Indore: Indian batters' longstanding struggles against spin were thoroughly exposed before Australia applied themselves on a rank turner to take control of the third Test on a frantic opening day of the match here on Wednesday. Left-arm spinner Matthew Kuhnemman (5/16) picked up his maiden five-wicket haul as Australia skittled India out for a paltry 109 shortly after lunch on day one. Virat Kohli top-scored for India with 22 off 52 balls.
Trailing 0-2 in the series, Australia came out with a strong resolve and purpose to end the day at 156 for four, taking a 47-run lead. Ravindra Jadeja (4/63) took all four wickets for India including that of stand-in captain Steve Smith (26 off 38) before close of play. Usman Khawaja (60 off 147) was the standout performer for Australia as he tackled the skill-full Jadeja and R Ashwin with a straight bat and soft hands.
Marnus Labuschagne (31 off 91 balls), who was bowled off a no ball early in his innings, rode on his luck to share a 96-run stand with Khawaja, the highest partnership of the series for the visitors. Though the usually accurate Indian spinners were not relentless with their lines and lengths, Khawaja and Labuschagne rectified the "sweeping" mistakes they made in Delhi by playing straight and trusting their defense.
When India were batting, the pitch seemed unplayable but Khawaja and Co. showed the way to the home team. Khawaja's gritty knock also had a couple of drives on the off-side. He was also not shy of playing the reverse sweep but mostly played straight.
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The southpaw hardly put a foot wrong in his crafty knock but when he did, he had to pay for it. In the 43rd over of the innings, Khawaja went for the sweep from around the off-stump off Jadeja and ended up giving a catch at deep midwicket.
Like Nagpur and Delhi, the game is set for another three-day finish and a 100-run lead on this surface will be worth gold. India were also guilty of bowling four no-balls. Earlier, having lost seven of the batters by the end of the opening session, India could add only 25 more runs to their total with Kuhnemann ending with career-best figures in first-class cricket.
If it wasn't for Umesh Yadav's 17 off 13 balls, India would have struggled to get past the 100-run mark. The only wicket that came India's way in the afternoon session was of Travis Head (9), who missed a straight ball from Jadeja to be adjudged lbw.
It was a sign of desperation that India exhausted two of their three views in the first 10 overs. Labuschagne got a second life when India did not review a lbw call off Ashwin. The great Matthew Hayden on air called the the black soil surface at the Holkar Stadium a day-three pitch and it sure behaved like one.
Three India batters including skipper Rohit Sharma (12), Jadeja (4) and Shreyas Iyer (0) perished while trying to attack. Kohli looked assured in the middle before being trapped lbw by Todd Murphy towards the end of the session. Winning the toss for the first time in the series, India expectedly decided to bat first. Shubman Gill replaced an out-of-form K L Rahul in the playing eleven while Umesh Yadav was brought in for the rested Mohammad Shami.
Having regained match fitness, both Mitchell Starc and Cameron Green made Australia's playing eleven. Starc's first over to Rohit was among the highlights of the morning session. Before the spinners ran through the Indian batting, Starc got the ball to swing giving the India skipper a tough time.
Rohit got a faint outside edge on the very first ball he faced but Australia did not take a review. Three balls later, Starc got the ball to swing back in and it flicked Rohit's pads. Ball tracking showed the ball would have hit the off stump but Australia did not take the review.
Spin was introduced in the sixth over and Kuhnemman got the ball to turn sharply. In the last ball of the over, Rohit stepped out to play across the line and got beaten in the flight and Alex Carey made a clean stumping. Kuhnemann had Gill caught at first slip with the opener getting a thick outside edge while offering a forward defence.
Cheteshwar Pujara's stay lasted only four balls as Lyon got one to turn massively from wide off stump that crashed into the middle stump. The ball kept a tad low as well and Pujara was found wanting on the back foot. When Shreyas Iyer played an attempted cut on to his stumps, India had lost half their side. (PTI)
Brief Scores:
India 1st Innings: 109 all out in 33.2 overs (Virat Kohli 22; Matthew Kuhnemann 5/16, Nathan Lyon 3/35).
