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India vs Australia, WTC Final 2023, Day 2 Highlights: India 151/5, Trail Australia By 318 Runs At Stumps | Cricket News

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IND vs AUS, WTC Final, Day 2 Highlights: Australia dominated the show on Thursday despite a good comeback from the Indian bowlers in the first and second sessions. Mohammed Siraj returned a four-wicket haul as India bundled out Australia for 469 runs in the second session. In reply, the Rohit Sharma-led side got off to a poor start, losing both the openers Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill at the score of 30. Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli too failed to play promising knocks, while Ravindra Jadeja was dismissed on 48. Ajinkya Rahane (29 not out) and KS Bharat (5 not out) will resume the Indian innings on Friday.(SCORECARD)

Highlights Of Day 2 Of WTC Final between India and Australia, straight from the Oval:

  • 22:47 (IST)

    India vs Australia WTC Final: Stumps!

    That’s the Stumps on Day 2. It was another good day for Australia. They were bundled out for 469 but did well to take five Indian wickets by the end of the day.

  • 22:15 (IST)

    India vs Australia WTC Final: WICKET!

    Ravindra Jadeja is out! Nathan Lyon has provided Australia the much-needed breakthrough. It was a good length delivery outside off stump from Lyon that turned away from Jadeja. The batter got a thick edge on it and Steve Smith took a good catch at slip. Jadeja fell for 48 runs off 51 balls.

    IND 142/5 (34.3)

  • 22:03 (IST)

    India vs Australia WTC Final: Spin introduced!

    After the fast bowling seemed ineffective in front of the duo of Ajinkya Rahane and Ravindra Jadeja, Pat Cummins has introduced off spinner Nathan Lyon.

    IND 125/4 (32) 

  • 21:51 (IST)

    India vs Australia WTC Final: What a shot!

    It is a beautiful shot from Ajinkya Rahane for a four. Scott Boland bowled it fuller outside off stump and Rahane played a cover drive to pefection to hit it for a boundary. 

    IND 116/4 (29.4)

  • 21:38 (IST)

    India vs Australia WTC Final: SIX!

    Scott Boland bowled a fuller delivery on the pads of Ravindra Jadeja and the batting southpaw nonchalantly flicked it for a six over sqaure leg fence.

    IND 111/4 (27.2)

  • 21:32 (IST)

    India vs Australia WTC Final: FOUR!

    A good length delivery from Cameron Green and Ravindra Jadeja has punched it from the backfoot for a four towards the long-off fence.

    IND 104/4 (26.1)

  • 21:21 (IST)

    India vs Australia WTC Final: Drinks break!

    India are way too far from Australia’s first innings total of 469 runs and they are four wickets down. Ajinkya Rahane remains the key for India from here as he comes to the WTC final on the back of really good IPL and Ranji Trophy seasons. 

    IND 98/4 (24)

  • 21:12 (IST)

    India vs Australia WTC Final: Another FOUR from Jadeja!

    Mitchell Starc is struggling! This time he bowled a fuller ball on the pads of Jadeja and the batter punished Starc with a four on it. Jadeja flicked the ball through the backward square leg for a the boundary.

    IND 96/4 (22.3)

  • 21:10 (IST)

    India vs Australia WTC Final: FOUR!

    A fuller ball from Mitchell Starc outside off stump to Ravindra Jadeja and the batter hit it for a four past the mid-off fielder.

    IND 92/4 (22.1)

  • 21:06 (IST)

    India vs Australia WTC Final: Lucky escape!

    Pat Cummins got the wicket of Ajinkya Rahane after trapping him front of the stumps. Umpire was convinced with the appeal, but Rahane took the decision upstairs. Even before ball tracking could be used, it was revealed that Cummins had bowled a no-ball. It’s a really lucky escape for Rahane. 

    IND 88/4 (21.5)

  • 20:55 (IST)

    India vs Australia WTC Final: FOUR!

    A fuller ball from Mitchell Starc and Ravindra Jadeja drives it away for a four down the ground. Jadeja has looked really good so far.

    IND 83/4 (20.1)

  • 20:47 (IST)

    India vs Australia WTC Final: BIG WICKET! Kohli is out!

