IND vs AUS Day1: Matthew Kuhnemann’s 5-fer helped Australia to restrict India to 109 in the first innings of the 3rd Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy. At stumps on Day 1 Australia is 156/4 and leading India by 47 runs. Australian all-rounder Cameron Green and Peter Handscomb are not out on 6 and 7 runs respectively. Indian star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja took all 4 wickets for the Australian side. Australian opener Usman Khwaja is been the top scorer of the day as he made 60 runs from 147 balls. Australia is looking well settled in this match right now and will focus on the big lead on Day 2.
IND won the toss and elected to bat first
IND vs AUS Day1: Indian skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss against Australia and decided to bat first in the 3rd test of the 4 Test Match Series. The start has not been good for the Indian side as the skipper Rohit Sharma himself threw his wicket. He charged down to the track against Matthew Kuhnemann and missed the ball completely with the bat. Australian wicket-keeper Alex Carey does the rest of the work. Rohit Sharma made 12 runs from 23 balls and smashed 3 boundaries in his innings. Just in the space of 8 balls Star Indian batter Shubman Gill also lost his wicket in the slip cordon. It was a beautiful delivery bowled by Matthew Kuhnemann around the off stump and spun away from him after nicking his bat. The temporary captain Steve Smith completes the low catch.
IND vs AUS Day1: Aussie spinners left Indian batters clueless
IND vs AUS Day1: India kept on losing wickets at regular intervals. Nathan Lyon dismissed Cheteshwar Pujara for 1 run. Ravindra Jadeja and Shreyas Iyer also lost their wicket in the space of just 3 balls. Indian scorecard became 45/5 after 11.2 overs. Virat Kohli and KS Bharat tried to stabilize the innings by building a partnership of 25 runs. Australian spinner Todd Murphy broke the partnership by dismissing Virat Kohli. He caught him plumb in front of the wicket for just 22 runs. Australian bowlers never allow the Indian batters to settle down and kept on testing them with good deliveries. India bowled out for just 109 runs from 33.2 overs.
IND vs AUS Day1: Matthew Kuhnemann stars for Australia
IND vs AUS Day1: Australian left-arm spinner Matthew Kuhnemann did not allow the Indian batters to settle down and play their natural game. He kept on testing the batters with his good line and length from the very first ball. He took 5 wickets for just 16 runs from his 9 overs. Matthew Kuhnemann dismissed Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, and Umesh Yadav. These are the best figures in his test cricket career. Meanwhile, Nathan Lyon and Todd Murphy took 3 and 1 wickets respectively.
IND vs AUS Day1: Australia 4/156 lead by 47 runs
IND vs AUS Day1: Australia is 4/156 at the stumps on Day 1 of the 3rd test match of the 4 test match series. Australia is leading India by 47 runs and will look to stretch the lead over more than 150 runs. Usman Khwaja scored 60 runs from 147 balls with the help of 4 fours. Ravindra Jadeja dismissed him in the deep mid-wicket through Shubman Gill. Cameron Green and Peter Handscomb are on the crease by making 6 and 7 runs respectively. Marnus Labuchagne made 31 runs in 91 balls with a strike rate of 34.06. Meanwhile, Steve Smith made 26 runs from 38 balls with the help of 4 fours. Ravindra Jadeja grabbed all 4 wickets from Australian batters. No one is been more applicable than him on Day 1 against Australia.
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