks to block this into the off side but gets an inside edge back that hits his pads and rolls onto the stumps. A massive sigh of relief from India as Steven Smith hangs his head down in disappointment. Just the breakthrough the hosts needed to start this session and they will now look to put some pressure on the new batter.
63.3
1
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Fuller around middle, Usman Khawaja sweeps this to fine leg for a single.
63.2
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, On a length around off, Usman Khawaja defends this off the front foot.
63.1
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Fuller around middle, Usman Khawaja tucks this to short mid wicket.
63
over
63 | 1 Runs |
HH: 150/2
62.6
0
Umesh Yadav to Steven Smith, On a length around pads, Steven Smith tucks this to square leg.
62.5
0
Umesh Yadav to Steven Smith, Well directed bouncer, Smith leaves this for the keeper to collect.
62.4
0
Umesh Yadav to Steven Smith, Short-pitched delivery down leg, Steven Smith looks to pull but gets an inside edge back to the keeper.
62.3
0
Umesh Yadav to Steven Smith, Fuller outside off, Steven Smith defends this off the front foot.
62.2
0
Umesh Yadav to Steven Smith, Fuller outside off, Steven Smith pushes this to short cover.
62.1
1
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, On a length outside off, Usman Khawaja blocks this out in front for a single.
We are back for the third and final session of Day 1 and the umpires stride out to the middle. The Indian players walk onto the field and take their respective fielding positions. Usman Khawaja and Steven Smith make their way to the pitch to resume their partnership. Umesh Yadav has the ball after the break and will begin proceedings here. Let's go...
... DAY 1, SESSION 3 ...
Steven Smith and Usman Khawaja began the session looking extremely comfortable and kept rotating the strike with odd boundaries coming their way. Usman Khawaja got to his third half-century in this series and continues to be a thorn in the side of the Indian bowlers. Steven Smith also looks good at the wicket and Australia will be hoping their two main batters can continue the good work. The final session is crucial for both teams as India will need to wrap up this inning soon as they will bat in the fourth inning while the Aussies have a golden opportunity to take this game away from the hosts. Do join us at 2.30 pm IST (9 am GMT) for more action in the final session of Day 1.
A session that belongs to Australia as they have taken control of this game with a 77-run unbeaten partnership in 238 balls accumulating 74 runs in this session and not losing a single wicket which has happened for the first time in this series. They have set up a wonderful platform to put up a dominating first-inning total and India are already chasing the game after two sessions on Day 1. Ravichandran Ashwin had a long spell but could not make much of an impact with the other bowlers not troubling the set batters as well. The hosts have not been able to get much purchase off this wicket and if they do not break this partnership soon, it could prove to be a long day in the office for them.
62
over
62 | 2 Runs |
HH: 149/2
61.6
0
Shreyas Iyer to Steven Smith, On a length outside off, Steven Smith pushes this to the off side.
61.5
0
Shreyas Iyer to Steven Smith, Fuller outside off, Steven Smith defends this off the front foot.
61.4
0
Shreyas Iyer to Steven Smith, Fuller around off, Steven Smith defends this.
61.3
1
Shreyas Iyer to Usman Khawaja, Short and wide outside off, Usman Khawaja pushes this to deep extra cover for a single.
61.2
0
Shreyas Iyer to Usman Khawaja, Full and wide outside off, Usman Khawaja leaves this.
61.1
1
Shreyas Iyer to Steven Smith, Full toss on off, Steven Smith has pushes this to long off for a single.
61
over
61 | 2 Runs |
HH: 147/2
60.6
1
Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Fuller outside off, Steven Smith pushes this gently to long off for a single.
60.5
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Tossed up around middle, Steven Smith defends this out.
60.4
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Fuller one around off, Steven Smith pushes this to extra cover.
60.3
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Fuller around middle, Steven Smith defends this off front foot.
60.2
1
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Short in length around middle, Usman Khawaja pushes this to long on for a single.
60.1
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Tossed up around pads, Usman Khawaja defends this out.
60
over
60 | 0 Runs |
HH: 145/2
59.6
0
Axar Patel to Steven Smith, Short in length on off, Steven Smith guides this to point.
59.5
0
Axar Patel to Steven Smith, Fuller around middle, Steven Smith defends this with a front foot defensive stroke.
59.4
0
Axar Patel to Steven Smith, Short in length around middle, Steven Smith defends this out in front.
59.3
0
Axar Patel to Steven Smith, Fuller on off, Steven Smith pushes this back to the bowler.
59.2
0
Axar Patel to Steven Smith, Tossed up outside off, Steven Smith blocks this out with a defensive stroke.
59.1
0
Axar Patel to Steven Smith, Fuller on off, Steven Smith defends this out.
59
over
59 | 1 Runs |
HH: 145/2
58.6
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Fuller around off, Usman Khawaja defends this out in front.
58.5
1
Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Short in length outside off, Steven Smith pushes this to extra cover and takes a single.
58.4
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Fuller round off, Steven Smith pushes this back to the bowler.
58.3
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Fuller and on off, Steven Smith leans ahead and defends this.
58.2
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Tossed up around middle, Steven Smith defends this out.
58.1
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Fuller around middle, Steven Smith defends this off the front foot.
58
over
58 | 1 Runs |
HH: 144/2
57.6
0
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, Fuller around pads, Usman Khawaja clips this to short leg.
57.5
0
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, Short in length around off, Usman Khawaja pushes this to extra cover.
57.4
0
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, Pitched up delivery on off, Usman Khawaja keeps this out.
57.3
0
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, Fuller around middle, Usman Khawaja defends this to short mid wicket.
57.2
0
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, Fuller around middle, Usman Khawaja tucks this to short fine leg.
57.1
1
Axar Patel to Steven Smith, Short in length on off, Steven Smith guides this to point and takes a single.
57
over
57 | 2 Runs |
HH: 143/2
56.6
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Short in length around pads, Usman Khawaja comfortably flicks this to square leg.
56.5
1
Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Full and wide outside off, Steven Smith pushes this to sweeper cover for a single.
56.4
1
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Tossed up around pads, Usman Khawaja sweeps this towards fine leg for a single.
56.3
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Right in the block hole around off, Usman Khawaja keeps this out.
56.2
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Fuller outside off, Usman Khawaja pushes this to mid off.
56.1
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Short in length around middle, Usman Khawaja defends this to the on side.
56
over
56 | 5 Runs |
HH: 141/2
55.6
0
Axar Patel to Steven Smith, Fuller into the stumps, Steven Smith defends this out in front.
55.5
0
Axar Patel to Steven Smith, Fuller around off, Steven Smith strides forward and defends this.
55.4
1
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, Fuller outside off, Usman Khawaja pushes this in the gap at cover for a single.
55.3
0
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, Fuller around middle, Usman Khawaja drills this back to the bowler.
55.2
4
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, FOUR! Usman Khawaja was all over it. Too short and too wide of off, Usman Khawaja cuts this off his back foot towards sweeper cover for a boundary.
55.1
0
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, Short in length around middle, Usman Khawaja pushes this to short mid wicket.
55
over
55 | 2 Runs |
HH: 136/2
54.6
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Fuller around off, Steven Smith defends this off the front foot.
54.5
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Tossed up on off, Steven Smith leans ahead and defends this out.
54.4
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Fuller around off, Steven Smith defends this out.
54.3
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Fuller around middle, Steven Smith pushes this back to the bowler.
54.2
1
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, On a length around pads, Usman Khawaja tucks this to square leg for a single.
54.1
1
Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Fuller around middle, Steven Smith pushes this to long off for a single.
