Travis Head eases Australia to rare Test win in India
Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne held their nerve on a viciously turning Indore pitch to guide Australia to a nine-wicket victory Friday and only their second Test win in India since 2004.
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Virat Kohli Fails To Score Big Again; Ravi Shastri And Sunil Gavaskar Give Blunt Takes
On a tricky pitch in the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia, Indian batters struggled in both the innings in Indore. Australia need just 76 runs in the second innings to win the match. On Day 2 of the match, India were all out for 163 in the second innings with Cheteshwar Pujara top-scoring with a fighting 59. A lot was expected from Virat Kohli too, who batted with grit in the first innings on a rank turner. He started on a strong footing, looking every bit ready to take India ahead.
India vs Australia - Watch: Marnus Labuschagne Irritates Ravichandran Ashwin With Mind Games. India Spin Great Does This
Australia, without any hiccup, chased down a measly 76-run target to win the third test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against in Indore on Friday. Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne held their nerve on a viciously turning Indore pitch to guide Australia to a nine-wicket victory Friday and only their second Test win in India since 2004. After Australia were thrashed in the first two Tests inside three days, the series now stands at 2-1 to the hosts with one match remaining.
Head, Labuschagne stay calm to steer Australia to Test victory over India
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.
Watch: Ravichandran Ashwin's Terrific Ball Bamboozles Usman Khawaja, With Assist From KS Bharat In Third Test
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.
"Indian Batters Have been Disappointing": Ex-Pakistan Star Delivers Brutal Judgement
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.
Australia chase 76 to beat India after Lyon 8-for
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.
Cheteshwar Pujara 'Jumpy', Shreyas Iyer 'Panicker': Australia Great's Brutal Take
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.