India vs Australia 1st Test 2020 Day 3 Highlights: AUS Beat IND by 8 Wickets, Lead Series 1-0
After bowling out India for 244, Australia struggled with the bat and managed only 191. Spinner Ravi Ashwin was wrecker-in-chief for the visitors as he scalped four wickets, to register his third best figures in Test innings outside Asia.
Australia win by eight wickets! That's it winning runs from Joe Burns' bat. He completes his half-century as well. Australia go one up in the four-match series. What a day this has been for Australia. Restricted India to their lowest ever Test total and went on to win this game inside three days. That's all from this Test, do join us back for second Test which starts from December 26. Meanwhile, check out the stat highlights here.
OUT! Consolation wicket this for India. Ravi Ashwin gets rid of Marnus Labuschagne. he was looking to finish things off in a style, gets a leading edge and is caught at mid-on. M Labuschagne c Agarwal b Ashwin 6(10)
OUT! Unusual dismissal this for Matthew Wade. He is run-out and Wriddhiman Saha makes it happen. The ball hit Prithvi Shaw while Burns was out of his crease. Saha collected it and threw it onto the stumps between his own legs. M Wade run out (W Saha) 33(53)
Australia are moving along nicely. And are inching towards the victory here. Both the openers Joe Burns and Matthew Wade are scoring freely with no pressure whatsoever.
Dinner Break | Just 42 runs and eight wickets in this session! And all wickets to fell were of Indian batsmen. Australia are nearing in towards a famous win and that too inside three days. Only something magical will save India now. Do join us back after the break.
Mohammed Shami has been hit on the right-arm and it was difficult for him to continue batting. It means India's innings ends with 36 and add to it the first innings lead of 53, Australia need 90 runs to win this Test. All this has happened so qucikly!
OUT! Josh Hazlewood gets his fifer. Hanuma Vihari departs for eight runs and India are now one-wicket shy of folding. This was a tad outside off and Vihari edged it to Tim Paint behind. Hanuma Vihari c Paine b Hazlewood 8(22)
OUT! Another one goes. Ravichandran Ashwin is out for a golden duck and Josh Hazlewood is on a hat-trick now. This also happens to be Hazlewood's 200th wicket in Test cricket. Ashwin edges to Tim Paine and also loses a review. Ashwin c Paine b Hazlewood 0(1)
OUT! Wriddhiman Saha departs and India have now lost their seventh wicket. Another soft dismissal for the visitors. Hazlewood bowls a full delivery on the pads which should have been put away and Saha does that but finds Marnus Labuschagne at short mid-wicket. W Saha c Labuschagne b Hazlewood 4(15)
OUT! BIG wicket this for Australia. Pat Cummins gets rid of Virat Kohli. The Indian captain chased one outside off-stump. Cameron Green takes a superb catch and held onto it with his chest. Third umpire was pressed into the service and there was no conclusive evidence to overturn the on-field decision. V Kohli c Green b Cummins 4(8)
OUT! Josh Hazlewood picks another wicket. It is a duck for Ajinkya Rahane. India in trouble now as the scorecard reads 15/5. Rahane is caught behind as well. Tim Paine is accepting catchess gleefully. A Rahane c Paine b Hazlewood 0(4)
OUT! Wickets coming easily for Australia here. Josh Hazlewood strikes in his first over. Mayank Agarwal is caught behind as well. A thick edge from Agarwal's bat and Tim Paine takes the catch. M Agarwal c Paine b Hazlewood 9(40)
OUT! Australia have scalped big fish here. Cheteshwar Pujara is caught behind. Third wicket this for Pat Cummins and his second this morning. Superb bowling this by Cummins, made that one move away from the right-hander and created an outside edge. C Pujara c Paine b Cummins 0(8)
OUT! A simple caught and bowled for Pat Cummins. He gets rid of nightwatchman Jasprit Bumrah. Australia find a wicket early on on day three. After couple of solid defences, Bumrah has been dismissed. J Bumrah c and b Cummins 2(17)
Hello and welcome to day three's live coverage. Mayank Agarwal and nightwatchman Jasprit Bumrah are in the middle. Mitchell Starc will open the proceedings on day three for Australia.
Captain Tim Paine was top scorer for Australia as he scored 73. India’s second innings got off to a worst start with Prithvi Shaw once again failing to make a valuable contribution. Agarwal and Bumrah then made sure India didn’t lose any more wicket. The hosts will be looking to restrict India to a specific total on day three.
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