54
over
54 | 1 Runs |
HH: 134/2
53.6
1
Axar Patel to Steven Smith, Tossed up around off, Steven Smith inside edges this wide of square leg for a single.
53.5
0
Axar Patel to Steven Smith, Axar gives this a bit more air and Smith leans ahead to block this out.
53.4
0
Axar Patel to Steven Smith, Short in length on middle, Steven Smith defends this well.
53.3
0
Axar Patel to Steven Smith, Quicker and on off, Steven Smith blocks this out.
53.2
0
Axar Patel to Steven Smith, Short in length around middle, Steven Smith defends this back to the bowler.
53.1
0
Axar Patel to Steven Smith, Quicker one in the stumps, Steven Smith defends this to off side.
53
over
53 | 1 Runs |
HH: 133/2
52.6
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Fuller around middle, Usman Khawaja defends this off the front foot.
52.5
1
Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Fuller near pads, Steven Smith tucks this to mid on and runs for it. A quick release and throw bang on stumps at the non striking end but Smith is safely home.
52.4
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Fuller around off, Steven Smith strides forward and blocks this out.
52.3
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Flatter and quicker in middle, Steven Smith leans low and blocks this.
52.2
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Tossed up around leg, @stlooks to block but gets hit on his pads.
52.1
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Fuller one in middle, Steven Smith defends this in front.
Ravindra Jadeja (8-2-20-0) is back into the attack now.
52
over
52 | 0 Runs |
HH: 132/2
51.6
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Fuller around middle, Usman Khawaja pushes this back to the bowler.
51.5
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Tossed up around middle and off, Usman Khawaja defends this back to the bowler.
51.4
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Fuller and in stumps, Usman Khawaja keeps this out.
51.3
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Short in length around pads, Usman Khawaja pushes this to short mid wicket.
51.2
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Tossed up around pads, Usman Khawaja tucks this wide of short leg.
51.1
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Tossed up around off, Usman Khawaja defends this off the front foot.
51
over
51 | 4 Runs |
HH: 132/2
50.6
0
Mohammad Shami to Steven Smith, On a length outside off, Steven Smith pushes this to short cover.
50.5
0
Mohammad Shami to Steven Smith, Fuller delivery around off, Steven Smith flicks this to short mid wicket.
50.4
0
Mohammad Shami to Steven Smith, Fuller delivery on off, Steven Smith drives this back to the bowler. Shami gets a hand on this and saves a certain boundary.
50.3
4
Mohammad Shami to Steven Smith, FOUR! Smith plays the short one well to earn himself another boundary. Short-pitched delivery head bound, Steven Smith pulls this for a boundary towards deep square leg.
50.2
0
Mohammad Shami to Steven Smith, Fuller one on off, Steven Smith defends this to the off side.
50.1
0
Mohammad Shami to Steven Smith, On a length around off, Steven Smith defends it right underneath his eye.
50
over
50 | 0 Runs |
HH: 128/2
49.6
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Tossed up around pads, Usman Khawaja offers no shot to it hence they do not run for the deflection towards fine leg.
49.5
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Fuller around middle, Usman Khawaja defends this off the front foot.
49.4
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Tossed up around middle, Usman Khawaja defends this off the front foot.
49.3
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, On a length around pads, Usman Khawaja tucks this to square leg for nothing.
49.2
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Short in length around pads, Usman Khawaja misses out on a scoring opportunity here.
49.1
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Quicker one from over the wicket, Khwaja defends this well.
49
over
49 | 7 Runs |
HH: 128/2
48.6
0
Mohammad Shami to Steven Smith, On a length around pads, Steven Smith pushes this to the fielder at short mid wicket.
48.5
0
Mohammad Shami to Steven Smith, On a length on off, Steven Smith defends this with a front foot defensive stroke.
48.4
3
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Too full on his pads, Usman Khawaja glances this to deep mid-wicket for three runs.
48.3
4
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, FOUR! The third half-century in this series comes up for Khwaja with this boundary. On a length outside off, Usman Khawaja opens the face of his bat and slices this to backward point for a boundary.
48.2
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Fuller one drifting down leg, Usman Khawaja pushes this to the square leg fielder.
48.1
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Fuller around off, Usman Khawaja drives this to mid off.
48
over
48 | 5 Runs |
HH: 121/2
47.6
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Tossed up around off, Steven Smith defends this off the front foot for no run.
47.5
4
Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, FOUR! Easy picking for a well-set Smith. Short in length around pads, Steven Smith uses the pace well as he just tucks this off his hips towards the fence at fine leg.
47.4
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Tossed up around pads, Steven Smith dabs this to short leg.
47.3
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Full and wide of off, Steven Smith drives this to short cover.
47.2
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Flighted right on toes, Steven Smith dugs this out on the on side.
47.1
1
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Fuller one outside off, Usman Khawaja pushes this to backward point for a single.
47
over
47 | 6 Runs |
HH: 116/2
46.6
0
Mohammad Shami to Steven Smith, On a length outside off, Steven Smith decides not to poke at this.
46.5
0
Mohammad Shami to Steven Smith, Fuller on outside off, Steven Smith leaves this for the keeper to collect.
46.4
2
Mohammad Shami to Steven Smith, Fuller outside off, Steven Smith gently pushes this in the gap at cover for a couple more.
46.3
2
Mohammad Shami to Steven Smith, On a length around off, Steven Smith pushes this wide of Pujara at cover point for a couple of runs. Pujara does well to track back and stop this from reaching the boundary.
46.2
0
Mohammad Shami to Steven Smith, Too full this time on off, Steven Smith guides this to the slip cordon.
46.1
2
Mohammad Shami to Steven Smith, Fuller on pads, Steven Smith flicks this past the mid-wicket region for a couple of runs.
DRINKS! The Aussies have had a watchful start to this session but made sure that they do not lose any wickets after Lunch and settled any nerves in the Australian camp. The Indian bowlers have bowled in good areas and have restricted the flow of runs but would be eager to claim some wickets. Usman Khawaja is looking really good at the wicket and seems on course to get a big one here. The visitors may look to play a bit more aggressively now that they have ensured that they have set up a solid platform. Mohammad Shami will start proceedings after the short break.
46
over
46 | 1 Runs |
HH: 110/2
45.6
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Loopy delivery bowled full and outside the off stump. Usman Khawaja defends this towards cover.
45.5
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Angles this into the pads on a shortish length. Usman Khawaja tucks this towards short mid-wicket.
45.4
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, This is slightly short and outside the off stump. Usman Khawaja pushes this towards the point fielder.
45.3
1
Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Bowls this into the pads on a shortish length. Steven Smith clips this towards deep square leg and takes one.
45.2
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Bowls this slightly short and outside the off stump. Steven Smith goes back and defends this into the leg side.
45.1
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Ravichandran Ashwin tosses this one full and on an off-stump line. Steven Smith knocks this towards mid off.
45
over
45 | 1 Runs |
HH: 109/2
44.6
0
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, slightly short and at the stumps. Usman Khawaja tucks this towards short mid-wicket.
44.5
0
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, Attacks the stumps on a fuller length. Usman Khawaja goes back and knocks this to the left of the bowler.
44.4
1
Axar Patel to Steven Smith, Delivers this one slightly short and outside off. Steven Smith punches this towards deep cover-point and takes one.
44.3
0
Axar Patel to Steven Smith, Bowls this one quick and into the stumps on a fuller length. Steven Smith dabs this back towards the bowler.
44.2
0
Axar Patel to Steven Smith, Floats this one full and outside off. Steven Smith defends this towards short cover.