    This is a big fish for Mitchell Starc as he has removed Virat Kohli. It was a rising short delivery and Kohli got hit on the gloves before Steve Smith took a really good catch at slip.  

    IND 71/4 (18.2)

  • 20:40 (IST)

    India vs Australia WTC Final: FOUR!

    That’s a good shot from Ajinkya Rahane. Pat Cummins bowled a bouncer on the body of the batter but he smartly adjusted himself under the ball and hit it over the square leg fielder for a four.

    IND 71/3 (17.3)

  • 20:33 (IST)

    India vs Australia WTC Final: FOUR!

    A fuller ball from Mitchell Starc and Virat Kohli drives it away for a four towards the long-off fence. He is looking set in the crease is Kohli.

    IND 65/3 (16.1)

  • 20:18 (IST)

    India vs Australia WTC Final: Pujara is out!

    Cheteshwar Pujara has been cleaned up by Cameron Green. Another error in judgement and another Indian batter has been bowled out. Pujara left the ball of Green that was pitched outside off stump but shaped into him. The ball hit the stump and Pujara walked off after a fighting 14.  

    IND 50/3 (13.5)

  • 20:04 (IST)

    India vs Australia WTC Final: FOUR!

    A fuller ball from Boland on the pads of Pujara and the batter flicks it away for a four towards the deep mid-wicket fence.

    IND 41/2 (10.3)

  • 20:02 (IST)

    India vs Australia WTC Final: 3rd session underway!

    Scott Boland will bowl the first over in the final session on Day 2. Cheteshwar Pujara will face the first ball. Here we go!

  • 19:42 (IST)

    India vs Australia WTC Final: Tea break!

    That’s the end of second session. While India picked three wickets in the session to bundle out Australia for 469 runs, the opponents bounced back in a better way. Pat Cummins sent Rohit Sharma packing before Scott Boland cleaned up Shubman Gill. Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara are in the crease and they need to take India out of hot water.

    IND 37/2 (10)

  • 19:32 (IST)

    India vs Australia WTC Final: Lucky escape for Kohli!

    A short ball from Pat Cummins and Virat Kohli failed to leave it properly. He got an inside edge on it, but his good luck saw the ball missing the stumps and running away for a four. A lot is happening in the innings now.

    IND 35/2 (7.5)

  • 19:28 (IST)

    India vs Australia WTC Final: Gill is out!

    6.4 – A good length delivery from Scott Boland and that cleans up Shubman Gill’s stumps. The batter could only blame himself for leaving a delivery that was bowled outside off stump but was shaping into him really sharp. India are in trouble now.

    IND 30/2 (7)

  • 19:21 (IST)

    India vs Australia WTC Final: WICKET!

    An early wicket for Australia as Pat Cummins has got better of Rohit Sharma. It was a fuller delivery that shaped into Rohit after pitching and caught him plumb in front of the stumps.

    IND 30/1 (6)

  • 19:19 (IST)

    India vs Australia WTC Final: FOUR!

    A short ball from Pat Cummins and Shubman Gill has pulled it over the mid-on fielder for a four. It was firmly hit by Gill with some really body balance. He is carrying red-hot form from IPL 2023 and India would hope him to deliver in this summit clash too.

    IND 29/0 (5.3)

  • 19:16 (IST)

    India vs Australia WTC Final: Maiden over!

    Change in bowling as Scott Boland was handed the fifth over instead of Mitchell Starc. The right-arm pacer even beaten Rohit Sharma’s outside edge on the final delivery of his over.

    IND 23/0 (5)

  • 19:12 (IST)

    India vs Australia WTC Final: Good start for India!

    India are scoring at 5.75 runs per over. This is a really good start for the side. Both Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill are looking really comfortable at the crease.

    IND 23/0 (4)

  • 19:06 (IST)

    India vs Australia WTC Final: FOUR!

    Another boundary from the bat of Rohit Sharma! He is looking really good in the crease is the India captain. On the other hand, the Australian pacers have failed to trouble the Indian openers so far.

    IND 19/0 (2.4)

  • 18:57 (IST)

    India vs Australia WTC Final: FOUR!

