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India vs Australia Highlights, 4th Test Day 3: Nitish Reddy headlines IND comeback with maiden ton, trail by 116 runs
India vs Australia Highlights Score, 4th Test Day 3: Nitish Kumar Reddy got his maiden ton on Saturday, headlining IND's comeback in Melbourne.
- 12:25 PM IST, Dec 28STUMPS! Play has been called off!
- 12:23 PM IST, Dec 283-wicket hauls for Cummins, Boland until now
- 12:14 PM IST, Dec 28Nitish's father can't believe it! He is still absorbing the moment!
- 12:13 PM IST, Dec 28It is raining
- 12:05 PM IST, Dec 28Nitish gets a standing ovation
- 11:58 AM IST, Dec 28Bad light stops play
- 11:56 AM IST, Dec 28Brilliant game-awareness from Reddy
- 11:53 AM IST, Dec 28Will Reddy shift gears?
- 11:49 AM IST, Dec 28MAIDEN CENTURY FOR REDDY!
- 11:42 AM IST, Dec 28Jasprit Bumrah OUT!
- 11:41 AM IST, Dec 28Jasprit Bumrah joins Reddy
- 11:34 AM IST, Dec 28OUT! Sundar departs!
- 11:15 AM IST, Dec 28Fifty for Sundar!
- 10:36 AM IST, Dec 28Starc soldiers on
- 10:32 AM IST, Dec 28Third session is underway...
- 10:23 AM IST, Dec 28Gavaskar tears into Pant
- 10:14 AM IST, Dec 28The covers are being removed
- 10:11 AM IST, Dec 28How the Reddy-Sundar stand is hurting Australia
- 9:46 AM IST, Dec 28Rain intensifies at the MCG
- 9:33 AM IST, Dec 28Bad light forces early Tea! India 326/7 in 97 overs, trail by 148 runs
- 9:27 AM IST, Dec 28BACK TO BACK FOURS! Reddy-Sundar stand crosses 100
- 9:20 AM IST, Dec 28Marsh is on, Starc clutching his back
- 9:04 AM IST, Dec 28India go past 300
- 8:45 AM IST, Dec 28Drinks in the second session, India 294/7, trail by 180 runs
- 8:30 AM IST, Dec 28India avoid the follow-on, fifty partnership between Reddy and Sundar
- 8:18 AM IST, Dec 28FOUR AND FIFTY FOR REDDY!
- 8:12 AM IST, Dec 28DROPPED! Smith drops just the most extraordinary chance
- 8:06 AM IST, Dec 28Australia take the second new ball, Starc returns
- 7:59 AM IST, Dec 28Head replaces Cummins, Australia waiting for the 2nd new ball
- 7:45 AM IST, Dec 28Reddy has been hit as battle of SRH teammates continues!
- 7:41 AM IST, Dec 28The lights are on, it is cloudy and the 2nd session begins
- 7:31 AM IST, Dec 28Nitish Kumar Reddy avoiding the snorters from Pat Cummins
- 7:04 AM IST, Dec 28LUNCH! India 244/7 in 73 overs, trail by 230 runs
- 6:32 AM IST, Dec 28GONE! Lyon gets Jadeja
- 6:23 AM IST, Dec 28Partnership has raced to 23...
- 6:15 AM IST, Dec 28Needlessly risky running from India
- 5:50 AM IST, Dec 28OUT! That's that for Pant
- 5:47 AM IST, Dec 28Nathan Lyon into the attack
- 5:41 AM IST, Dec 28Jadeja off the mark but ANOTHER MIX-UP!
- 5:34 AM IST, Dec 28No runs yet for Jadeja…
- 5:21 AM IST, Dec 27An edge, a run out chance and Pant asks Jadeja to calm down
- 5:02 AM IST, Dec 27HERE WE GO!
- 4:59 AM IST, Dec 27Nice and sunny in Melbourne
- 4:53 AM IST, Dec 27Scott Boland makes a mark again at home
- 4:42 AM IST, Dec 27'Thought we were in for a Virat Kohli masterclass,' says Steve Smith
- 4:33 AM IST, Dec 27The match situation…
- 4:19 AM IST, Dec 27Kohli's pow-wow with the Melbourne crowd
- 4:13 AM IST, Dec 27Chances of rain in the afternoon…
- 4:02 AM IST, Dec 27Sam Konstas - the crowd puller
- 3:54 AM IST, Dec 27The Pat Cummins peach that got KL Rahul
- 3:50 AM IST, Dec 27Smith only behind Tendulkar and Ponting...