44.1
0
Axar Patel to Steven Smith, Axar Patel fires this one full and into the stumps. Steven Smith blocks this back towards the bowler.
44
over
44 | 1 Runs |
HH: 108/2
43.6
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Tosses this one full and outside the off stump. Usman Khawaja smothers this into the pitch on the off side.
43.5
1
Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Goes really full and into the pads. Steven Smith flicks this towards deep mid-wicket and they get only a run with Mohammad Shami doing well in the deep.
43.4
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Goes full and in line with the stumps. Steven Smith rocks back deep in the crease and keeps the ball out into the leg side.
43.3
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Bowls this one going down leg on a fuller length. Steven Smith dabs this towards square leg.
43.2
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Tosses this one full and outside the off stump. Steven Smith gets forward and pushes this towards mid off.
43.1
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Ravichandran Ashwin bowls this full and outside off. Steven Smith dabs this into the off side tentatively.
43
over
43 | 2 Runs |
HH: 107/2
42.6
0
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, Flights this one full and outside off. Usman Khawaja gets his front foot forward and knocks this towards cover.
42.5
0
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, Bowls this slightly short and outside off. Usman Khawaja goes deep in the crease and knocks this towards point.
42.4
1
Axar Patel to Steven Smith, Loopy delivery bowled full and outside the off pole. Steven Smith drives this towards deep cover for a run. The runs coming easily now.
42.3
0
Axar Patel to Steven Smith, Tosses this one full and outside the off stump. Steven Smith defends this to short cover.
42.2
1
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, Continues to bowl full and on an off-stump line. Usman Khawaja rocks back and punches this down to long on for a single.
42.1
0
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, Axar Patel bowls this full and outside the off stump. Usman Khawaja pushes this towards the point fielder.
42
over
42 | 6 Runs |
HH: 105/2
41.6
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Fires this one full and in line with the stumps. Steven Smith blocks this solidly back towards the bowler.
41.5
1
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Loops this one full and just outside the off pole. Usman Khawaja drives this towards deep cover-point and takes one.
41.4
4
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, FOUR! Usman Khawaja continues to pick up the boundaries! Ravichandran Ashwin strays onto the pads on a shortish length. Usman Khawaja lets the ball come onto him and he whips this off his legs towards deep backward square leg for four runs.
41.3
1
Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Gets this to spin into the pads on a fuller length. Steven Smith clips this towards deep square leg for a single.
41.2
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Floated full and just outside the off pole. Steven Smith dabs this to the left of the bowler.
41.1
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Ravichandran Ashwin flights this full and at the stumps. Steven Smith plays this back to the bowler.
41
over
41 | 1 Runs |
HH: 99/2
40.6
1
Axar Patel to Steven Smith, Slightly short and outside off. Steven Smith works this into the gap at point and takes a run to keep strike.
40.5
0
Axar Patel to Steven Smith, Continues to bowl full and attacks the stumps. Steven Smith knocks this back down the pitch.
40.4
0
Axar Patel to Steven Smith, Loops this one full and outside the off pole. Steven Smith dabs this to the fielder at short cover.
40.3
0
Axar Patel to Steven Smith, Flighted full and in line with the stumps. Steven Smith defends this back towards Axar Patel.
40.2
0
Axar Patel to Steven Smith, Slightly short and outside off. Steven Smith stands tall and pushes this towards short cover.
40.1
0
Axar Patel to Steven Smith, Axar Patel floats this full and into the stumps. Steven Smith defends this back towards the bowler.
40
over
40 | 1 Runs |
HH: 98/2
39.6
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Tosses this one into the stumps on a fuller length. Usman Khawaja smothers this back down the pitch.
39.5
1
Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Flights this full and into the pads. Steven Smith clips this towards deep square leg for a run.
39.4
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Slightly short and on a leg-stump line. Steven Smith taps this towards short leg.
39.3
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Loopy delivery bowled full and outside off. Steven Smith blocks this to the left of the bowler.
39.2
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Tosses this full and at the stumps. Steven Smith dabs this back towards the bowler.
39.1
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Ravichandran Ashwin flights this full and in line with the stumps. Steven Smith defends this towards mid-wicket.
39
over
39 | 1 Runs |
HH: 97/2
38.6
0
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, Bowls this one full as well and angles this in from outside off. Usman Khawaja is solidly behind this one as he taps it back towards the bowler.
38.5
0
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, Tosses this one full and outside off. Usman Khawaja defends this to the right of the bowler who is coming from over the wicket.
38.4
1
Axar Patel to Steven Smith, Flights this one full and outside the off pole. Steven Smith eases this to the left of mid off and takes a single.
38.3
0
Axar Patel to Steven Smith, Loopy delivery bowled full and outside off. Steven Smith drives the ball hard and Rohit Sharma does well to stop this at covers.
38.2
0
Axar Patel to Steven Smith, Floats this one full and in line with the stumps. Steven Smith dabs this into the off side.
38.1
0
Axar Patel to Steven Smith, Axar Patel begins with a full delivery fired into the stumps. Steven Smith blocks this towards cover.
Change at both ends as Axar Patel replaces Umesh Yadav.
38
over
38 | 0 Runs |
HH: 96/2
37.6
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Loopy delivery bowled full and outside off. Usman Khawaja pushes this to the right of the bowler. Ravichandran Ashwin starts off this spell with a maiden.
37.5
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Slightly short and bowled into the stumps. Usman Khawaja goes back into the crease and clips this towards mid-wicket.
37.4
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Floats this one into the stumps on a fuller length. Usman Khawaja dabs this to the right of the bowler on his back foot.
37.3
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Flights this one full and just outside the off pole. Usman Khawaja defends this towards mid off.
37.2
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Bowls this one full and angles this into the stumps. Usman Khawaja blocks this towards short cover.
37.1
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Ravichandran Ashwin flights this one full and outside off. Usman Khawaja drives but the ball is stopped by the short cover fielder.
Ravichandran Ashwin replaces Ravindra Jadeja.
37
over
37 | 1 Runs |
HH: 96/2
36.6
0
Umesh Yadav to Steven Smith, On a good length from over the wicket, outside the off pole. Steven Smith defends this solidly into the off side.
36.5
1
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, Goes 'round the wicket now and angles this into the stumps from outside off. Usman Khawaja punches this past the bowler for a single.
36.4
0
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, Continues to attack the stumps on a fuller length. Usman Khawaja keeps this out as well as he knocks it back towards Umesh Yadav.
36.3
0
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, This is bowled full once again and at the stumps. Usman Khawaja digs this out back down the pitch towards the bowler.
36.2
0
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, Goes a fraction fuller and outside the off stump. Usman Khawaja mistimes his drive towards mid off.
36.1
0
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, Umesh Yadav bowls this on a good length and on an off-stump line. Usman Khawaja gets behind the line of the ball and blocks this solidly.
36
over
36 | 1 Runs |
HH: 95/2
35.6
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Tosses this one full and just outside the off pole. Steven Smith defends this solidly towards cover.
35.5
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, On a shortish length once again and outside the off stump. Steven Smith pushes this towards cover-point.
35.4
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Bowls this short and at the stumps. Steven Smith dabs this to the right of the bowler.
35.3
1
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Slightly short and straying onto the pads. Usman Khawaja rocks back and flicks this towards deep square leg for a single.
35.2
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Floats this one full and outside off. Usman Khawaja gets forward this time and defends this back towards the bowler.
35.1
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Ravindra Jadeja fires this one full and into the stumps. Usman Khawaja is on the back foot but manages to keep this out.