Australia 1st Innings: 156 for 4 in 54 overs (Usman Khawaja 60, Marnus Labuschagne 31; Ravindra Jadeja 4/63).
Travis Head lbw b Ravindra Jadeja 9
Usman Khawaja c Shubman Gill b Ravindra Jadeja 60
Marnus Labuschagne b Ravindra Jadeja 31
Steven Smith c Srikar Bharat b Ravindra Jadeja 26
Peter Handscomb not out 7
Cameron Green not out 6
Extras: (B-9, LB-4, NB-4) 17
Total: (4 wkts, 54 Overs) 156
Fall of Wickets: 12-1, 108-2, 125-3, 146-4.
Bowler: Ravichandran Ashwin 16-2-40-0, Ravindra Jadeja 24-6-63-4, Axar Patel 9-0-29-0, Umesh Yadav 2-0-4-0, Mohammed Siraj 3-0-7-0.
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Here's Australia's innings details until Tea:
Indore: Exploiting the favourable conditions, left-arm spinner Matthew Kuhnemman picked up his maiden five-wicket haul as Australia skittled India out for a paltry 109 on day one of the third Test here on Wednesday. India's aggressive approach on a track offering vicious turn backfired as they capitulated in just 33.2 overs after opting to bat.
Like the last two Tests, the pitch was expected to offer plenty of turn but the ball turning square in the first hour of play and the odd one keeping low came as a slight surprise. Virat Kohli top scored for India with 22 off 52 balls while opener Shubhman Gill, who replaced struggling KL Rahul, contributed 21.
Having lost seven of the batters by the end of the opening session, India could add only 25 more runs to their total with Kuhnemann (5/16), playing only his second Test, ending with career-best figures in first-class cricket. If it wasn't for Umesh Yadav's 17 off 13 balls, India would have struggled to get past the 100-run mark. He used the slog sweep effectively to end with a couple of sixes and four.
Kuhnemman completed a memorable five-wicket haul by trapping Umesh in front of the stumps. Mohammad Siraj's run out following a mix up with Axar Patel brought an end to the innings. Usman Khawaja (33 batting off 77) and Marnus Labuschagne (16 batting off 51), who was out off a no-ball, batted well on a rank turner to take Australia to 71 for one in 22 overs at tea on day one.
Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja were expected to make deeper inroads into Australian batter than what they managed. The only wicket that came India's way was of Travis Head (9), who missed a straight ball from Jadeja to be adjudged lbw.
Jadeja forced Labuschagne to play on to his stumps but he was guilty of bowling a no ball for the third time in the series. Unlike the last game, Australia were able to apply themselves in testing conditions. Both Khawaja and Labuschagne trusted their defence to counter the spinners. Ashwin bowled a tad too full in his nine-over spell.
It was a sign of desperation that India exhausted two of their three views in the first 10 overs. Labuschagne got a second life when India did not review a lbw call off Ashwin. Earlier, Matthew Hayden on air called the the black soil surface at the Holkar Stadium a day-three pitch and it sure behaved like one.
Three batters including skipper Rohit Sharma (12), Jadeja (4) and Shreyas Iyer (0) perished while trying to attack. Kohli looked assured in the middle before being trapped lbw by Todd Murphy towards the end of the session. Winning the toss for the first time in the series, India expectedly decided to bat first. Shubman Gill replaced an out-of-form K L Rahul in the playing eleven while Umesh Yadav was brought in for the rested Mohammad Shami.
Having regained match fitness, both Mitchell Starc and Cameron Green made Australia's playing eleven. Starc's first over to Rohit was among the highlights of the morning session. Before the spinners ran through the Indian batting, Starc got the ball to swing giving the India skipper a tough time.
Rohit got a faint outside edge on the very first ball he faced but Australia did not take a review. Three balls later, Starc got the ball to swing back in and it flicked Rohit's pads. Ball tracking showed the ball would have hit the off stump but Australia decided against taking DRS again.
Gill faced Green from the other end and began his innings with an elegant cover drive. Spin was introduced in the sixth over and Kuhnemman got the ball to turn sharply. In the last ball of the over, Rohit stepped out to play across the line and got beaten in the flight and Alex Carey made a clean stumping.