    Rohit Sharma hit a pull shot on the second ball of Mitchell Starc’s first over for a four. It was a short ball and Rohit played it towards backward square leg for the boundary. He took a single on the fifth ball of the over.

    IND 5/0 (1)

  • 18:51 (IST)

    India vs Australia WTC Final: India start their innings!

    The  match has resumed after the innings break. Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill have opened the innings for India with the senior on the strike. Mitchell Starc is set to bowl the first over. Here we go!

  • 18:42 (IST)

    India vs Australia WTC Final: OUT!!! Australia all out for 469!

    Mohammed Siraj removes Pat Cummins and that’s the end of the Australian innings. It is the fourth wicket for Siraj. He was really impressive in the innings and deserved this. Meanwhile, Mohammed Shami and Umesh Yadav picked two wickets apiece.

    AUS 469 (121.3)

  • 18:32 (IST)

    India vs Australia WTC Final: Siraj strikes!

    Mohammed Siraj has cleaned up Nathan Lyon. It was a fuller ball from Siraj and Lyon failed to play his shot on it. The ball missed his bat but not the stumps. Australia are only one wicket away from getting bundled out.

    AUS 468/9 (119.5)

  • 18:27 (IST)

    IND vs AUS Live Score: Australia keep going!

    Despite losing wickets at regular intervals today, Australia have managed to score runs at a good pace. They are really close to 500 and if they could reach there, it would be a really good first innings total. On the other hand, India will aim to clean up the tail as soon as possible. 

    AUS 463/8 (119) 

  • 18:11 (IST)

    India vs Australia WTC Final: Alex Carey is out!

    Ravindra Jadeja has got the wicket of Alex Carey, who was turning out to be a thorn in India’s flesh. It was a fuller ball from Jadeja in which Carey went for a reverse sweep. He missed to touch the ball and was caught plumb in front of the stumps. Umpire was unconvinced with the appeal but a good review from India helped them get the wicket.

    AUS 453/8 (114.4)

  • 18:08 (IST)

    IND vs AUS Live Score: SIX!

    Ravindra Jadeja pitched it up and Alex Carey smashed it for a six over the long-on fence.

    AUS 447/7 (114.2)

  • 17:52 (IST)

    India vs Australia WTC Final: FOUR!

    Mohammed Shami bowled it on the pads of Alex Carey and the batter flicked it for a four to the left of mid-wicket fielder. Fielder Ajinkya Rahane, who was stationed there, failed to reach to the ball which went past really quick. 

    AUS 429/7 (110.5)

  • 17:45 (IST)

    India vs Australia WTC Final: Second session underway!

    The second session has kicked off with Umesh Yadav bowling the first over. Alex Carey is on strike. Here we go!

  • 17:50 (IST)

    IND vs AUS Live Score: Maiden over!

    No run came off the first over as Umesh bowled tight lines and lengths to Carey, who remains the hope for a 500 for Australia from here. 

    AUS 422/7 (110)

  • 17:04 (IST)

    India vs Australia WTC Final: Lunch on Day 2!

    This session was dominated by India as they picked four wickets with Australia adding 95 runs to their total. It was a good comeback on Thursday from the Indian pacers, who had struggled in the latter half of Day 1. 

    AUS 422/7 (109)

  • 16:57 (IST)

    IND vs AUS Live Score: FOUR!

    This is a really good shot from Alex Carey. It was a fuller ball from Mohammed Siraj and Carey went down the leg side, created room for himself and steered the ball behind square leg for a four.

    AUS 415/7 (107.3)

  • 16:39 (IST)

    India vs Australia WTC Final: WICKET!

    Substitute fielder Axar Patel has produced a sensational throw to run out Mitchell Starc. The Australian team is losing the plot. It has lost four wickets in the session so far. India are back in the game with some great energy. 

    AUS 402/7 (103.5)

  • 16:30 (IST)

    IND vs AUS Live Score: A mini comeback for India

    Three wickets for India in the session so far that too with Australia adding only 71 runs, this is a good comeback for India. However, the work is not done yet as Australia are six down but still set to post over 500 from here. Indian pacers need to tighten the grip to restrict Australia to a total of less than that.