35
over
35 | 4 Runs |
HH: 94/2
34.6
0
Umesh Yadav to Steven Smith, Goes full and into the stumps. Steven Smith clips this towards the man placed at short mid-wicket. The crowd gets excited as they think it is a catch.
34.5
0
Umesh Yadav to Steven Smith, Continues bowling on a good length and outside the off stump. Steven Smith leaves this one alone and is unhappy with something near the sight screen.
34.4
0
Umesh Yadav to Steven Smith, Goes back to bowling on a good length and just outside the off pole. Steven Smith defends this towards the cover fielder.
34.3
4
Umesh Yadav to Steven Smith, FOUR! Great hands from Steven Smith and he plays a classy shot to the fence! Umesh Yadav bowls this back of a length and outside off. Steven Smith stands tall and eases this to deep point for four runs.
34.2
0
Umesh Yadav to Steven Smith, On a good length once again and on the pads. Steven Smith flicks this to the fielder at mid-wicket.
34.1
0
Umesh Yadav to Steven Smith, Umesh Yadav bowls this on a good length and into the stumps. Steven Smith clips this towards mid-wicket.
34
over
34 | 2 Runs |
HH: 90/2
33.6
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Continues to flight this full and outside off. Usman Khawaja is watchful and he taps this towards cover-point.
33.5
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Loops this one full and outside off. Usman Khawaja dabs this towards cover.
33.4
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Fires this one full and into the stumps. Usman Khawaja keeps the ball out.
33.3
1
Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Slightly short and outside off. Steven Smith pushes this towards point and takes a run.
33.2
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, From over the wicket to the right-hander. Bowls this full and outside off. Steven Smith blocks this back to the bowler.
33.1
1
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Ravindra Jadeja comes over the wicket and bowls this short, going down leg. Usman Khawaja pulls this to deep backward square leg and collects one.
33
over
33 | 1 Runs |
HH: 88/2
32.6
0
Umesh Yadav to Steven Smith, This is served outside off on a fuller length. Steven Smith gets his bat behind the ball and taps this towards cover.
32.5
0
Umesh Yadav to Steven Smith, Continues to bowl full and outside the off stump. Steven Smith drives this straight to the fielder at cover.
32.4
0
Umesh Yadav to Steven Smith, Goes full this time and outside the off pole. Steven Smith dabs this towards mid off.
32.3
0
Umesh Yadav to Steven Smith, Delivers this on a good length and outside the off stumps. Steven Smith gets across the stumps and defends this towards cover-point.
32.2
1
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, A low full toss this time served outside off. Usman Khawaja works this to deep point and takes a comfortable single.
32.1
0
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, Umesh Yadav bowls this on a good length and in line with the stumps, Usman Khawaja defends this back down the wicket.
Umesh Yadav continues from the other end.
32
over
32 | 5 Runs |
HH: 87/2
31.6
1
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Bowls this one short and in line with the stumps. Usman Khawaja goes back and pulls once again but there is a fielder in the deep now and he gets a single to deep backward square leg.
31.5
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Fires this one quicker and at the off pole. Usman Khawaja is on the back foot and gets his bat down in time to keep the ball out.
31.4
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Flights this one full as well and just outside the off pole. Usman Khawaja blocks this out solidly.
31.3
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Goes full and into the stumps. Usman Khawaja dabs this back towards the bowler.
31.2
4
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, FOUR! Great use of the crease by Usman Khawaja! Ravindra Jadeja bowls this one short and in line with the leg stump. Usman Khawaja goes deep into the crease in a flash and pulls this towards deep square leg for four runs.
31.1
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Ravindra Jadeja floats this full and outside the off stump, Usman Khawaja pushes this towards mid off.
31
over
31 | 1 Runs |
HH: 82/2
30.6
0
Umesh Yadav to Steven Smith, Goes a fraction fuller this time and outside the off pole. Steven Smith dabs this towards cover.
30.5
1
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, Strays onto the pads on a good length. Usman Khawaja flicks this down to fine leg and collects a single.
30.4
0
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, Continues to bowl at the stumps on a good length. Usman Khawaja is well behind the line of the ball as he keeps it out.
30.3
0
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, Delivers this one on a good length and attacks the stumps. Usman Khawaja dabs this back down the pitch.
30.2
0
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, Bowls this one slightly back on a length and in line with the stumps. Usman Khawaja stands tall and tucks this towards the fielder at short mid-wicket.
30.1
0
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, Umesh Yadav bowls this full and onto the pads. Umesh Yadav clips this towards short-mid-wicket.
30
over
30 | 6 Runs |
HH: 81/2
29.6
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Ravindra Jadeja goes full this time and at the stumps. Steven Smith defends this back towards the bowler. 6 runs from the first over after Lunch.
29.5
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Slightly short once again and on an off-stump line. Steven Smith taps this back down the pitch towards the bowler.
29.4
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Bowls this full and outside off. Steven Smith blocks this into the off side on his back foot.
29.3
1
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Bowls this slightly short and in line with the stumps. Usman Khawaja rocks back and pushes this to long on for a single.
29.2
4
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, FOUR! Really poor from Ravichandran Ashwin and Usman Khawaja accepts the gift gleefully! This is short and straying down leg. Usman Khawaja gets down on his knee and sweeps this to fine leg for four runs.
29.1
1
Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Ravindra Jadeja starts off with a full delivery into the stumps. Steven Smith clips this to the right of mid on and takes a run. Australia are off and running after the break.
We are back for the afternoon session as the umpires make their way out to the middle. It will be Steven Smith at the striking end accompanied by a solid-looking Usman Khawaja. For the hosts, it would be Ravindra Jadeja starting off proceedings post-lunch with the ball.
... DAY 1, SESSION 2 ...
Travis Head started off a bit tentatively but the dropped catch when he was on 7 woke him up and he started playing his strokes with much more intent which proved to be fruitful for the Aussies. He however played on shot too many and was eventually dismissed on a score of 32 looking to clear the infield. Marnus Labuschagne chopped one back onto his stumps but Usman Khawaja has looked at ease on this track. The Indian bowlers will have to be patient on this track as the pitch is not helping much so far. Will Australia continue to accumulate runs and build a strong first-inning score? Or will India claim a few more wickets after the break and grab the game by the scruff of the neck? We will find out what unfolds in the afternoon session shortly. Do join us at 12.10 pm IST (6.40 am GMT) for more action.
A shared session as the Aussies had the better start to the game putting on 75 runs on the board so far but India fought back well with a couple of crucial wickets to stake their claim in the game. Steven Smith will be happy with the way the openers started after winning the toss as the openers added 61 runs. Indian bowlers had their radar off to begin proceedings as they were all over the place and could not build any sort of rhythm. Srikar Bharat denied Umesh Yadav a wicket as he dropped an absolute sitter behind the wicket giving Travis Head a lifeline but wickets from Ravichandran Ashwin and Mohammad Shami along with some disciplined bowling in the last half an hour have brought the hosts back into contention.
29
over
29 | 0 Runs |
HH: 75/2
28.6
0
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, Fires this into the pads on a fuller length. Usman Khawaja dabs this towards short mid-wicket. That will be LUNCH on DAY 1!
28.5
0
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, Goes 'round the wicket now and serves this full, at the stumps. Usman Khawaja gets an outside edge towards point.
28.4
0
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, Loopy delivery bowled outside off on a fuller length. Usman Khawaja drives this straight to the cover fielder.
28.3
0
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, Goes wide to bowl this one and serves this full, outside off. Usman Khawaja continues to be watchful.
28.2
0
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, Flights this full and outside off. Usman Khawaja keeps this one out solidly.