Kuhnemann had Gill caught at first slip with the opener getting a thick outside edge while offering a forward defence. Cheteshwar Pujara's stay lasted only four balls as Lyon got one to turn massively from wide off stump that crashed into the middle stump. The ball kept a tad low as well and Pujara was found wanting on the back foot.
Jadeja's fall made it 44 for four. After surviving a close DRS call, the southpaw went for the attack against Lyon and was caught at short extra cover. Kuhnemann got this third wicket of the morning when Iyer played an attempted cut on to his stumps and within first hour of play, India had lost half their side.
Kohli and K S Bharat shared 26 runs for the sixth wicket before departing towards the end of the session. Kohli was adjudged leg before off Murphy while trying to flick one that pitched on the off-stump and turned to hit the middle.
Bharat, who slog swept Murphy for a six, was out lbw to Lyon while offering a long defensive stride. (PTI)
Brief Scores:
India 1st Innings: 109 all out in 33.2 overs (Virat Kohli 22; Matthew Kuhnemann 5/16, Nathan Lyon 3/35).
Australia 1st Innings: 71 for 1 in 22 overs (Usman Khawaja 33 batting, Marnus Labuschagne 16 batting; Ravindra Jadeja 1/28).
Scoreboard 3rd Test: India vs Australia, Tea Day 1
India 1st Innings:
Rohit Sharma st Carey b Kuhnemann 12
Shubman Gill c Smith b Kuhnemann 21
Cheteshwar Pujara b Lyon 1
Virat Kohli lbw b Murphy 22
Ravindra Jadeja c Kuhnemann b Lyon 4
Shreyas Iyer b Kuhnemann 0
Srikar Bharat lbw b Lyon 17
Axar Patel not out
Ravichandran Ashwin c Carey b Kuhnemann 3
Umesh Yadav lbw b Kuhnemann 17
Mohammed Siraj run out (Head/Lyon) 0
Extras: 0
Total: (All out in 33.2 overs) 109
Fall of wickets: 1-27, 2-34, 3-36, 4-44, 5-45, 6-70, 7-82, 8-88, 9-108, 10-109
Bowling" Mitchell Starc 5-0-21-0, Cameron Green 2-0 -14-0, Matthew Kuhneman 9-2-16 -5, Nathan Lyon 11.2-2-35-3, Todd Murphy 6-1-23-1.
Australia 1st Innings:
Travis Head lbw b Jadeja 9
Usman Khawaja not out 33
Marnus Labuschagne not out 16
Extras: (B-8, LB-3, NB-2) 13
Total: (For 1 wicket in 22 overs) 71
Fall of wickets: 1-12
Bowling: Ravichandran Ashwin 9-1-19-0, Ravindra Jadeja 8-0-28-1, Axar Patel 4-0-12-0, Umesh Yadav 1-0-1-0.
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- After the dismissal of Travis Head at the score of 9 runs by Ravindra Jadeja, Marnus Labuschagne and Usman Khawaja have played well and kept Australia in contention.
- R Ashwin is gone after inducing an outside edge to M Kuhnemann.
Indian innings until lunch, detailed report:
Indore: India's aggressive approach on a track offering vicious turn backfired as Australia reduced the hosts to 84 for seven after a rather eventful opening session of the third Test here on Wednesday. Like the last two Tests, the pitch was expected to offer plenty of turn but the ball turning square in the first hour of play and the odd one keeping low came as a slight surprise.
Matthew Hayden on air called the the black soil surface at the Holkar Stadium a day-three pitch and it sure behaved like one. Three batters including skipper Rohit Sharma (12), Ravindra Jadeja (4) and Shreyas Iyer (0) perished while trying to attack. Virat Kohli (22 off 52) looked assured in the middle before being trapped lbw by Todd Murphy towards the end of the session. Left-arm spinner Matthew Kuhnemann and veteran off-spinner Nathan Lyon took took three wickets each.