    AUS 398/6 (102)

  • 16:14 (IST)

    India vs Australia WTC Final: Steve Smith is gone!

    Here is the big fish for Shardul Thakur! He has got the wicket of Steve Smith on the latter’s individual score of 121. It was nothing more than just an ordinary short ball outside off stump, but Smith certainly lost his concentration and got an inside edge on the ball that hit the stumps eventually.

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“To Be Honest”: Nathan Lyon Picks ‘Massive’ Moment For Australia In Indore Test | Cricket News

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Australian spinner Nathan Lyon termed India batter Cheteshwar Pujara’s dismissal in the second innings a “massive” moment in the game and lauded his stand-in skipper Steve Smith for taking the catch, saying that he “would not trade him for anyone”. Nathan Lyon’s eight-wicket haul helped Australia skittle out India for 163 runs in the second inning, leaving the visitors just 76 runs away from a win in the third Test here at the Holkar Cricket Stadium on Thursday. There is no one Nathan would rather have stood at slip to him than Steve Smith after he pulled off a brilliant catch to dismiss Pujara and leave the visitors confident of a win at the end of the second day of the match.

While Australia worked their way through Indian batting line-up, Pujara stood tall and threatened to leave a target for Aussies that would give Indian spinners a chance. He defied all tactics thrown at him, including a field setting which was leg-side heavy that choked his run-scoring and appeared to have frustrated skipper Rohit Sharma in the dressing room, he was eventually persuaded into flicking at a ball outside leg stump.

Smith showed amazing reflexes, diving low to his right and plucking one of the most astonishing catches of his career, in a series which saw him dropping some easy ones.

“It was massive,” Lyon said as quoted by ESPNCrincinfo.

“To be honest with you, and this is no disrespect to anyone else in the team, but I do not think anyone else is catching it. That’s just me bowling from one end and looking up and seeing Steve Smith at slip or leg slip and having that confidence as a bowler.”

“Yes, he has dropped a couple here and there, but I would not trade him for anyone. It shows the quality of the cricketer he is that we see at training the different methods he is coming up with to try and get better and try and improve. This is someone who has played 95 Test matches.”

“Hats off to Smithy, he did all the work, I am not surprised but it was a massive moment to finish off the day strongly,” concluded Lyon.

Smith enjoyed a brilliant day on-field as a captain, having taken the role in absence of Pat Cummins, who flew back to Australia after the second Test in Delhi due to family health issues. He was extremely proactive and innovative while setting the field and rotated his spinners well.

On second day, he brought back Mitchell Starc at a vital stage after tea when batter Shreyas Iyer was playing some attacking shots and it resulted in batters’ dismissal for 26 after Usman Khawaja caught him at midwicket.

“I have obviously played a lot with Smithy throughout my career, so we are very good mates on and off the field and are able to have some very good cricket conversations. He is one of the best batters in the world, especially over the last decade, the way his brain works with cricket tactics provides me with good conversations.”

“But saying that I thought Pat skippered the game really well last week. We had really good plans under both of them and that is where Australian cricket is in good hands with one of the best bowlers in the world and one of the best batters in the world being our two leaders,” added Lyon.

India could only bat for 60.3 overs in the second innings of the third Test, with Pujara waging a lone battle for the hosts before a rampant Nathan Lyon took eight wickets for just 64 runs.

The hosts resumed their innings on 79/4 after Tea with Cheteshwar Pujara on 36* and Shreyas Iyer still to open his account, trailing by 9 runs.

India started the session positively with Iyer smashing a six while Pujara whipped the ball for a boundary off Matthew Kuhnemann in the second over after lunch.

Iyer took the attack to the Aussie bowlers, putting them under pressure with aggressive shots turning the momentum towards the host.

The right-hander clubbed Nathan Lyon for two consecutive boundaries and launched Kuhnemann for a thunderous six over mid-wicket and a boundary in the next over, bringing the Aussie bowlers under the pump.

Pujara and Iyer were flourishing in the third session but Steve Smith brought Mitchell Starc into the attack after Kuhnemann leaked runs.