28.1
0
Axar Patel to Usman Khawaja, Axar Patel will bowl the last over before Lunch and serves this full, in line with the stumps. Usman Khawaja defends this solidly.
28
over
28 | 0 Runs |
HH: 75/2
27.6
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Changes his mind and goes over the wicket once more. Bowls this full and outside the off stump. Steven Smith goes deep in the crease and blocks the ball out to play out another maiden.
27.5
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Goes 'round the wicket now and bowls this at the stumps on a shortish length. Steven Smith rocks back and tucks this towards mid-wicket.
27.4
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Attacks the stumps on a fuller length. Steven Smith pushes this back down the pitch towards Ravichandran Ashwin.
27.3
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Floated full and outside the off stump. Steven Smith taps this back towards the bowler.
27.2
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Loops this one full and into the stumps. Steven Smith shimmies down the pitch and knocks this back to the bowler.
27.1
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Ravichandran Ashwin floats this one full and outside the off stump from over the wicket. Steven Smith defends this back down the pitch.
27
over
27 | 0 Runs |
HH: 75/2
26.6
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Maiden over from Mohammad Shami! On a good length and on and off-stump line. Usman Khawaja knocks this back towards the bowler.
26.5
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Tightens his line further with two close-in fielders on the leg side. Bowls this on a good length and at the stumps. Usman Khawaja taps this towards short mid-wicket.
26.4
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Continues to bowl full and just outside the off pole. Usman Khawaja dabs this back down the pitch towards the bowler.
26.3
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Goes full this time and angles this into the pads. Usman Khawaja flicks this to the mid-wicket fielder.
26.2
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, On a good length once again and outside the off stump. Usman Khawaja blocks this towards mid off.
26.1
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Mohammad Shami continues to bowl from 'round the wicket to the southpaw. He delivers this on a good length and angles this in from outside off. Usman Khawaja defends this back towards the bowler.
Axar Patel into the attack to bowl the final over before Lunch.
26
over
26 | 2 Runs |
HH: 75/2
25.6
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Loopy delivery bowled full and outside the off stump. Steven Smith gets forward but there is some extra bounce. The ball hits high on his bat and falls into the off side.
25.5
1
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Bowls this one at the stumps on a shortish length. Usman Khawaja rocks back and tucks this to the left of mid-wicket for a run.
25.4
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Tosses this one full and outside the off stump. Usman Khawaja gets a confident stride forward and defends this to the right of the bowler.
25.3
1
Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Flighted delivery bowled full and just outside the off pole. Steven Smith clips this to deep mid-wicket and takes a single.
25.2
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, A touch fuller this time and outside the off stump. Steven Smith pushes this to the left of the bowler.
25.1
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Ravichandran Ashwin bowls this full and in line with the stumps. Steven Smith goes deep in the crease and defends this back down the pitch.
Ravichandran Ashwin will continue.
25
over
25 | 0 Runs |
HH: 73/2
24.6
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Bowls this one on a good length and into the stumps. Usman Khawaja gets behind the line of the ball and defends this towards mid on.
24.5
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Strays onto the legs and bowls it full. Usman Khawaja misses out as he flicks this straight to the fielder at mid-wicket.
24.4
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Continues to bowl full but serves this outside the off stump. Usman Khawaja blocks this solidly to the short cover fielder.
24.3
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Angles this into the pads on a fuller length. Usman Khawaja gets his bat down and clips this towards mid on.
24.2
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Goes full this time and outside off. Usman Khawaja digs this out back towards the bowler.
24.1
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Mohammad Shami bowls this on a good length and outside the off stump from 'round the wicket. Usman Khawaja defends this towards mid off.
24
over
24 | 0 Runs |
HH: 73/2
23.6
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Back to bowling full and outside the off stump. Steven Smith flicks this to the fielder at mid on. Ravichandran Ashwin follows up the wicket over with a maiden.
23.5
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Bowls this slightly short and just outside the off stump. Steven Smith rocks back and dabs this towards mid-wicket.
23.4
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Beaten! Ravichandran Ashwin gets this one to keep it line on a fuller length and outside the off stump. Steven Smith pushes at this and the ball skims past his outside edge.
23.3
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Tosses this one full and outside the off stump. Steven Smith blocks this towards mid off.
23.2
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Goes full once again and in line with the stumps. Steven Smith defends this back to the bowler.
23.1
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, Ravichandran Ashwin floats this one full and outside off. Steven Smith goes hard at the ball and mistimes it to the right of the bowler.
23
over
23 | 1 Runs |
HH: 73/2
22.6
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Attacks the stumps on a fuller length. Usman Khawaja is up to the task and he pushes this towards cover. A wicket and one run from this over and Mohammad Shami all of a sudden has his tail up.
22.5
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Continues to bowl full and angles this in from outside off. Usman Khawaja is solidly behind this one as he defends this towards mid off.
22.4
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Goes 'round the wicket to the left-hander and serves this full, outside off. Usman Khawaja gets a stride forward and blocks this towards point.
22.3
1
Mohammad Shami to Steven Smith, Bowls this one on a good length as well and angles this into the stumps from outside off. Steven Smith gets this towards the square leg off the inside edge of his and opens his account with a single.
Steven Smith replaces Marus in the middle.
22.2
W
Mohammad Shami to Marnus Labuschagne, OUT! CHOPPED ON! What an inspired bowling change this has been from India! Mohammad Shami strikes straight away and gets rid of the dangerous Marnus Labuschagne! This is bowled on a good length and outside the off pole. Marnus Labuschagne looks to play at the ball with no real conviction and ends up getting an inside edge. The ball goes on to shatter the stumps and the Indians look ecstatic. Australia lose their second wicket and India are finding a way to claw themselves back into this game.
22.1
0
Mohammad Shami to Marnus Labuschagne, Mohammad Shami begins this spell with a fullish delivery served just outside the off stump. Marnus Labuschagne blocks this solidly to the left of the bowler.
Mohammad Shami (5-0-13-0) is brought back into the attack.
22
over
22 | 0 Runs |
HH: 72/1
21.6
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Flights this one full and just outside the off pole. Usman Khawaja eases this one towards mid on. Back-to-back maiden overs and India building some pressure here.
21.5
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Fires this one full and at the pads. Usman Khawaja gets his bat down and digs this out towards mid-wicket.
21.4
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Bowls this one slightly short and in line with the stumps. Usman Khawaja goes back and clips this towards square leg.
21.3
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Tosses this full and on an off-stump line. Usman Khawaja gets his front foot forward and defends this into the leg side.
21.2
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Floats this one full as well and outside the leg stump. Usman Khawaja flicks this towards mid-wicket.
21.1
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Ravichandran Ashwin bowls from over the wicket now and serves this full, just outside off. Usman Khawaja defends this back down the pitch towards the bowler.
21
over
21 | 0 Runs |
HH: 72/1
20.6
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Marnus Labuschagne, Goes full once again and into the pads. Marnus Labuschagne clips this to the fielder at mid on. Another maiden over from Ravindra Jadeja.
20.5
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Marnus Labuschagne, Loopy delivery bowled outside the off pole on a fuller length. Marnus Labuschagne pushes this towards cover.
20.4
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Marnus Labuschagne, Angles this into the pads on a fuller length. Marnus Labuschagne defends this to the right of the bowler.
20.3
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Marnus Labuschagne, Flights this full and in line with the stumps. Marnus Labuschagne defends this back towards the bowler.
20.2
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Marnus Labuschagne, Just outside the off pole on a fuller length. Marnus Labuschagne dabs this towards point.
20.1
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Marnus Labuschagne, Ravindra Jadeja tosses this full and into the stumps. Marnus Labuschagne taps this back to the bowler.
