IND vs AUS, 3rd Test Day 1 Highlights: Australia ended Day 1 of the third Test against India at 156/4 with Peter Handscomb (7*) and Cameron Green (6*) standing unbeaten at the crease. At Stumps, the visitors lead India by 47 runs. For India, Ravindra Jadeja removed Steve Smith, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, and Travis Head. Earlier, Matthew Kuhnemann registered his maiden five-wicket haul in Test cricket as Australia bundled out India for 109 runs. Virat Kohli (22 runs) was the top scorer for the hosts. India skipper Rohit Sharma had won the toss and opted to bat first in the game. In the absence of regular skipper Pat Cummins, Australia are being led by Steve Smith.
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Srikar Bharat(w), Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj
Australia (Playing XI): Usman Khawaja, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith(c), Peter Handscomb, Cameron Green, Alex Carey(w), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy, Matthew Kuhnemann
Here are the Highlights of Day 1 of the 3rd Test between India and Australia from the Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore
- 16:41 (IST)IND vs AUS, 3rd Test Live: StumpsAustralia finish Day 1 at 156/4 with Peter Handscomb (7*) and Cameroon Green (6*) standing unbeaten at the crease. The visitors have taken a lead by 47 runs. For India, Ravindra Jadeja was pick among the bowlers as he scalped four wickets and leaked 40 runs.
- 16:19 (IST)IND vs AUS, 3rd Test Live: Back-to-back foursSteve Smith hits two back-to-back boundaries off Axar Patel's delivery. The first one comes after Smith makes a good use of the short delivery and smashes it towards the mid-wicket for a four. The second one comes after he tries to go for a drive but the ball hits the thick-edge.
- 16:13 (IST)IND vs AUS, 3rd Test Live: India lose all three reviewsAfter losing out on their first two DRS reviews, Team India has now lost their third and final review after another failed appeal. This time, skipper Rohit Sharma took a chance after Ravindra Jadeja struck Steve Smith on the pads but the DRS showed that the ball was pitching outside and hence India lost the review.
- 16:01 (IST)IND vs AUS, 3rd Test Live: OUTOUT!!! Ravindra Jadeja strikes again as he removes the dangerous man Usman Khawaja for 60. Khawaja plays a sweep shot but Shubman Gill takes a brilliant catch at the boundary line as Australia lose their third wicket. Big breakthrough for India as the hosts now eye a comeback.
- 14:49 (IST)IND vs AUS, 3rd Test Live: Khawaja solid for AustraliaUsman Khawaja is standing unbeaten at 45 with Marnus Labuschagne standing at the other end on 21. Ravindra Jadeja concedes only four runs in his previous over as Indian try to control the flow of runs. The visitors are still trailing by 21 runs.
- 14:20 (IST)IND vs AUS, 3rd Test Live: Tea on Day 1!Australia are bossing this game at the moment. They first bundled out India for a paltry total of 109 and then posted 71 for 1 against India in reply by Tea. They need 39 runs more to take a lead. Ravindra Jadeja provided India the first breakthrough but no-balls and demand for poor reviews from the player hurt India badly in the second session.
- 13:48 (IST)IND vs AUS, 3rd Test Live: Khawaja, Labuschange keep Australia goingBoth Usman Khawaja and Marnus Labuschange have showed great fighting spirit so far. Despite several close calls, the duo have survived to add 36 runs for the second wicket. Considering the surface, this is turning out to be a superb partnership.
- 13:35 (IST)IND vs AUS, 3rd Test Live: India lose second review!Another poor review from India and Ravindra Jadeja is the culprit again! His delivery hit the back pad of Usman Khawaja and umpire was unmoved with the appeal. Jadeja convinced Rohit once again and the ball tracker suggested that it would have missed the leg stump by a fair margin.
- 13:27 (IST)IND vs AUS, 3rd Test Live: India lose a review!A desperate review from India sees them lose one. A Ravindra Jadeja delivery hit the pad of Usman Khawaja. Umpire gave it not out, but Jadeja convinced skipper Rohit Sharma to go upstairs. Replays revealed that the ball was pitched outside leg stump.
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- 12:23 (IST)IND vs AUS, 3rd Test Live: WICKET!Ashwin is out! Australian spinners continue to dominate India. Matthew Kuhnemann has got the wicket of R Ashwin. It was just another good review from Australia. Umpire was unconvinced with the appeal, but replays and snickometer revealed that Ashwin was caught behind.
- 11:40 (IST)IND vs AUS, 3rd Test Live: Lunch on Day 1!That's a dream start for Australia in the third Test. The pitch has offered great help to spinners and Nathan Lyon and Matthew Kuhnemann have used it to their advantage beautifully by picking three wickets apiece. Todd Murphy got the big man Virat Kohli.
- 11:27 (IST)IND vs AUS, 3rd Test Live: WICKET!India are seven down! KS Bharat has been dismissed as LBW by Nathan Lyon. Umpire was unconvinced with the appeal, so Australia decided to go upstairs. It turned out to be a really good decision and the side was awarded the wicket of set batter Bharat.
- 11:11 (IST)IND vs AUS, 3rd Test Live: WICKET! Kohli is out!This is a big-big wicket for Australia! Todd Murphy has got the better of Virat Kohli. The right-handed batter was looking well set at the crease, but he will now have to depart for a score of 22. Australia are back in control of the game.
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