- 3:41 AM IST, Dec 27Another sign of the end of an era for India in Test cricket
- 3:22 AM IST, Dec 27Rohit and Kohli's dismissals
- 3:13 AM IST, Dec 27Rohit Sharma's forgettable 2024/25 Test season
- 3:03 AM IST, Dec 27Rohit's promotion ‘reflects poorly on Indian cricket culture’
- 2:52 AM IST, Dec 27Hellish last six overs for India
- 2:42 AM IST, Dec 27India XI
- 2:34 AM IST, Dec 27Hello and welcome!
India vs Australia Highlights, 4th Test Day 3: Nitish Kumar Reddy's maiden ton saw India stage a late comeback on Day 3. The all-rounder will resume batting on Day 4.
India vs Australia Highlights, 4th Test Day 3: Nitish Kumar Reddy’s maiden ton initiated comeback mode for India on Day 3 of the ongoing fourth Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test match vs Australia, in Melbourne on Saturday. The all-rounder remained unbeaten at 105* off 176 balls, as India reached 358/9 in 116 overs at Stumps, in response to Australia’s first innings total of 474 and trail by 116 runs. It has been a comeback of the ages as Nitish walked into bat with India at 191/6. Rishabh Pant was dismissed cheaply and then Ravindra Jadeja also departed soon. But Nitish kept his nerves and built a strong partnership with Washington Sundar, who also got a half-century. The pair anchored India’s innings for a late comeback and adapted well to the consistent lines and lengths of Aussie bowlers. Nitish will resume batting with Mohammed Siraj (2*) on Day 4 with one wicket remaining....Read More
Reddy powered a counter-attack from India but Australia finished the first session well ahead, getting the wickets of Pant and Jadeja and thus reducing the visitors to their last recognised batting pair. Reddy was batting on 40 off 61 balls when Lunch was called and India were 244/7, trailing Australia by 230 runs.
Reddy started well but India continued taking almost entirely needless risks running between the wickets at the time. He came into the middle within the first hour of play after Rishabh Pant threw away a good start trying to go after Scott Boland. India were still trailing by 280 runs. Ravindra Jadeja at the other end took 24 balls before getting his first runs of the day. Jadeja's vigil was finally ended by Lyon in the 65th over. It is now completely down to India's last all-rounders to get them out of jail. There were two mix-ups during the first hour of play. Pant sent Jadeja back in the first one and it was the other way around in the second.
A cardinal rule in Test cricket is that matches can flip on their heads in a matter of one session, no matter the stage of the game, and the end of day two of the Boxing Day Test match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground continued to prove that. Three wickets in the space of four overs late in the day left India reeling heading into stumps, with Australia in the ascendancy and now certainly odds-on favourites to take a 2-1 lead in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
India finished day two on 164/5, still trailing by 310 runs and caught in that now-familiar no-man’s-land of running out of batters with a mountain of runs still to try and climb over. Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja were the overnight batters, both having faced only seven deliveries.
India looked to have done well after a couple of early setbacks, with Yashasvi Jaiswal and Virat Kohli both looking in good touch as they began to stitch together a century partnership in the third session at the MCG. Jaiswal had started taking the attack to Australia’s bowlers, quickly adding up the runs, while Kohli looked focussed and intent on staying at the crease to register a big score, leaving his bug-bear deliveries outside off stump and rotating the strike. Disaster struck for the duo just as they reached the 100-run mark in their partnership, as a mix-up saw young Jaiswal left out to dry and run-out on 82, looking set for a memorable big score at the MCG.
The dismissal, which came out of the blue and totally against the run of play, shattered the focus and commitment that Kohli had been showing. He finally fended tentatively at one in the fifth-sixth stump channel from Scott Boland, and only one mistake was needed from a batter who finds himself in the eye of a media storm Down Under. Nightwatchman Akash Deep was next to depart, a questionable move made worse as a thick edge onto his thigh pad looped up and was caught for a 13-ball duck.