20
over
20 | 5 Runs |
HH: 72/1
19.6
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Goes full this time and outside the off pole. Usman Khawaja strokes this straight to the mid off fielder.
19.5
4
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, FOUR! Great use of the wrists from Usman Khawaja! Ravichandran Ashwin strays onto the pads on a shorter length. Usman Khawaja uses the depth of the crease and whips this towards deep square leg for four more runs.
19.4
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Gets this to skid in from outside off on a shorter length. Usman Khawaja blocks this solidly towards mid on.
19.3
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Bowls this slightly short and outside the off stump. Usman Khawaja punches this towards mid off.
19.2
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Floats this one into the stumps on a fuller length. Usman Khawaja defends this back to the bowler on his back foot.
19.1
1
Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Ravichandran Ashwin tosses this full and into the stumps. Marnus Labuschagne clips this to deep square leg and takes an easy single.
19
over
19 | 1 Runs |
HH: 67/1
18.6
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Gets this at the stumps once again on a shortish length. Usman Khawaja flicks this into the leg side and keeps Ravindra Jadeja out.
18.5
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Continues to bowl short and spinning into the stumps. Usman Khawaja tucks this towards mid-wicket.
18.4
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Bowls this slightly short and outside off. Usman Khawaja stays back and dabs this into the off side.
18.3
1
Ravindra Jadeja to Marnus Labuschagne, Loops this one wide outside off on a fuller length. Marnus Labuschagne knocks this to deep cover and takes a single.
18.2
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Marnus Labuschagne, Tosses this one full and outside the off stump. Marnus Labuschagne pushes this to mid off.
18.1
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Marnus Labuschagne, Ravindra Jadeja flights this full and outside off. Marnus Labuschagne blocks this towards cover.
18
over
18 | 4 Runs |
HH: 66/1
17.6
4
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, FOUR! Poor delivery and gets the treatment. Ravichandran Ashwin bowls this short and at the stumps. Usman Khawaja goes on the back foot and pulls this to deep square leg for four runs.
17.5
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, This one stays a touch low on a fuller length and at the stumps. Usman Khawaja gets his bat down in time and keeps the ball out.
17.4
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Flights this one full and bowls this outside off. Usman Khawaja gets tempted into the drive and hits it firmly to the short cover fielder.
17.3
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Attacks the stumps this time on a shortish length. Usman Khawaja uses the crease and defends this to short cover.
17.2
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Bowls this full and wide outside the off stump. Usman Khawaja leaves this one alone.
17.1
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Ravichandran Ashwin fires this on a shorter length and into the pads. Usman Khawaja rocks back and tucks this into the leg side.
17
over
17 | 0 Runs |
HH: 62/1
16.6
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Marnus Labuschagne, Fires this into the pads on a fuller length. Marnus Labuschagne clips this towards mid-wicket. A maiden over from Ravindra Jadeja.
16.5
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Marnus Labuschagne, Bowls this one slightly short and just outside the off stump. Marnus Labuschagne goes deep in the crease and dabs this into the off side.
16.4
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Marnus Labuschagne, Loopy delivery bowled full and on a middle stump line. Marnus Labuschagne defends this solidly back to the bowler.
16.3
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Marnus Labuschagne, Continues to bowl at the stumps on a fuller length. Marnus Labuschagne gets forward to defend and gets an inside edge on his pads.
16.2
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Marnus Labuschagne, Tosses this one full and attacks the stumps. Marnus Labuschagne defends this back to the bowler.
16.1
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Marnus Labuschagne, Ravindra Jadeja floats this one full and in line with the stumps. Marnus Labuschagne pushes forward and gets an inside edge towards backward square leg.
16
over
16 | 1 Runs |
HH: 62/1
15.6
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Gets this one to slide on with the arm on a fuller length and at the stumps. Usman Khawaja goes deep in the crease and blocks this out to the left of the bowler. End of a successful over for India.
15.5
1
Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Strays onto the pads on a fuller length. Marnus Labuschagne clips this to the right of short fine leg and takes a single to get off the mark.
15.4
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Marnus Labuschagne, Tosses this one full and in line with the stumps. Marnus Labuschagne dabs this back down the pitch.
Marnus Labuschagne walks out to bat at no. 3.
15.3
W
Ravichandran Ashwin to Travis Head, OUT! CAUGHT! A wicket against the run of play and it is Ravichandran Ashwin who draws first blood! This is flighted full and on an off-stump line. Travis Head looks to be aggressive and shimmies down the wicket to get to the pitch of the ball. He looks to loft this over the man at mid on but gets the toe end of his bat. The ball lobs up to the left of Ravindra Jadeja who makes no mistake in getting low and grabbing hold of the ball. Australia lose their first wicket after a good opening partnership and Srikar Bharat will breathe a sigh of relief seeing Travis Head back in the shed.
15.2
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Travis Head, Loops this one full and outside the off stump. Travis Head knocks this to short cover.
15.1
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Travis Head, Ravichandran Ashwin floats this one full and outside off. Travis Head hits this hard but is stopped by the short cover fielder.
15
over
15 | 5 Runs |
HH: 61/0
14.6
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Tosses this one full and outside off. Usman Khawaja taps this towards point. 5 runs from Ravindra Jadeja's first over.
14.5
4
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, FOUR! India leaking boundaries here! Ravindra Jadeja bowls this short and in line with the stumps. Usman Khawaja rocks back and pulls this towards deep backward square leg for four runs.
14.4
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Floats this full and outside the off stump, Usman Khawaja blocks this to the right of the bowler.
14.3
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Usman Khawaja, Continues to bowl full and outside leg. Usman Khawaja dabs this towards short leg.
14.2
1
Ravindra Jadeja to Travis Head, Goes fuller this time and on the pads. Travis Head clips this through mid-wicket for a single.
14.1
0
Ravindra Jadeja to Travis Head, Ravindra Jadeja begins with a shortish delivery bowled at the stumps. Travis Head knocks this back to the bowler.
DRINKS! The players will take a refreshment break as the first hour of this final Test match comes to an end. Australia are off to a great start after winning the toss and have all their wickets in hand with Usman Khawaja and Travis Head looking quite comfortable at the wicket. The pace bowlers for India were quite wayward and the one edge Umesh Yadav managed to induce from Travis Head was dropped by Srikar Bharat. The host will need some quick wickets before Lunch to get a foothold in this game as the runs have been flowing quite freely. Ravindra Jadeja into the attack after the break.
14
over
14 | 4 Runs |
HH: 56/0
13.6
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Tossed up around middle, Usman Khawaja defends this to end the over.
13.5
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Short in length around middle, Usman Khawaja tucks this to short mid wicket for no run.
13.4
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Gives it a bit more air and it skids off the surface onto the pads of Khawaja but this was going down leg.
13.3
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Fuller one outside off, Usman Khawaja strides forward and blocks this out.
13.2
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Tossed up around off, Usman Khawaja defends this off the front foot.
13.1
4
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, FOUR! India is under a bit of pressure here. Short in length around pads, Usman Khawaja flicks this off the back foot for a boundary towards fine leg.
13
over
13 | 12 Runs |
HH: 52/0
12.6
4
Umesh Yadav to Travis Head, FOUR! The third boundary of the over and Head is racing away here. On a length toward pads, Travis Head glances this in between mid on and mid-wicket for a boundary.
12.5
0
Umesh Yadav to Travis Head, On a length outside off, Travis Head slogs but misses out.
12.4
4
Umesh Yadav to Travis Head, FOUR! He is imposing himself on the hosts here. On a length drifting down leg, Travis Head tucks this to fine leg for a boundary.
