IND vs AUS

Good morning and welcome to Indore for the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar series. Australia arrives 0-2 down and without their captain.

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Australia reached 71 for one in their first innings in reply to India's 109 at tea on the opening day of the third Test here on Wednesday.

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Australia bundle out India for 109 and bat resolutely to reach 156-4 on a turning pitch in Indore; Matt Kuhnemann (5-16) and Nathan Lyon (3-35) engineer ...

"The pitch was not up to Test standard, I think that's a fair thing to say. "You're allowed to have a four or five day Test match! Nathan Lyon (3-35) then bowled Cheteshwar Pujara for one as the ball started turning sharply, with Ravindra Jadeja caught at cover for four.

India were all-out for 109 on the opening day of the third Test, in a little over one session with Australia left-arm spinner Matt Kuhnemann picking 5 for ...

We will have to bat well in the second innings,” Rathour added. The plan was to trust your defense and wait for the loose balls and score as many as runs you can. We as a team we want to play on turning tracks. The batters have done well (in the series). Rohit has played a good innings, as well as Jadeja and Axar.” But yeah since the WTC has started there is more pressure to win more home games. It was one of those days when everything you did went into the hands (of fielders). It felt like it had gone slower later in the day. It wasn’t turning as sharply as it was in the morning.” Asked, if the batters did deviate from their plans, Rathour replied in negative. To be fair this is a one off wicket. “Of course you can get out as a batting unit at times but we do prefer to play on turning tracks. It is may be drier than we expected and we saw that.

IND Vs AUS: Michael Vaughan Again Takes Dig At India, Fans Says 'crying Like A Pro Again'. Former England captained like always has taken a dig at the Indore pitch on Twitter and was trolled by the Indian cricket team fans for the same. Written By.

Team India would be looking to bowl out Australia as soon as possible on day 2 and will want to keep their lead under 100. Fact is in modern era, we don't have great spin batsman.— Abhishek Srivastava (@abhi_1082) [March 1, 2023] it’s a very poor 5 day pitch but it’s great viewing .. [ Australia](https://www.republicworld.com/sports-news/cricket-news/ind-vs-aus-australia-take-control-of-3rd-test-as-indias-aggressive-approach-backfires-articleshow.html) spinners made full use of the Indore pitch where they received plenty of turn. The third Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy started at a tough Indore pitch wherein Team India were bowled out by Australia for a mere first innings score of 109 runs.

IND vs AUS: The left-arm spinner was relentless, offering no freebies and the opener showed skill, smarts, and patience to hand Australia the advantage in ...

The match is a long way yet from conclusion, with potential twists and turns, but Australia showed on Wednesday that they have rediscovered the virtues that made them, of their courage to not yield or surrender And in their resurrection, they have breathed life too into what was unfolding as an utterly lopsided series. With the newer and the oldish, he found turn, sometimes rasping turn, and it was he who dwelled permanently on the mind of India’s batsmen. But here, they batted as resolutely and comfortably as they had in the entire series. He nailed Pujara with the second ball, and in the next over Jadeja. That was perhaps the more pressing concern too, given how they had folded up in [Delhi](https://indianexpress.com/section/cities/delhi/) and Nagpur. He attributed this variance to the ball getting softer, but he was under-cutting the ball to exaggerate the variable-bounce effect. It turned out to be a day when he out-bowled the man whose footage he watches every day. It was a day they needed heroes and a day they found heroes. Or that he was playing against two of his idols, Jadeja and Ravi Ashwin. The returning seamer Mitchell Starc was the first hero, despatching a first over of pure left-handed wickedness to tone-set the resurgence. With the sixth ball, he removed Sharma, masterminding a collapse that soon had India reeling at 44/4. For most of the day though, they conveyed an impression that they were exerting too hard for a flurry of wickets that never arrived.