The move worked wonders for the visitors as the pacer was able to get rid of Iyer. The right-hand batter played an aerial shot towards mid-wicket but Usman Khawaja pocketed a brilliant catch to draw curtains on the batter’s innings.

Iyer played a quick-fire cameo of 26 from 27 balls, stitching a 35 run-stand with Pujara for the fifth wicket.

Srikar Bharat followed cheaply adding just three runs to the total. Lyon bowled a peach to beat the batter’s outside edge and hit the top of the off-stump dismissing him for 3(8).

Ravichandran Ashwin and Pujara did provide resilience to the visitor’s rampant attack to stitch a 22-run-stand for the seventh wicket.

India’s crisis man Pujara brought up his half-century, waging a lone battle against the Aussie bowlers, holding up one end.

However, the wickets continued to fumble and Ashwin fell to Lyon for 16(28). The wicket brought up the spinner’s fifer in the second inning, reducing India to 140/7.

A freak catch from Steve Smith saw the back of Pujara after a superb knock from the Saurashtra batter. The right-hander played a resilient knock of 59 runs.

It was one-way traffic from thereon as the hosts lost their last two wickets inside eight runs. The Aussie bowlers bundled out the hosts for 163 runs, needing 76 runs in the second innings for the victory.

Nathan Lyon registered his best figures in India scalping eight Indian batsmen and giving away just 64 runs.

Earlier at Tea, India lost four wickets for 79 runs in second innings going into Tea trailing Australia by 9 runs with six wickets in hand here at the Holkar Cricket Stadium.

Resuming post-lunch session at 13/0 India lost their first wicket in the form of opener Shubman Gill as the youngster was cleaned up by

Nathan Lyon for 5. Hosts lost their first wicket for 15.Cheteshwar Pujara joined his skipper Rohit Sharma and the duo batted defensively but the other opener too became Lyon’s victim dismissing him leg before wicket for 12 to leave India in a spot of bother at 32/2.

Virat Kohli then joined Pujara and the duo helped India cross the 50-run mark but the 22-run partnership did not last long as Virat Kohli was dismissed by leg before wicket by Matthew Kuhnemann for 13.

Ravindra Jadeja walked out to bat with his Saurashtra teammate Pujara and the duo batted consciously in order to reduce the deficit. But Lyon struck for the third time dismissing southpaw Jadeja leg before wicket for 7 to leave India tottering at 78/4.

India went into Tea at 79/4 trailing Australia by 9 runs and six wickets in hand with Pujara batting on 36 and Shreyas Iyer batting on 0.

Earlier resuming day-2 at 156/4 Australian batters Peter Handscomb and Cameron Green batted sensibly and took their team’s first innings lead beyond the 50-run mark.

The Handscomb-Green partnership was taking the game away from the hosts. They desperately needed a wicket and Ravichandran Ashwin did exactly that dismissing Handscomb caught in the short leg by Shreyas Iyer for 19 breaking the 40-run partnership at 186.

Handscomb’s wicket opened the floodgates for India as they ran through Australian batting line-up. Pacer Umesh Yadav dismissed Cameron Green for 21 leg before wicket as Australia lost their sixth wicket for 188.

The Nagpur lad struck again in his next over cleaning Mitchell Starc for 1. Starc became Umesh’s 100th Test victim for Umesh on Indian soil. The pacer achieved this milestone in 31 matches to leave Australia tottering at 192/7.

India struck again in the space of four balls as Ashwin dismissed Alex Carey leg before wicket for 3 to leave Australia at 196/8.

Umesh Yadav looked unstoppable as he got his third wicket in the match dismissing Todd Murphy for a duck rattling his stumps to reduce Australia to 197/9.

Ashwin cleaned up Australia’s innings dismissing Nathan Lyon for 5 to bowl out visitors for 197 taking an 88-run lead in the first innings.

Brief Scores: India: 109/10 in 33.2 overs in 1st inns (Virat Kohli 22, Shubman Gill 21, Matthew Kuhnemann 5-16), Australia: 197/10 in 76.3 overs in 1st inns (Usman Khawaja 60, Marnus Labuschagne 31, Ravindra Jadeja 4-78, Umesh Yadav 3-12, Ravichandran Ashwin 3-44); India 163 (Cheteshwar Pujara 59; Nathan Lyon 8-64).