Key moments on Day 3 of India vs Australia 4th Test:
- India post 358/9 in 116 overs at Stumps, trial by 116 runs
- Bad light and rain stops play
- The third session was off to a delayed start due to rain
- Reddy and Sundar's partnership was on 105 off 195 balls at the end of the second session
- Early Tea was taken at the MCG, India were 326/7, trailing Australia by 148 runs
- The Reddy-Sundar partnership went past 100 in 190 balls
- Reddy and Sundar's partnership went past 50 in 111 balls
- Reddy raised his half-century in 81 balls
- Nitish Kumar Reddy was batting on 40 off 61 balls at the end of the first session
- India 244/7 at Lunch, trail Australia by 230 runs
- Ravindra Jadeja fell to Nathan Lyon on 17 off 51 balls
- Rishabh Pant was dismissed by Scott Boland on 28 off 37 balls with India still behind by 280 runs
- India resumed at 164/5, trailing Australia by 310 runs
- India started the day 111 runs away from avoiding a follow-on
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: STUMPS! Play has been called off!
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: Okay folks, here's some bad news! Play has been called off for the day, and Day 3 will see an early start by half an hour to make up for the lost overs today.
So it is Stumps then!
India: 358/9 (116), trail by 116 runs
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: 3-wicket hauls for Cummins, Boland
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: For the Aussies, Pat Cummins and Scott Boland have taken three wickets each in the ongoing Indian first innings. Meanwhile, spinner Nathan Lyon has struck twice.e
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: Nitish's father can't believe it! He is still absorbing the moment!
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: Nitish's father is euphoric, he can't believe it! Probably the happiest day in his life! Speaking to broadcaster Adam Gilchrist, he says from the crowd, “For our family, it's a special day and we cannot forget this day in our life. He has been performing well since the age group of 14-15 and now in international cricket, it's a very special feeling. (On what were his emotions when Nitish was on 99 with one one wicket remaining) I was very tensed. Only the last wicket was remaining. Thankfully Siraj managed to survive.”
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: It is raining
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: It is raining heavily now and the covers are on. It is raining very heavily now, there's going to be a huge delay or Stumps in sometime.
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: Nitish gets a standing ovation
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: The Aussies cricketers rush to congratulate Nitish and he receives a standing ovation from the MCG crowd as he walks off due to rain.
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: Bad light stops play again
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: A second interruption at MCG due to bad light conditions again. The players are off the field
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: Brilliant game-awareness from Reddy
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: Reddy opted to deny Siraj a single off the final delivery against Boland, before picking up a run off the fourth ball from Nathan Lyon. It's clear that his approach is on playing cautiously, avoiding unnecessary risks while waiting for loose deliveries to capitalize on. With Australia's lead still substantial, India need to stay in the game without taking undue chances.
358/9
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: Will Reddy shift gears?
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: With only one wicket remaining in the innings, will Nitish Reddy look to take on the Australian bowlers? India are still 118 runs behind, which is, still, a significant margin for Australia to post a substantial target on Day 5. Decisions, decisions…
356/9
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: MAIDEN CENTURY FOR REDDY!
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: CENTURY FOR THE 21-YEAR-OLD NITISH KUMAR REDDY! Take a bow! He becomes the third-youngest Indian to score a century in Australia. Reddy's father is teary-eyed at the stands, and rightly so. This has been a courageous knock from the youngster, who not only ensured India avoided the follow-on but has given the side hope for a potential comeback in the Boxing Day Test.
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: Siraj sees off Cummins!
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: Huge roar from the crowd as Mohammed Siraj successfully defends the final delivery of Pat Cummins' over. Nitish Reddy to take the strike on 99 as dark clouds hover over the MCG again.
350/9
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: Jasprit Bumrah OUT!
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: NO! Jasprit Bumrah fails to see off Pat Cummins! The Aussie captain dismisses Bumrah off the third delivery of the match. Nitish Reddy is stranded at 99 on the other end. Can Mohammed Siraj see off Cummins? Tension building at the MCG!
350/9
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: Jasprit Bumrah joins Reddy
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: The Indian bowler joins Nitish Reddy in the middle. The batter is currently playing on 99 after taking a double off Scott Boland. However, Bumrah is now on strike against Cummins.
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: OUT! Sundar departs!
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: Oh no. Nathan Lyon finally ends Washington Sundar's gritty knock. A brilliant delivery from the spinner, though, as he gets it to turn sharply away from the left-hander. Sundar, who had already committed to a front-foot defensive shot, gets the glove off the ball with the first slip making no mistake. Big blow for India, but a brilliant knock under pressure from Sundar.
348/8
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: Reddy moves to 94
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: Nitish Reddy, meanwhile, remains steady at the other end, comfortably cruising on his way towards what could be a maiden Test century. He smashes Nathan Lyon for a four to move to 94.