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Spin was introduced in the sixth over and Kuhnemman got the ball to turn sharply. Ball tracking showed the ball would have hit the off stump but Australia did not take the review. Starc's first over to Rohit was among the highlights of the morning session. The southpaw hardly put a foot wrong in his crafty knock but when he did, he had to pay for it. The great Matthew Hayden on air called the the black soil surface at the Holkar Stadium a day-three pitch and it sure behaved like one. When India were batting, the pitch seemed unplayable but Khawaja and Co.

Ravindra Jadeja was the lone bowler from India to get his name on the wickets tally on Day 1 of the Indore Test.

The stand-in Aussie captain failed to read Jadeja once again in this series and get caught behind by wicketkeeper KS Bharat for 26. Jadeja had a chance to take another wicket in almost no time as he managed to outfox Marnus Labuschagne on a duck but it turned out to be a no-ball as the Aussie batter survived. Labuschagne and opener Usman Khawaja shared a crucial 96-run partnership for the second wicket. Head was trapped in front of the wicket for 9. India kept losing wickets at regular intervals as the Australia spin troika - Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy and Kuhnemann exploited the surface very well. Matthew Kuhnemann spun his magic and claimed a five-wicket haul as India were bowled out for just 109 inside the first two sessions of the game.

Spinner Matthew Kuhnemann's five-wicket haul and a 60 by Usman Khawaja helped Australia grab the early advantage in Indore.

We will have to bat well in the second innings,” Rathour added. “The plan was to trust your defense and wait for the loose balls and score as many as runs you can. It wasn’t turning as sharply as it was in the morning,” he said. Even after a couple of wickets, he said ‘don’t get ahead of yourself’. It felt like it had gone slower later in the day. The BCCI had said that, owing to harsh winter conditions in the region, the outfield at HPCA lacked sufficient grass density and will need some time to develop fully. They had a Ranji season here and it is pretty late it that was decided the game will be shifted from Dharamsala. It was one of those days when everything you did went into the hands (of fielders). They did not get enough time,” said the former India opener. That is our strength, that is where we are really good as a unit. To be fair this is a one off wicket. “Of course you can get out as a batting unit at times but we do prefer to play on turning tracks.

IND vs AUS Live Score, 3rd Test, Day 2: Rohit's Team India will heavily rely on the spin duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja in the remainder of ...

However, the decision backfired as India were bundled out for 109 in just 33.2 overs. The biggest disadvantage India will start Day 2 with is that they have no reviews left. Both the batters have enough potential to drag the match from India's favour. “I remember we pushed him up the order as well to give him that responsibility and he has not looked back. However, the big picture here is the ICC World Test Championship final spot, which India can seal with a win, and the team will be aiming for that. Follow the live updates of the ongoing 3rd Test between India and Australia from Indore.

India vs Australia, 3rd Test Live Score Updates Day 2: India will look to finish off Australia's first innings early as the unpredictable pitch promises ...

Coming into bat, Australia lost Travis Head early but a solid partnership between Usman Khawaja and Marnus Labuschagne helped Australia overcome that blow. His bowling partner Nathan Lyon, meanwhile, took care of Chesteshwar Pujara, Ravindra Jadeja and Srikar Bharat. Virat Kohli was their top scorer with 22 runs while Umesh Yadav’s late flurry took them just past hundred.

Kuhnemann conceded he had never played on a pitch that turned as much as Indore and had been guided from mid-off by where Nathan Lyon had stationed himself.

Kuhnemann, cricket.com.au noted, was as shocked as anyone when he was told midway through that match, just his second first-class game of the season and the 13th of his career, that he would be flying to [Delhi](https://indianexpress.com/section/cities/delhi/) to join the Test squad. This after he had closely watched how the Indian allrounder varied his angle on the crease across the first two Tests and shifted to a shorter length after the ball lost its shine. While he impressed in his maiden international campaign and stayed on as net bowler for the Test series against Sri Lanka that ensued, hopes of winning a Baggy Green anytime soon seemed farfetched,” the website noted. Me and Todd (Murphy) were on the MRF tour in [Ravindra Jadeja](https://indianexpress.com/about/ravindra-jadeja/)’s bowling in the final hours of play the same day as his Sheffield Shield match against Victoria. “Last year he was helicoptered from Hambantota, on Sri Lanka’s south coast, to Kandy, in the island’s central hill region, to replace Ashton Agar during Australia’s ODI series last year.