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India vs Australia Live, 1st Test Day 3: Virat Kohli Drops David Warner At First Slip | Cricket News

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India vs Australia, 1st Test Day 3, Live Updates: Australia are one down after Ravichandran Ashwin claimed the wicket of Usman Khawaja early in the guests’ second innings of the game. Earlier, Rohit Sharma’s 120 and Axar Patel’s 84 steered India to 400 all out, helping the side take a first innings lead of 223 runs. Todd Murphy claimed seven wickets but lacked an equally good support from the other Australian bowlers. Visiting skipper Pat Cummins had opted to bat first in the game. India had bundled out Australia for 177, thanks to Ravindra Jadeja’s five-wicket haul. (LIVE SCORECARD)

Here are the LIVE Score Updates of Day 3 of the 1st Test Match between India and Australia straight from Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur







  • 12:27 (IST)

    India vs Australia Live: Lucky Labuschagne!

    A Mohammed Shami delivery hit Marnus Labuschagne on the back pad. Umpire was unconvinced with the appeal so India decided to go upstairs. Ball tracker revealed that it was clipping the off stump. 

    AUS 177 & 8/1 (2.3)

  • 12:20 (IST)

    India vs Australia Live: WICKET!

    Ravichandran Ashwin strikes early to send back Usman Khawaja. This is a superb start for India who had taken an innings lead of 223 runs against Australia.

    Australia 177 & 7/1 (1.5 overs) vs India (400)

  • 11:37 (IST)

    India vs Australia Live: India all out for 400!

    Axar Patel has been cleaned up Pat Cummins and that is the end of India’s innings and that of Axar. He departs for a superb 84-run knock. India found it hard to go past 300 at one stage as they were reduced to 240/7, but knocks of Ravindra Jadeja, Axar and Mohammed Shami have helped them take a big first-innings lead of 223 runs.

    IND 400 (139.3)

  • 11:14 (IST)

    India vs Australia Live: SIX!

    Flight on offer from Todd Murphy. Axar Patel dances down the track and hits it over long-on for a six. He is making the batting look so easy…. Believe me, it is not! The track is having some good turn but Axar has settled himself so well that barely any delivery is troubling him. He is into the 80s now.

    IND 397/9 (136.4)

  • 11:08 (IST)

    India vs Australia Live: FOUR!

    An inside out shot from Axar Patel on the bowling of Todd Murphy for a four. With the hit, the Indian batter is now not out at 76. Can he get to the triple digit score from here? Well, a lot depends on Mohammed Siraj – the batter at the non-striker end.

    IND 391/9 (135)

  • 10:59 (IST)

    India vs Australia Live: WICKET!

    Mohammed Shami departs for 37 as Todd Murphy claims his 7th wicket. India 380/9 in 132.4 overs vs Australia

  • 10:48 (IST)

    India vs Australia Live: Back-to-back sixes from Shami!

    Mohammed Shami is batting in a different gear at the moment. He has smacked Todd Murphy for two consecutive sixes. The first one went over the extra cover region and the following one went over the deep mid-wicket. This is superb batting from Shami!

    IND 376/8 (130.4)

  • 10:43 (IST)

    India vs Australia Live: FOUR!

    This is a really goot shot from Mohammed Shami. Nathan Lyon bowled it around off at good length. Shami rocked back and hit it for a four through cover region.

    IND 363/8 (129.3)

  • 10:20 (IST)

    IND vs AUS Live: SIX!

    SIX! This is what Mohammed Shami can do. He can hit these shots with ease. It was in the slot from Todd Murphy and Shami heaved it into the stands for a six over deep mid-wicket.

    IND 348/8 (125)

  • 10:08 (IST)

    IND vs AUS Live: Catch dropped!

    Scott Boland has dropped Mohammed Shami’s catch at long-on. Shami hit a Nathan Lyon delivery high in the air and it could have been a regular catch for Boland, but he made a mess of it. Poor Australia!

  • 09:57 (IST)

    IND vs AUS Live: FOUR!