Winning the toss for the first time in the series, India expectedly decided to bat first. Shubman Gill replaced an out-of-form K L Rahul in the playing eleven while Umesh Yadav was brought in for the rested Mohammad Shami. Rahul has been struggling for runs and finally Gill, who is in terrific form of late, got a chance. Having regained match fitness, both Mitchell Starc and Cameron Green made Australia's playing eleven. Starc's first over to Rohit was among the highlights of the session. Before the spinners ran through the Indian batting, Starc got the ball to swing giving the India skipper a tough time.
Rohit got a faint outside edge on the very first ball he faced but Australia did not take a review. Three balls later, Starc got the ball to swing back in and it flicked Rohit's pads. Ball tracking showed the ball would have hit the off stump but Australia decided against taking DRS again.
Gill faced Green from the other end and began his innings with an elegant cover drive. Spin was introduced in the sixth over and Kuhnemman got the ball to turn sharply. In the last ball of the over, Rohit stepped out to play across the line and got beaten in the flight and Alex Carey made a clean stumping.
Kuhnemann had Gill caught at first slip with the opener getting a thick outside edge while offering a forward defence. Cheteshwar Pujara's stay lasted only four balls as Lyon got one to turn massively from wide off stump that crashed into the middle stump. The ball kept a tad low as well and Pujara was found wanting on the back foot.
Jadeja's fall made it 44 four. After surviving a close DRS call, the southpaw went for the attack against Lyon and was caught at short extra cover. Kuhnemann got this third wicket of the morning when Iyer played an attempted cut on to his stumps and within first hour of play, India had lost half their side.
Kohli and K S Bharat shared 26 runs for the sixth wicket and looked confident in the middle. However both departed towards the end of the session to end a rather forgettable sessions for the hosts. Kohli was adjudged leg before off Murphy while trying to flick one that pitched on the off-stump and turned to hit the middle. Bharat, who slog swept Murphy for a six, was out lbw to Lyon while offering a long defensive stride. (PTI)
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- Virat Kohli was out lbw by Todd Murphy, he scored 22 runs and was looking good till he lasted.
- Shubman Gill was caught by Steven Smith, bowled by M Kuhnemann while Cheteshwar Pujara was clean bowled by Nathan Lyon. Ravindra Jadeja too loses his wicket at 4 runs.
- Rohit Sharma struggles at the crease ended with spinner Matthew Kuhnemann who flighted the ball, drawing Sharma out of the crease to go for the maximum while the Indian captain missed and his stumps were dislodged successfully by the wicket-keeper.
- Not the best start for Rohit Sharma who edged and got the ball stuck in his pad, which was adjudged not out by the umpire. The big screen did show both would have been out if the review was taken. Contrarily, Shubman Gill hit a glorious boundary to kickstart his innings.
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Indore: India won the toss and opted to bat against Australia in the 3rd Test match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy here at the Holkar Cricket Stadium. India is leading the series 2-0 and will book their place in the final of the World Test Championship, should they win the test match. Shubman Gill has replaced KL Rahul, who has been out of form this series. Umesh Yadav comes in place of Mohammed Shami, who has been rested.
Here's what the captains had to say:
Rohit Sharma: We will have a bat first. It is a pretty good dressing room and like you said the morale is high. The guys are confident about their skills which is a good thing moving forward. We have played a lot of cricket (here) but this one (surface) is slightly different. Looks little dry and you have to adapt your skills and be at it all the time. We are there yet (WTC final) and we have to come and win this game, we have to try and repeat the things we did in the first two Tests. It is important to stay present. We have made two changes - Gill comes in place of KL. We have rested Shami and Umesh comes in.
Steve Smith: Looks pretty dry and no surprises Rohit decided to bat first. Hopefully we can execute our skills early and out the Indian batters under pressure. It (break) came in at a good time for us, obviously disappointing how we ended the last Test match and the guys have had time to reflect, rest and get back into preparation. Just stick to our methods for longer periods, we went away from it especially in the second innings in the last game. We are thinking about Patty, his mum's unwell and he has had to go home. We have two changes, Mitch Starc comes in and Cameron Green comes in for Davey (Warner).
Teams:
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
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