Playing surface offers turn and grip from the word go as India toil to post just 109; Kuhnemann picks fifer.

Yet, it was a bunsen before the sizable weekday crowd had broken for lunch on the opening day. Off the next ball, a touch shorter and wide off the off stump, he went to cut it. In fact, the average degree of turn in the first session was 4.9*, a full degree greater than the average of the entire match at New Delhi. At lunch with the hosts at 84/7, it was curious to see coach Rahul Dravid come down from the pavilion to have a close look at the surface. Shreyas Iyer came and went in a blink and it was 44/5 after the first hour. Normalcy was restored pretty soon as Kohli was trapped in front, the delivery straightening after pitching. The left-arm spinner, though, was relegated to a subplot. After an auspicious start by the hosts — Sharma was out twice in the first over but the visitors didn’t opt to take reviews so early — Kuhnemann sent Sharma packing thanks to a ball that gripped, jumped and beat his outside edge. According to a graphic put out by the host broadcaster, the degree of turn on that ball was 6.8*. On Wednesday, another name was added to the above list; Matthew Kuhnemann. One can only speculate if there was not enough time to prepare a Test match-worthy wicket -- the third match, after all, was originally slated to be held in Dharamsala before it was rearranged — but it certainly looked a touch on the undercooked side. INDORE: ON Tuesday, Rohit Sharma had raised the possibility of requesting a green seamer for the fourth Test if the hosts made it 3-0 at Indore.

India vs Australia Live Score: Get all the latest updates, commentary and highlights from the second day of the third Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test in Indore.

In the end, the frazzled minds and tortured techniques from the Delhi Test looked like memories of a distant past as Usman Khawaja and Marnus Labuschagne battled hard to keep the visitor alive in the series, albeit with slices of luck. From India losing half its side to spin for less than 50, to Todd Murphy looking like he has got Virat Kohli’s number, taking the former India captain’s wicket for the second time in as many Tests, to failing to make 150 having elected to bat first, it was a dismal day for India. Umesh gets the ball to move in from back-of-a-length. Umesh gets the other set batter Green in the next over. Australia all out for 197. Ashwin gets the last man Lyon, who goes for a sweep only to see his stumps disturbed.

The third Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2023 has become exciting on the very second day itself. Like the last two Tests of the series, this one too seems ...

Peter Handscomb and Cameron Green will begin the proceedings for the Aussies as they are the men not out. They added 30 runs this morning and 40 for the fifth wicket in total The round-the-wicket line by Yadav has troubled the lefty tailenders. There’s the turn from Kuhnemann again. The Indian team trail by 75 runs currently. For India, the spin trio of Ravichandran Ashwin,

Umesh Yadav scalped three batters as India bowled out Australia for 197 in their first innings on the second morning of the third Test here on Thursday.

Australia 1st Innings: 197 all out in 76.3 overs (Usman Khawaja 60, Marnus Labuschagne 31; Ravindra Jadeja 4/78, Umesh Yadav 3/12, Ravichandran Ashwin 3/44). For India, Ravindra Jadeja (4/78) picked up four wickets while Umesh Yadav (3/12) and Ravichandran Ashwin (3/44) took three wickets apiece. India 1st Innings: 109 all out in 33.2 overs (Virat Kohli 22; Matthew Kuhnemann 5/16, Nathan Lyon 3/35).

LIVE India vs Australia LIVE: Strong start for Cameron Green and Peter Handscomb on shocking Indore pitch...after day one 'mayhem' saw the hosts crumble for ...

