Ind vs Aus, 3rd Test | Australia takes control on rank turner on day 1
The HinduInd vs Aus Test 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. The only wicket that came India’s way in the afternoon session was of Travis Head, who missed a straight ball from Jadeja to be adjudged lbw. Scoreboard 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 0 Extras: 0 Total: 109 Fall of wickets: 1-27, 2-34, 3-36, 4-44, 5-45, 6-70, 7-82, 8-88, 9-108, 10-109 Australia 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 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: 17 Total: 156 Fall of Wickets: 12-1, 108-2, 125-3, 146-4. Indian bowling: 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.