India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Highlights: Pat Cummins claims fifer as AUS hammer IND by 10 wickets to level series
- 11:27 AM IST, Dec 8 Travis Head named Player of the Match
- 11:11 AM IST, Dec 8 Australia (337 & 19/0) beat India (180 & 175) by 10 wickets
- 10:55 AM IST, Dec 8 Chase begins!
- 10:47 AM IST, Dec 8ND 175 all out (& 180), set AUS (337) a 19-run target
- 10:33 AM IST, Dec 8 Cummins removes Reddy!
- 10:31 AM IST, Dec 8 IND 160/8 in 35 overs, lead by three runs
- 10:24 AM IST, Dec 8 Cummins strikes again!
- 10:00 AM IST, Dec 8 Cummins removes Ashwin
- 9:36 AM IST, Dec 8 Starc gets Pant!
- 9:19 AM IST, Dec 8 Siraj claims Head abused him first!
- 9:15 AM IST, Dec 8 Siraj accuses Head for lying at presser!
- 8:49 AM IST, Dec 8 Pant meets Gilchrist!
- 8:41 AM IST, Dec 8 Will Pant-Reddy pull off a VVS-Dravid?
- 7:53 AM IST, Dec 8 Starc with a jaffa to dismiss Gill@
- 7:01 AM IST, Dec 8 Aussie pace troika ran riot on Day 2
- 6:51 AM IST, Dec 8 No match for Rishabh Pant!
- 6:41 AM IST, Dec 8 Kohli, Rohit flop vs pink-ball!
- 6:33 AM IST, Dec 8 Fiery exchange hypes up both teams!
- 6:16 AM IST, Dec 8 Pant and Reddy IND's last hope!
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Highlights: Nathan McSweeney (10*) and Usman Khawaja (9*) found no difficulties chasing down a mere 19-run target on Day 3. It was a comprehensive 10-wicket win for the hosts as they bounced back in the series to level it 1-1. Pat Cummins claimed his 13th Test five-wicket haul as Australia bundled out India for just 175 early on Day 3. Nitish Kumar Reddy's 42-run knock helped India take an 18-run lead, which will force Australia to bat once again....Read More
Australia ran away with day two at the Adelaide Oval in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, with fantastic performances across the board leaving India reeling and making it fairly apparent that the hosts are prepared to tie the series at 1-1 and make it a three-match shootout. India continue to trail by 29 runs, but with just 5 wickets in the bank, it seems as if India won’t be able to do enough to upset the applecart on day three at the Oval.
Australia’s equation is fairly straightforward: keep doing what they have been doing with the ball, plugging away with wickets and not allowing India to form the sort of long and draining partnerships that helped them bat so well in the third innings in Perth. With only one recognised batting partnership left, that of Rishabh Pant and Nitish Kumar Reddy currently at the crease, Australia are one wicket away from killing any hopes of a miracle comeback from the bat of two attacking, exciting batters.
Equally, looking for a miracle comeback stemming from audacious strokeplay and courage on behalf of these two youngsters is exactly what Indian fans will wake up in the morning dreaming about. Rishabh Pant has already played his fair share of spectacular hands in Australian conditions, and will be needed once more to play the role of the hero by taking the attack to an Australian seam battery with its tail up.
Having started his innings off with a carefree leap down the wicket on his very first ball, Pant has continued attacking in that manner, using unconventional shotmaking to find boundaries and try and force the bowlers off their length. More of that will be the need of the hour, with Indian fans aware that if he gets set and goes big, anything could happen at the Adelaide Oval.
He has an able partner up the other end, with Nitish Reddy having shown plenty of characters and bravery himself in just three innings on Australian soil. With a bag full of tricks of his own, and plenty of power in the tank, Australia are learning to be wary of the impact Nitish can have as well. Whatever the case might be, it is a partnership which promises to be entertaining as the two young guns look to counter-attack and not allow themselves to be dominated by Australia’s bowlers. They will play risky strokes and give chances to the Aussies, but those are chances that must be taken.
India will also have to rely on another strong batting performance down under from Ravichandran Ashwin, the man who has rescued them with bat so many times. With every run of the essence and integral to India’s hopes in the match. A couple of big partnerships could give India some momentum and put them in a place where they can dare to dream of toppling the Aussies, but it’s a tall ask, and India will need every bit of application and commitment from their lower middle order.