12.3
0
Umesh Yadav to Travis Head, On a length around pads, Travis Head pushes this to the on side for no run.
12.2
4
Umesh Yadav to Travis Head, FOUR! Just outstanding hitting from the bat of Head. Short and close to off, Travis Head leans back and cuts this wide of Axar at point for a boundary.
12.1
0
Umesh Yadav to Travis Head, Fuller around off, Travis Head pushes this to mid on for no run.
12
over
12 | 2 Runs |
HH: 40/0
11.6
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Fuller one around off, Usman Khawaja pushes this to mid on for no run.
11.5
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Short in length around off, Usman Khawaja pushes this to mid off.
11.4
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Fuller around middle, Usman Khawaja pushes this to the on side.
11.3
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Length dragged back a bit, Usman Khawaja tucks this just in front of short leg.
11.2
2
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, 2Tossed up around pads, Usman Khawaja tucks this wide of square leg for a couple of runs.
11.1
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Fuller one around middle, Usman Khawaja defends this.
11
over
11 | 8 Runs |
HH: 38/0
10.6
4
Umesh Yadav to Travis Head, FOUR! Glorious stroke and Head is up and running in this game now. Fuller outside off Travis Head drives this flawlessly through the cover region for yet another boundary.
10.5
0
Umesh Yadav to Travis Head, Head is opening up here. Short and wide outside off, Travis Head cuts this on a bounce to point.
10.4
0
Umesh Yadav to Travis Head, On a length outside off, Travis Head cuts this to Axar Patel at point.
10.3
4
Umesh Yadav to Travis Head, FOUR! Head is growing in confidence and this stroke proves that. Fuller one around off, Travis Head hits this through the line with extension of arms straight down the ground for a boundary.
10.2
0
Umesh Yadav to Travis Head, Back of a length on top of off, Travis Head defends this off the front foot.
10.1
0
Umesh Yadav to Travis Head, On a length just outside off, Travis Head punches this solidly to short cover.
10
over
10 | 0 Runs |
HH: 30/0
9.6
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Fuller one on middle, Usman Khawaja strides forward and blocks this out.
9.5
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Tossed up around pads, Usman Khawaja jumps down the track and pushes this to mid on.
9.4
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Tossed up around off, Usman Khawaja defends this off the front foot.
9.3
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Gives it a bit more air, and beats Khawaja here as the ball has hit his pads. Loud appeal by India but the umpire turns this down.
9.2
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Arm delivery flatter in trajectory and in middle, Usman Khawaja defends this out.
9.1
0
Ravichandran Ashwin to Usman Khawaja, Tossed up outside off, Usman Khawaja pushes this to cover point.
Spin for the first time as Ravichandran Ashwin comes into the attack.
9
over
9 | 4 Runs |
HH: 30/0
8.6
4
Mohammad Shami to Travis Head, FOUR! Sloppy work in the field by Umesh as he misfields one for a boundary. Fuller and on off, Travis Head gently goes of an on-drive straight to Umesh at mid on but he spills this and the ball has raced away for a boundary.
8.5
0
Mohammad Shami to Travis Head, Back of a length on top of off, Travis Head cuts this to point.
8.4
0
Mohammad Shami to Travis Head, Fuller one and on off, Travis Head punches this to mid off.
8.3
0
Mohammad Shami to Travis Head, On a length outside off, Travis Head goes for an expensive drive but misses out.
8.2
0
Mohammad Shami to Travis Head, Fuller around off, Travis Head pushes this to the off side for no run.
8.1
0
Mohammad Shami to Travis Head, Fuller one outside off, Travis Head drives this to short cover.
8
over
8 | 2 Runs |
HH: 26/0
7.6
0
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, Touch fuller keeping a tad low on off, Usman Khawaja does well to get some bat on this as it crawls towards third slip.
7.5
0
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, Fuller and on middle, Usman Khawaja defends this back to the bowler.
7.4
0
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, Touch fuller outside off, Usman Khawaja leaves this for the keeper to collect.
7.3
2
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, Full and wide of off, Usman Khawaja drives this through the cover region for a couple of runs.
7.2
0
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, On a length around off, Usman Khawaja defends this to the on side.
7.1
0
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, Fuller outside off, Usman Khawaja edges this on a couple of bounces toward gully.
7
over
7 | 1 Runs |
HH: 24/0
6.6
0
Mohammad Shami to Travis Head, Solidly defended off the front foot. On a length towards middle, Head defends this to short cover.
6.5
0
Mohammad Shami to Travis Head, Fuller one swing in towards the batter, Travis Head punches this for no run.
6.4
0
Mohammad Shami to Travis Head, Back of a length around off, Travis Head punches this to short cover.
6.3
1
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Fuller outside off, Usman Khawaja walks to the pitch of it and pushes this gently wide of Rohit at short cover for a single.
6.2
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, On a length around off, Usman Khawaja defends this back to the bowler.
6.1
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Fuller one outside off, Usman Khawaja stretches to poke but gets beaten.
6
over
6 | 6 Runs |
HH: 23/0
5.6
0
Umesh Yadav to Travis Head, Dot to end the over as Head leaves this length delivery.
5.5
0
Umesh Yadav to Travis Head, OH NO! Edged and dropped. It is as easy as you could get as a keeper. On a length outside off, Travis Head tentatively pokes at this but gets an outside edge straight towards the keeper and Srikar Bharat drops a routine catch.
5.4
0
Umesh Yadav to Travis Head, Short and wide outside off, Travis Head cuts this to point on a bounce.
5.3
4
Umesh Yadav to Travis Head, FOUR! Tucked it away nicely using the pace on offer. On a length angled at the pads, Travis Head stands tall and tucks this for a boundary toward deep mid wicket.
5.2
0
Umesh Yadav to Travis Head, Fuller and on off, Travis Head blocks this out.
5.1
2
Umesh Yadav to Travis Head, Fuller outside off, Travis Head drives hard at this and Rohit Sharma gets a good hand to it at short cover as he saves a boundary for his team. A couple of runs taken here.
5
over
5 | 2 Runs |
HH: 17/0
4.6
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Fuller around middle, Usman Khawaja blocks this out.
4.5
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Fuller outside off, Usman Khawaja shuffles and leaves this.
4.5
1
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, On a length just outside off, Usman Khawaja strides out and blocks this towards short cover. Mohammad Shami has overstepped here.
4.4
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, On a length around off, Usman Khawaja defends this off the front foot.
4.3
1
Mohammad Shami to Travis Head, Fuller one around off, Travis Head pushes this to short cover. Rohit does well to deflect this with a diving effort to mid off. Single taken.
4.2
0
Mohammad Shami to Travis Head, On a length around middle, Travis Head pushes this to short mid wicket for no run.
4.1
0
Mohammad Shami to Travis Head, On a length outside off, Travis Head looks to cut but gets beaten and Srikar Bharat collects this well diving to his left.
4
over
4 | 0 Runs |
HH: 15/0
3.6
0
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, Fuller around off, Usman Khawaja pushes this to short mid wicket for no run. Yet another maiden over bowled by Umesh Yadav.
3.5
0
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, Fuller one in middle, Usman Khawaja defends this solidly.
3.4
0
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, On a length and on off, Usman Khawaja blocks this out.
3.3
0
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, Back of a length but outside off, Usman Khawaja decides not to poke at this.
3.2
0
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, On a length and on off, Usman Khawaja defends this back to the bowler.
3.1
0
Umesh Yadav to Usman Khawaja, Fuller one outside off, Usman Khawaja lets this go for the keeper to collect.