With cracks visible even before the start of play, Australia turned to spin just six overs in and were immediately rewarded. Boy, what a day of cricket we had ourselves yesterday! No balls appeared to have troubled them as of yet. That's the first sign of aggression we've seen from the Aussies today. Starting to keep VERY low here on this absolutely shocking Indore pitch. The pitch in Indore came in for heavy criticism after India were bowled out for 109 in less than three hours on the opening day of the third Test.

India's fast bowler Umesh Yadav made a comeback to the third Test match after sitting out for the first two Tests of the BGT series.

Australia posted 197 runs in the first innings with a lead of 88 runs. However, the Aussies have responded to the Indore Test with a different intent and approach. Earlier, in the first two Tests, it turned out to be one-sided encounters.

India have been on the back foot since Day 1 of the third and penultimate Test versus Australia at the Holkar Stadium, Indore. After being all-out for 109, ...

In their second essay, India are on the mat having lost seven wickets for 140 runs. Umesh accounted for the wickets of Todd Murphy, Mitchell Starc and Cameron Green. India have been on the back foot since Day 1 of the third and penultimate Test versus Australia at the Holkar Stadium, Indore.

Fast bowler Umesh Yadav, whose father passed away recently, has come up the hard way; the first thing he did with IPL money was construct a house for his ...

A smile,a glance skywards and while wearing the expression of a man who knows success can be fleeting. Missing out when the team was announced for the 50-over World Cup in 2019. Umesh had told this paper about the challenges of not being a regular in the Indian team. That feeling isn’t good as you won’t be able to perform well when you get a chance,” Umesh had said. He would have also hoped his late father Tilak, a coal miner who worked hard to ensure his three sons made it in life, was around to see him hurry the Australian batsmen with his pace and late swing. On Thursday, Yadav found the rhythm with the old ball in Indore. You do worry about the fact that you might get dropped if you don’t do well in this chance. Umesh too had to deal with the ups and downs in his career. Umesh has played 54 Test matches, 75 One-day International and nine T20s but has learnt to live with being in and out of the team. “The main thing is when you don’t play back-to-back games and get the odd match in between, what happens sometimes is that you don’t have the match-rhythm of bowling. When Umesh Yadav struck thrice to hasten the end of Australia’s first innings in the third Test in Indore, the fast bowler who lost his father last week, did what many expected him to do regularly. He also used to carry good whiskey for his father.

Nathan Lyon was the wrecker-in-chief with 8 for 64 as India set Australia a target of 76.

Handscomb, in the company of Cameron Green, added 30 from 16 overs in the first hour, with the lead creeping to 77. The bowling change worked pronto as Starc struck with the second ball of his new spell; a diving Usman Khawaja at midwicket intercepting a firm flick from Iyer to complete a stunning catch. He callously skipped out to a good length ball from Lyon for a wild heave but did not get anywhere close to the pitch of the delivery and lost his woodwork, beaten by the turn and dip. With India still 56 in arrears, the pressure took its toll, not on Pujara but Rohit Sharma, who misjudged Lyon’s length to be struck on the pads plumb in front. However, while Australia’s current spin trio may be far off from being feted as one of the world’s best - with the exception of Lyon - they held up their end of the bargain at the Holkar Stadium by being disciplined and patient. But just as he was starting to push that lead into a realm, where the haunting words of Apollo 13 astronaut Jack Swigert, “Houston…

Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Fans missed Rishabh Pant, who is recovering from a major accident after Nathan Lyon ran through the Indian batting line-up in Indore ...

Former Danish Kaneria said on his YouTube channel that if you asked the wicketkeeper how to play spinners like Lyon and Kuhenmann, he would have told you to use your feet, get to the pitch of the ball, and smash it a long way. No other batter apart from Pujara and Shreyas Iyer stood up and as a result, India are facing eyeball-to-eyeball with defeat. Notably, Pant has a fantastic Test record against Australia, scoring 624 runs in 7 matches at an incredible average of 62.40. The top-order vows continue to haunt India as the top order apart from Cheteshwar Pujara failed miserably. There has been no announcement of his return to cricket. India did well to end Australia's first innings at 197, conceding an 88-run lead after Steve Smith's side began at 156 for 4, but negotiating quality spin in favourable conditions remained a challenge.