Australia, on the contrary, will have faith that Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, and Scott Boland will continue to bowl in the manner they did on the evening of day two and the afternoon of day one, leaving their batters a minimal target to haul down, and allowing the bowling core to rest up before a crucial revenge match at the Gabba in Brisbane next week. Australia are an impossible team to play against when they have the momentum going their way, and it’s a matter of a huge confidence boost for the Aussies.
Earlier in the day, Marnus Labuschagne finally provided a score of significance as he motored along in the morning session to reach his half century. Although Nathan McSweeney and Steve Smith fell in quick succession and gave India a sniff, Travis Head survived the testing early period, going on to score a scintillating century in front of his home crowd in Adelaide. His run-a-ball 140 swung all the momentum in Australia’s favour, as he got enough support to bash India’s bowling everywhere.
India’s openers came out in the fading light against the swinging pink ball, and although they played some good cricket shots and kept a good rate of scoring, wickets fell at regular intervals and never allowed a partnership to flow. Jaiswal and Shubman Gill were both dismissed after brisk and confident starts, somewhat against the run of play, while the experienced core of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma continued to struggle, both seemingly off the pace and not looking quite like themselves. India will be happy that there are a few runs on the board thanks to the front-foot-forward batting heading into day three, a small victory.
Australia are on the verge of victory, but India are hunting for a legendary escape. Can India steal a result from the jaws of defeat once again? Day three will provide the answer to that question.
Here are some pointers to Day 3 of India vs Australia 2nd Test:
- Australia (337 & 19/0) beat India (180 & 175) by 10 wickets, level five-match series 1-1.
- India 175 all out (& 180), set Australia (337) a 19-run target to level series in Adelaide
- Pat Cummins takes 13th five-wicket haul (5/55). India 166/9 vs Australia (337), lead by 9 runs.
- Mitchell Starc got the better of Rishabh Pant for 28 in the first over of the day. IND 128/6 in 26 overs
- Australia pace troika will look to wrap up the Indian innings early and
- Rishabh Pant (28*) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (15*) will resume the Indian innings on Day 3, looking to stitch a solid partnership to rescue the visitors.
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: ‘Head shifted the momentum’ - Pat Cummins
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Australia captain Pat Cummins highlighted the contributions of Mitchell Starc and Travis Head to set up the foundation of a big win for Australia.
“Great week, this is how we want to play. I was happy with the fifer, good to get a few wickets. (On Starc) Amazing, never much noise within the group, he's amazing. He's done it time and time again, has done for a decade. He (Head) loves batting here, again one of those momentum-shifts, could have gone either way when he walked out to bat. The main thing was the lead, just happened that it was pretty good time to bowl as well. Scotty fitted in like as he always does. Hopefully Josh's back next week,” Cummins said.
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: ‘Australia played better than us’ - Rohit Sharma
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Team India skipper Rohit Sharma admitted that they were outplayed by the hosts in Adelaide and said they failed to grab the opportunities.
“Disappointing week for us, we didn't play and Australia played better than us. We failed to grab our opportunities. What we did in Perth was special. We wanted to do that again but every Test match has its own challenge. We are looking forward to it (Gabba Test). Some really good memories there. We want to start well and play well,” Rohit said.
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Travis Head named Player of the Match
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Travis Head has been named the Player of the Match for his magnificent century in the first innings. The swashbuckling batter was elated with the match result and wants the team to bank on it for the upcoming matches.
“Nice to get some runs again. Moved well last week, I felt like I am in good form. Good dressing to be in. Nothing's ever guaranteed, nice momentum and now we have to move on with it. I felt like there was a good opportunity against the second new ball. Nice that it came off,” Head said.
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Australia (337 & 19/0) beat India (180 & 175) by 10 wickets
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Usman Khawaja finishes it off with a boundary as Australia register a massive 10-wicket win to level five-match series 1-1. It was a clinical performance from the hosts after Perth drubbing and showed everyone they are not pushovers at home at all. The bowlers played a crucial role in the emphatic win here. Australia (337 & 19/0) beat India (180 & 175) by 10 wickets, level five-match series 1-1
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Australia a run away from win
Nitish Kumar Reddy into the attack to bowl the third over of the innings. He got hit for a couple of boundaries by Nathan McSweeney as Australia levelled the score and now just a run away from levelling the series.
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Khawaja hits four!
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: A loose delivery from Mohammed Siraj and Usman Khawaja flicked it into the gap for a boundary. 8 runs came off the over as Australia just need 9 more to level the series.
