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Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne held their nerve on a viciously turning Indore pitch on Friday to guide Australia to a nine-wicket victory and only their second Test win in India since 2004.
With Australia needing just 76 on the third day of the third Test against India in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, the hosts needed and early breakthrough. Veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin provided just that on the second ball of the day as he got Usman Khawaja. Ashwin bowled a fuller delivery close to the off stump. Khawaja, who came forward to defend, got a faint outside edge. The Indians appealed in unison and the umpire gave out. Though Khawaja went for the review the decision was unchanged as there was a spike on UltraEdge.
Former Pakistan cricket team spinner Danish Kaneria was extremely critical of Indian batters as the hosts were bundled out for 109 in the first innings of the third Test match against Australia. The Indore pitch provided a lot of support to the spin duo of Nathan Lyon and Matthew Kuhnemann who ended up taking the lion share of wickets. On the other hand, just Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill could breach the 20-run mark for India. Kaneria said that the performance by the batters was extremely disappointing and pointed out that Rishabh Pant would have dealt with the two spinners more effectively.
Nathan Lyon took eight wickets on Thursday to give Australia a glimmer of hope of beating India in the third Test - provided they can avoid another calamitous batting collapse.
India captain Rohit Sharma's decision to bat against Australia in the ongoing third Test in Indore didn't go as planned as the hosts were bowled out for a paltry total of 109 in the first innings. Left-arm spinner Matthew Kuhnemann was the pick of the bowlers for Australia as the 26-year-old bagged his maiden Test five-for. However, former Australia captain Ian Chappell criticised the Indian batters, particularly Cheteshwar Pujara and Shreyas Iyer, for "Australian-type batting" on the opening day in Indore.
Left-arm spinner Matthew Kuhnemann was the star of the show as Australia rolled over India for a paltry total of 109 on Day 1 of the ongoing first Test in Indore. The Queenslander bagged his maiden five-wicket haul as Australia managed to take a 47-run lead on the opening day at the Holkar Stadium. The 26-year-old later revealed that he had closely observed how Jadeja approaches his bowling on rank turners, which massively helped his case on Day 1 in Indore.
IND vs AUS, 3rd Test Day 2, Live Updates: Australia will resume at the score of 156 for 4 on Day 2 of the ongoing third Test against India with Peter Handscomb (7 not out) and Cameron Green (6 not out) standing unbeaten at the crease. At Stumps, the visitors led 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.
The Indore pitch turned out to be extremely helpful for spinners as the Australian spinners bundled out India for just 109 on Day 1 of the third Test encounter on Wednesday. Both India openers – Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill – were bamboozled by the extra spin that the Australian bowlers enjoyed but the dismissal of Cheteshwar Pujara left everyone visibly stunned. In the ninth over of the match, Nathan Lyon pitched the ball short outside off stump and Pujara was quickly on his back foot to cut it through the point region. However, the ball turned massively and crashed into the stumps as Pujara was left completely stranded by his stance. The shock was visible on Pujara's face as he made his way back to the pavilion and even skipper Rohit was visibly stunned.