Cheteshwar Pujara top-scored with 59, the only batter to pass 30 as India were dismissed for 163 in their second innings.

[Shubman Gill](https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/shubman-gill-1070173)fell to a wild heave across the line to Lyon in the first over after lunch. Shreyas chipped the ball to midwicket where [Usman Khawaja](http://www.espncricinfo.com/player/usman-khawaja-215155)took a diving catch to his left, having spent almost all of the second session off the field. Umesh then claimed the key scalp of Green with a ball that just straightened a touch off the seam and had Green playing the wrong line as tried to work through the leg side. [Nathan Lyon](https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/nathan-lyon-272279)put Australia on the brink of a rare Test win in India. Ball tracking had it clipping the outside corner of leg stump. Less than half an hour later Australia were all out with a lead of just 88, having lost 6 for 11 in 34 deliveries. It was a stunning turnaround sparked by Ashwin and Umesh, two bowlers Rohit had hardly used in the first hour. India led by 52 with three wickets in hand but Australia were still sweating with India's best batter in the series Axar Patel joining Pujara. Lyon was able to claim the final two wickets without Axar doing major damage and they avoided a nervy couple of overs starting the chase on the second night in the process. Their tail has provided no resistance on the entire tour, but this was statistically among the [worst lower-order collapses](https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;groupby=innings;orderby=fow_runs;orderbyad=reverse;partnership_wicketmin1=6;partnership_wicketval1=partnership_wicket;qualmax1=11;qualmin2=5;qualval1=fow_runs;qualval2=fow_outs;team=2;template=results;type=fow)in Australia's Test history. Having learned from his mistake in the first-innings, he played almost exclusively on the front foot with a vertical bat, always playing in front of his pad, and used his feet superbly to smother the spin of Lyon, Todd Murphy and Matthew Kuhnemann. Pujura stood firm but he never stood still in nearly four hours of attrition to keep India alive.

Arguably the best off-spinner to have played for Australia, Lyon outfoxed the Indian batters with his guile on way to a potentially match winning eight for ...

“A lot of boys and girls can go the way he goes about batting and learn from it. I know the challenges against these guys, but I was pretty happy with the way I bowled in Nagpur. “To be honest, I was pretty happy with the way I bowled in Nagpur. I’ve got a lot of respect for the way he goes about it. But when you come around the wicket with big spin, it brings in all modes of dismissal,” he explained. “I know a lot of people see it as a negative.

When the day began, Australia were in a position to shut India out of the game. And for a time, they appeared to be well on their way to doing so.

There was still the lower order to come, and hope floated, but this was extinguished when Smith out-did Khawaja, pouncing on an edge from Pujara at leg slip, going to his right and low, at lightning speed to hold onto a one-handed screamer. India just have to give it their all, and pray that Australia panic. Pujara kept Lyon at bay, blunting the offie, allowing [Shreyas](/topic/shreyas)to play his shots. Shreyas flicked well, but [Usman Khawaja](/topic/usman-khawaja)was at hand at midwicket, superman without his cape, diving to his left to pull off a stunner. The ball kept low and the umpire had no hesitation in raising his finger. But, in between these two acts of generosity, was the real meat of the Indian innings. But, the innings began and ended in identical fashion. India’s 10th wicket would be Mohammad Siraj, who also wanted to be a hero, but only ended up giving Lyon figures of 8 for 64, throwing away his wicket while Axar Patel was still at the other end. Reverse-swinging the ball beautifully, he had the Cameron Green trapped in front by a ball that shaped towards pad and straightened after pitching. Since 2018, Umesh has 50 home wickets from 23 innings at an average of 15.32 — better than Mohammad Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja in the same time frame. Umesh’s injection of urgency meant that Australia ended with 197, far fewer than they would have liked. Then came 29 minutes of mayhem in which Australia lost six wickets in 35 balls for the addition of only 11 runs.