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Tight from Bumrah!
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: A tight over from Jasprit Bumrah as he managed to beat Peter McSweeney on a couple of occasions. Two runs came off the over as Australia need 17 runs to level the series.
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Chase begins!
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Usman Khawaja and Nathan McSweeney are in the middle to start the chase for Australia. Jasprit Bumrah has the ball in hand.
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India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: IND 175 all out (& 180), set AUS (337) a 19-run target
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Scott Boland dismisses Mohammed Siraj to wrap up the Indian innings here. And it's none other than Travis Head who grabbed his catch. India are bundled out for 175 - another dismal batting performance against pink-ball. Pat Cummins was the pick of the bowlers as he claimed a five-wicket haul. India 175 all out (& 180), set Australia (337) a 19-run target to level series in Adelaide
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Siraj in the middle!
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Mohammed Siraj arrived in the middle with boos from the home crowd and he survives on the first ball as Alex Carey fails to hold on to the catch.
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Cummins removes Reddy!
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Pat Cummins completes his five-wicket haul as he gets the big wicket of Nitish Kumar Reddy. The Aussie captain bounced back in style after getting hit for a six and got the better of his IPL teammate for 42. IND 166/9 in 35.2 overs
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: IND 160/8 in 35 overs, lead by three runs
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Nitish Kumar Reddy launches it over long-on for a boundary to clear the deficit as Australia will come out to bat in the second innings now. He is fighting the lone battle and once again turned out to be the highest scorer for India in the innings. IND 160/8 in 35 overs
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Cummins strikes again!
Pat Cummins gets his fourth and it's once again the short ball which does the trick. Harshit Rana was nowhere comfortable to handle it and edged it to Usman Khawaja. He faced 12 balls but faced to open his account. Australia are just inches away from a win here. IND 153/8
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Rana hit on helmet!
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Mitchell Starc hits his former KKR teammate Harshit Rana on the helmet. However, there was not much damage as Rana looked high on confidence and pulled himself once again. IND 152/7, still trail by 5 runs,
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Rana survives!
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: A nasty bouncer from Pat Cummins but Harshit Rana survived after Travis Head dropped him. Cummins is not shying away from hitting the deck hard here to trouble the Indian batters.
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Cummins removes Ashwin
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Another one bites the dust as Pat Cummins gets the better of Ravichandran Ashwin here. He was looking confident with his approach here and putting the balls in the gap but this time went for a pull shot on a short delivery only to edge it behind the stumps. IND 148/7 in 29.4 overs
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: IND 140/6 in 28 overs
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Nitish Kumar Reddy and Ravichandran Ashwin are not taking too much pressure on themselves and batting patiently at the moment. 6 runs came off the last two overs as India still trail by 17 runs. IND 140/6 in 28 overs
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Nitish Kumar Reddy hits four!
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Excellent timing from Nitish Kumar Reddy to glance the ball at the fine leg for the first boundary of the day. Ravichandran Ashwin is also off the mark with a single on the final ball of the over.
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Starc gets Pant!
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Mitchell Starc gets the job done early and gets rid of Rishabh Pant on the last ball of first over here. Pant tried to defend the ball but only managed to edge it behind the stumps where Steve Smith grabbed an easy one. IND 128/6 in 25 overs
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Review wasted early!
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Australia took an early review on the second ball of the day and ended up wasting it. A sign of desperation from Australia to get rid of Pant early.
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Action begins on Day 3!
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Rishabh Pant and Nitish Kumar Reddy are out in the middle to resume India's innings. Mitchell Starc will start proceedings with the ball.
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Siraj claims Head abused him first!
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Mohammed Siraj claimed that he was just celebrating the wicket and it was Travis Head who abused him first which can be seen in the video which is why he gave him that sent-off. He suggested that Head just twisted everything at the press conference.
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Siraj accuses Head for lying at presser!
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Mohammed Siraj said that he enjoyed battle with Travis Head on Day 2. The Indian paceman admitted that he was fired up after getting hit for six. However, he said the Aussie batter lied in the presser and didn't say ‘well bowled’ after getting what he claimed. Veteran India spinner Harbhajan Singh praised Siraj for his astonished delivery, which outfoxed Head for 140.
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Gavaskar's advice to Pant-Reddy
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Batting great Sunil Gavaskar advised Rishabh Pant and Nitish Kumar Reddy to play their natural game even if it means going down the ground from the start. He suggested that if they changed their natural approach, it might backfire for them.