    That’s a good shot from Mohammed Shami for a four. He got on the backfoot and cut the ball away for the boundary. These runs will definitely hurt Australia as they aim to clean up the Indian tail as early as possible.

    IND 335/8 (119.3)

  • 09:55 (IST)

    IND vs AUS Live: WICKET!

    Error in judgement from Ravindra Jadeja and he will have to depart at the score of 70. Off-spinner Todd Murphy bowled made the ball turn to the other side and Jadeja left it. The ball hit his stumps, handing the Aussie debutant his sixth wicket. India 328/8 in 118.2 overs vs Australia

  • 09:43 (IST)

    IND vs AUS LIVE: Good turn for spinners!

    Nathan Lyon got some really good turn in his first over. He beat Axar Patel’s outside edge for more than a couple of times. So, Pat Cummins has decided to not continue and hand the ball to Todd Murphy to bowl from his end. 

    IND 324/7 (116)

  • 09:33 (IST)

    IND vs AUS LIVE: Day 3 play starts!

    The play on Day has kicked off with Pat Cummins bowling the first over. Ravindra Jadeja is on the strike, Axar Patel is at the other end.

  • 09:25 (IST)

    IND vs AUS LIVE: Australia need an early breakthrough!

    The pair of Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel have added 81 runs for the eighth wicket so far. They are unbeaten on their respective scores of 66 and 52. Australia need an early breakthrough to bounce back in the game, or the Indian duo will take the match further away from the guests. We are only 5 minutes away from Day 3 play. 

  • 08:51 (IST)

    IND vs AUS LIVE: How was India’s performance on Day 2?

    India lost a total of six wickets on Day 2 but comfortably took a 144-run lead over Australia. Rohit Sharma shone with his century before the pair of Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel took the centre stage. The two are still unbeaten. In case you missed the action on Friday, check the highlights HERE

  • 08:29 (IST)

    IND vs AUS Live: Batting coach lauds Rohit Sharma

    Here is what batting coach Vikram Rathour had to say on captain Rohit Sharma’s 120-run knock on Friday.

  • 08:10 (IST)

    IND vs AUS Live: Welcome guys!

    Hello guys welcome to the live blog of Day 3 of the ongoing first Test match between India and Australia. India will resume at the score of 321/7 with a lead of 144 over the guests. Stay connected for all the live updates!

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Border Gavaskar Trophy 2023: India’s Dominance At Home, Mixed Results Down Under | Cricket News

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The latest edition of the Border Gavaskar Trophy will kick start on February 9 in Nagpur. While Team India aim to retain the trophy after a historic win in Down Under, Australia will look to win their first Test series in India since 2004-05. Instituted in 1996 and named after legendary batters Allan Border and Sunil Gavaskar, the Border Gavaskar Trophy has had its moments of glory, where history was rewritten, records were shattered, and careers were molded.

Impregnable Home Turf

The inaugural one-match series in 1996 began on a winning note for India, as they beat Australia on the back of Nayan Mongia‘s 152. This was also Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar‘s first match as Test captain.

The 1996 series also heralded the era of India’s domination against Australia at home. India have won 16 out of the 25 Tests at home since 1996, losing only 5 and drawing the rest.

For some perspective: In the previous 25 Test matches played at home, India won only five Tests.

Team India’s home dominance peaked during the 2012-13 series, when the MS Dhoni-led team whitewashed the visitors 4-0 for the first time. Team India’s domination comes out even stronger if one considers the period between 2005 and 2017, when they lost only one Test match – Pune, 2017.

The only time Team India failed to defend their home turf was in 2004, when they lost 2-1.

Australian batters have struggled on the turning tracks of India – from Ricky Ponting, who is the second-highest run scorer in the tournament, in the 2000s to David Warner in the present. The turning tracks did not help spin wizard Shane Warne either, who averaged 43 in India. The only exception is Nathan Lyon, who has scalped 34 wickets at a healthy average of 30.

Mixed Fortunes Down Under

While Team India have been dominant at home, they have had mixed fortunes Down Under. Between 1999-2000 (the first overseas Border Gavaskar Series) and 2014-15, India won just two Test matches – Adelaide, 2003 and Perth, 2008.