345/7
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: Fifty for Sundar!
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: A brilliant knock from Washington Sundar! Indian flags flying high throughout the MCG as Sundar acknowledges the crowd with a single against Lyon. A valiant innings under pressure from Sundar, as he combines with Nitish Kumar Reddy to bring India well and truly back into the game!
345/7
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: Lyon is back...
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: Nathan Lyon to replace Marsh now in the 104th over. Australia are just not being able to find a way through this partnership, can Lyon do something here? Reddy has moved to 87 off 136 balls, Washington Sundar on 44 off 134. The run rate has gone down to a trickle in this partnership since the start of the session but Reddy and Sundar don't seem to be bothered by that one bit.
India 332/7 in 103 overs, trail by 142 runs
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: Patience from Sundar and Reddy
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: Both Sundar and Reddy have played and missed a couple of times but they are not extending their luck any further. Reddy shoulders arms at the last ball of Starc's second over of the session and it is still Marsh from the other end. Well one way of looking at it is that Australia are getting some overs from him at long lasta.
Meanwhile, the stand between Sundar and Reddy has reached 109, which is the second highest for India for the eighth wicket.
India 328/7 in 101 overs
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: Sundar resolute, Reddy off the mark for the session
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: Both batters unbothered by Starc in that over really. Reddy runs a single off the fourth ball after which Sundar defends the next two down. Marsh is continuing from the other end which is quite strange. One would've thought Cummins would've brought himself or Boland considering the two batters are having to start again and one of them has a maiden Test century in sight.
India 327/7 in 99 overs, trail by 147
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: Starc soldiers on
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: Mitchell Starc got some treatment during the break and so he is good to go for the third session straightaway, steams in from the other end. Reddy on strike, he is on 85 off 119. Marsh started off with a maiden.
India 326/7, trail by 148 runs
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: Third session is underway...
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: Well just as Mitchell Marsh loads up for the first ball of the 98th over, we can see a few spots of rain at the ground. He still steams in though, Washington Sundar on strike on 40, Reddy at the other end on 85.
India 326/7 in 97 overs
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: Gavaskar tears into Pant
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: It is safe to say that Sunil Gavaskar was not too happy with Rishabh Pant today. This is what he had to say about Pant's dismissal while doing commentary for the Australia Broadcasting Corporation: "Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! You've got two fielders there and you still go for that. You've missed the previous shot and look where you've been caught! You've been caught at deep third man. That is throwing away your wicket! You have to understand the situation as well. You cannot say that's your natural game! I'm sorry! That is not your natural game. That is a stupid shot, that is letting your team down badly! He should not be going into that dressing room! He should be going into the other dressing room!"
The number of exclamatory marks in that quote is an attempt to do justice to his tone there. That is possibly what a batter heard in the Indian dressing room when fell in that manner when Gavaskar was captain. Wonder if the current Indian management believes in holding their senior batters accountable in this fashion.
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: The covers are being removed
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: The weather has improved a lot, the umpires are out there doing an inspection and the big covers are being removed. We should have a resumption very soon.
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: How the Reddy-Sundar stand is hurting Australia
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: When the day started the talk was about how India can avoid the follow-on. That talk intensified when Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja fell, reducing India to a score of 221/7. But Nitish Kumar Reddy and Washington Sundar have put together a masterclass of a last-ditch stand and India are 326/7 at the end of the second session. Not only have India avoided the follow-on, their deficit is now just 148 runs. All of this means that India now have a very good chance at avoiding defeat in this Test. Remember that Australia have to win this to stand a chance at winning the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for the first time since 2015.
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: Rain intensifies at the MCG
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: Well this break could be extended a little but this is still not a big shower. The radar shows that all of it should blow away pretty soon. Will this eight-wicket stand blow away just the same way for Australia whenever play resumes? We will have to wait to find out.
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: Bad light forces early Tea! India 326/7 in 97 overs, trail by 148 runs
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: Well the players walk off the field all of a sudden. There has been a steady cloud cover for a while now and the lights had taken full effect, those shadows could be seen in the last few minutes as well. Early Tea taken and that gives Australia some time to regroup. Reddy and Sundar seemed to have pulled the rug from under their feet. They were starting to hit shots at will and they have rotated strike perfectly throughout this stand. Now, India's deficit has gone below 150. The stand between these two is on 105 off 195 balls.