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Pant meets Gilchrist!
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Rishabh Pant was seen having a chat with Adam Gilchrist ahead of Day 3's play. The Aussie legend has been a big admirer of Pant and looked happy to share his insights with him.
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Will Pant-Reddy pull off a VVS-Dravid?
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Team India wants Rishabh Pant and Nitish Kumar Reddy to pull off a VVS Laxman-Rahul Dravid from Eden Gardens at Adelaide. The visitors need a miraculous comeback, and Pant knows how to produce it. However, he will need support from the other end, where Nitish has to play a big role.
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Travis Head rewrites record books!
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: With his ton on Saturday, Travis Head became the second batter with most hundreds in day-night Test cricket. As of now, the 30-year-old has three centuries in pink-ball Tests. Head's compatriot Marnus Labuschagne holds the top spot with four centuries in day-night Test cricket.
Head also set the landmark of the fastest centuries in day-night Tests, the Aussie batter only took 111 balls to smash a stupendous hundred at the Adelaide Oval.
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: AUS look to wrap up the match quickly!
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: The Aussie pace Troika will look to wrap up the Indian innings quickly in the first session on Day 3 to level the series 1-1. However, Rishabh Pant will have to rescue India, which he has done on numerous occasions in the past.
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Head haunts IND once again!
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Travis Head continued his brilliant run against India. The nemesis of Men in Blue during ICC World Test Championship and 50-over World Cup final at home delivered during the pink-ball Tests too, with a century coming in 111 balls, with 10 fours and three sixes.
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Starc with a jaffa to dismiss Gill
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Shubman Gill was looking good for his 30-ball 28 before Mitchell Starc angled one in to clean him up with an absolute jaffa.
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Morkel praises Head!
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: India bowling coach Morne Morkel admitted his team had their work cut out, and praised Head's contribution.
"Head is a guy that is looking to score, as a bowler he puts you under pressure. So your execution gets tested.
“When he came to the crease we bowled really well, I thought we could knock him over, but credit to him, he got through that phase then put the pressure on us,” Morkel said at the presser.
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Shami to join Team India soon…
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Senior India speedster Mohammed Shami is set to compete in the last two Tests of the ongoing series against Australia with his playing kit already headed Down Under and the fitness clearance from the NCA's medical team being a "matter of formality".
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Head disappointed with Siraj!
Travis Head expressed disappointment at India pacer Mohammed Siraj's conduct after dismissing him.
"Well, I said 'well bowled', but he thought otherwise when he pointed me to the sheds. Yeah, I was slightly disappointed with the way that transpired with a couple of the past innings," Head told 'Fox Cricket'.
"But, yeah, it is what it is if they want to react like that. And that's how they want to represent themselves and so be it," he added.
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Aussie pace troika ran riot on Day 2
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Australia's pace trio of Scott Boland (2/39), Mitchell Starc (1/49) and Pat Cummins (2/33) were right on the money under lights and left the visitors in a spot of bother at 128 for five in their second innings and trailing by 29 runs.
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: No match for Rishabh Pant!
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Rishabh Pant looked to be batting in a universe of his own and played some outrageous shots against the fast bowlers, leaving everyone stunned. Least bothered by the fact that India were three down with not enough on the board, Pant danced down the track first ball and smashed Boland over mid-off for a boundary, and he maintained that audacious approach until the umpires called stumps.
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Kohli, Rohit flop vs pink-ball!
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Batting superstars Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma flopped once again as India are in a tricky position now. Kohli (11) once again poked a delivery outside off stump to get caught behind. While Rohit Sharma's struggle against pacers continues as he was outfoxed by Pat Cummins for just 6.
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Fiery exchange hypes up both teams!
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Travis Head was dismissed on 140 by Mohammed Siraj, clean-bowled, with the pair involved in a fiery exchange in the aftermath after the Indian pacer gave the hometown hero a send-off.
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Pant and Reddy IND's last hope!
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: At stumps on day two the visitors were floundering at 128-5, still 29 runs adrift. Rishabh Pant was on 28 and Nitish Kumar Reddy 15 as the hosts eye their eighth straight pink-ball victory in Adelaide to level the five-Test series after being crushed by 295 runs in Perth.
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Hello and welcome
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score: Hello and welcome to our live blog of pink-ball Test between India and Australia Day 3 coverage from Adelaide Oval.