India also suffered two humiliating whitewashes in Australia – 1999-2000 and 2011-12. The latter series witnessed the decline of India’s batting ‘quartet’ – Sehwag, Tendulkar, Dravid and Laxman. Eventually, Dravid and Laxman never played an international game for India.

The 2014-15 series saw the emergence of Kohli as a captain-batter, but it is now remembered more for the unexpected Test retirement of Dhoni. India lost the series 2-0, both Kohli and Dhoni losing and drawing one Test each.

However, under Kohli, India scripted history in 2018-19 as they became the first Asian team to win a series in Australia. The heroes of this unprecedented feat were Cheteshwar Pujara – 521 runs – and Jasprit Bumrah – 21 wickets. However, Australia were without the services of their two biggest batters, Steve Smith and Warner.

Two years later, India made a dramatic comeback in the series after a humiliating defeat in the first Test at Adelaide. This Test gained infamy as Team India were bowled out for 36, their lowest ever team total. The next three Tests were nothing short of a fairy tale for India.

Despite missing the services of Kohli, battling searing pace bowling, and a growing injury list, India won the series 2-1. The architects of the series victory were Ajinkya Rahane (112 in Melbourne), Hanuma Vihari and Ravichandran Ashwin in the drawn Sydney Test, and Rishabh Pant in the historic Brisbane Test. In winning the Brisbane Test, India became the first team in 32 years to win at the ‘The Gabba’.

Career Turning Point For Legends

The Border Gavaskar Trophy has been a witness to individual brilliance on numerous occasions, which not only rescued the team from precarious situations but also resurrected failing careers.

Long before VVS Laxman became an “Australia-specialist”, scoring over 2,400 runs and hitting six out of his 17 centuries, he was struggling to keep his place in the playing XI. In the first four years of his career, he had scored 626 runs at a paltry average of 25. But things changed dramatically for him in the second innings of the third Test in 2000, when he hit a quickfire 167 off 198 balls. Unfortunately, India faced an innings defeat but Laxman had made his mark in international cricket.

Laxman’s elegant wrist play was once again at play in the 2001 Kolkata Test, when he teamed up with Rahul Dravid to rescue India while following-on. His 281 along with Dravid’s 180 helped India set a target of 384. Harbhajan Singh’s six-wicket haul then gave the finishing touches to a famous Indian victory.

Harbhajan Singh took 32 wickets in the 2001 series – the most by an Indian bowler in a three-match series. The series turned out to be a turning point for Singh, who went on to take over 400 wickets and became the mainstay of Indian bowling attack for a decade.

While Virat Kohli – he is considered the successor to Tendulkar’s legacy – had always been known as a great Test prospect, it wasn’t before the Australia tour of 2014-15 that he came into his own. Captaining two Tests in the absence of Dhoni, Kohli scored 692 runs in the four-Test series. His captaincy debut was a blockbuster – 115 and 141 – and set the stage for his successful reign as a captain.

Records Galore For India

With 3,262 runs at an average of 56.24, Tendulkar continues to be the top scorer in the series. No one among the current crop of players comes closer.

Among the current players, Pujara with 1,893 runs is close to crossing the 2,000-run mark in the 2023 series. He needs to play two more Tests to complete 100 Tests, only the 13th Indian player to achieve this feat.

Kohli has the opportunity to improve his numbers on home turf. In 11 Test innings in India, Kohli has scored just 330 runs at an average of 33.

With 111 wickets, Anil Kumble is the leading wicket taker in the tournament. His compatriot Ashwin is fourth on the list with 89 wickets. He needs one more wicket to complete 450 Test wickets and become the second-fastest to the milestone after Muttiah Muralitharan.

Ravindra Jadeja, who is looking to make a comeback after injury, is just eight short of completing 250 Test wickets. In doing so, he will also become the latest entrant into the ‘250 wickets and 2,500 runs’ club.

Rohit Sharma will be playing his first Border Gavaskar Trophy on home turf, nearly a decade after his debut. He has played seven Tests against Australia, scoring just 408 runs at an average of 31.

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