3
over
3 | 5 Runs |
HH: 15/0
2.6
4
Mohammad Shami to Travis Head, FOUR BYES! More runs in that extras column. Fuller one swinging in towards the batter, Head looks to drive but gets beaten by the low bounce and late swing on this. The ball bounces awkwardly in front of Srikar Bharat and races away to a boundary for four more byes.
2.5
1
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Fuller one towards his pads, Usman Khawaja flicks this to fine leg for a single.
2.4
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, The length is right but the line is a bit too wide as he darts one outside off, Khawaja leaves this with ease.
2.3
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Length dragged back a bit just outside off, Usman Khawaja pushes this to cover point for nothing.
2.2
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Fuller one outside off, teasing Usman to drive but he stays calm and leaves this one.
2.1
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Better start to this over. On a length outside off, Usman Khawaja lets this go.
2
over
2 | 0 Runs |
HH: 10/0
1.6
0
Umesh Yadav to Travis Head, On a length just wide of pads, Travis Head looks to flick but fails to connect. Umesh Yadav begins with a maiden over.
1.5
0
Umesh Yadav to Travis Head, Fuller and outside off, Travis Head looks to cut but the low bounce beats him and the keeper collects this.
1.4
0
Umesh Yadav to Travis Head, On a length outside off, Travis Head defends this out.
1.3
0
Umesh Yadav to Travis Head, Fuller and on off, Travis Head blocks this out with a front foot defensive stroke.
1.2
0
Umesh Yadav to Travis Head, Fuller around off, Travis Head guides this to point.
1.1
0
Umesh Yadav to Travis Head, Umesh Yadav begins with a good-length delivery but delivers this outside leg, Head leaves this on alone.
It will be pace from both sides as Umesh Yadav will share the attack and bowl from the other end.
1
over
1 | 10 Runs |
HH: 10/0
0.6
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Fuller delivery around off, Usman Khawaja pushes this to mid off for no run to end an eventful first over with 10 runs coming off it.
0.5
4
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, FOUR! Edged and gone for four through the slips cordon. Touch fuller around off, Usman Khawaja edges this with soft hands and it flies away for a boundary towards third man through slips.
0.4
0
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, Fuller one outside off, Usman Khawaja leaves this for the keeper.
0.3
4
Mohammad Shami to Usman Khawaja, FOUR BYES! This ball is moving like a pendulum right now. On a length outside off, Khwaja leaves this and the shape away on this takes it in between the first and second slip for a boundary. Byes signaled.
0.2
1
Mohammad Shami to Travis Head, On a length shaping towards the batter, drifting down leg, Travis Head deflects this off his pads for a single. Leg byes signaled.
0.1
0
Mohammad Shami to Travis Head, On a length outside off, Travis Head decides to leave this for the keeper to collect.
0.1
1
Mohammad Shami to Travis Head, WIDE! Shami starts off with a wayward delivery. This is bowled slightly back of a length, way outside the off stump and it shapes further away beyond the pitch line. The umpire indicates that it is wide.
We are done with the pre-match formalities and all set for the game to begin. The umpires make their way out to the center as the Indian players form a huddle near the boundary line and get some final instructions from their captain before dispersing to their respective fielding positions. Usman Khawaja and Travis Head will open the innings for Australia and will want to get off to a good start after winning the toss. Mohammad Shami has been handed the new ball and will begin proceedings. Let's play...
We are moments away from the start of the game but first, the two sets of players will line up on the field. The prime ministers will be escorted by their respective captains as they introduce their teams to their leaders. It is now time for the national anthems and it will be Australia's national anthem first followed by the national anthem of India.
Rohit Sharma the skipper of India says that they would have batted first as well but they know what they have to do now and they need to do it well. Informs they have one change with Mohammad Shami coming into the side in place of Mohammed Siraj. He adds that it is always good to have time off and it allows them an opportunity to reflect on their performance and hopefully they can get what they want in this game. Regarding the pitch, he says that the surface looks good and they are not sure when it will begin to spin but they are hoping it stays true for all five days.
Steven Smith the captain of Australia says they will be batting first and informs that there are no changes. He adds that the surface looks really good but it will be hard to say till they come out to play. Mentions that the spinners have performed well so far and they will have some help from the wicket as the game goes on. Reckons that the next series in India will be four years away which is a long time away and he would have to wait and see if he returns.
India (Playing XI) - Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, Shreyas Iyer, Srikar Bharat (WK), Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Mohammad Shami (In place of Mohammed Siraj).
Australia (Unchanged Playing XI) - Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith (C), Peter Handscomb, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (WK), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy, Matthew Kuhnemann.
TOSS - The captains are out in the middle. The coin is flipped into the air and lands in favor of Australia. They have elected to BAT first.
Some pre-match celebrations are underway with the prime ministers of the two nations present on the ground and are being entertained with some musical performances. The Australian prime minister is hosted by his Indian counterpart and they take a lap of honor around the ground waving out to the crowd that is present for this epic battle. We are moments away from the toss though...
Australia will be delighted by the way the team performed the last time around as they managed to outclass the hosts and pick up a vital win despite clamors of a 4-0 series whitewash loud and clear after the first two games. The captaincy of Steven Smith was spot on as he nailed every decision and impressed all with his bowling changes and tactics. They will eagerly look forward to putting in a significant performance in this match as well with their spinners in a great rhythm and the batters finally able to cope with the conditions on offer. Will they be able to claim yet another win and seal the series? Or will India come roaring back to set up a rematch at The Oval for the World Test Championship title? We will find out over the next few days. Stay tuned for the toss and team updates.
India are coming into this game on the back with a disappointing defeat in the last match where they were outplayed by the Aussies in all three departments. The host’s top-order woes continued as they collapsed in both innings without any significant contribution coming from the batters and were well behind the eight-ball right throughout the game. On the bright side, there has been ample contribution from the tail which has wagged throughout the series and has bailed the team out of tricky situations on several occasions. The Indians may look to make some changes to their batting order for this crucial game and they will hope that the lack of wickets in the fourth inning of the previous match from their world-class spinners is just a minor blip in proceedings.
Hello, and a warm welcome, ladies and gentlemen to our coverage of the fourth and final Test in the Border Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia from the Shri Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The visitors have sealed a spot in the final of the ICC World Test Championship with a win in the last game and with 148 points at 68.52 PCT (%), they will clinch the top spot on the table even if they are to lose this game. India has to win this game to book their place in the finale without depending on results elsewhere. Let us see who stands tall in this fiercely contested battle between two of the cricketing giants.
... MATCH DAY ...
India
Rohit Sharma
CAP/Bat/Bow
Shubman Gill
Bat/Bow
Cheteshwar Pujara
Bat/Bow
Virat Kohli
Bat/Bow
Ravindra Jadeja
Bat/Bow
Shreyas Iyer
Bat/Bow
Srikar Bharat
KEEPER/Bat/Bow
Axar Patel
Bat/Bow
Ravichandran Ashwin
Bat/Bow
Umesh Yadav
Bat/Bow
Mohammad Shami
Bat/Bow
Australia
Travis Head
Bat/Bow
Usman Khawaja
Bat/Bow
Marnus Labuschagne
Bat/Bow
Steven Smith
CAP/Bat/Bow
Peter Handscomb
Bat/Bow
Cameron Green
Bat/Bow
Alex Carey
KEEPER/Bat/Bow
Mitchell Starc
Bat/Bow
Nathan Lyon
Bat/Bow
Todd Murphy
Bat/Bow
Matthew Kuhnemann
Bat/Bow