As India‘s marathon home-run is in its final stage, hosts India are playing visitors Australia on Day 3 of the first of the four-Test series for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) Stadium in Pune on Saturday. The live cricket streaming of the match will be available on Hotstar in both English and Hindi commentary, while the live telecast will be available on Star Sports 1 and Star Sports HD 1, along with the Hindi commentary on Star Sports 3 and Star Sports HD 3. India are currently in a tough position, following a terrible collapse on Day 2, while they continue to trail Australia by 298 runs at stumps on Day 2. FULL CRICKET SCORECARD: India vs Australia, 1st Test at Pune
India, who had a slow start to Day 1, finally managed to get through to the Australians innings, and wrapped them up for 260, with Umesh Yadav claiming four wickets for 32 runs, while Ravichandran Ashwin too claimed crucial three wickets for 63 runs. Australian opener Matt Renshaw, who had stomach trouble early in the innings, managed to score 68, while Mitchell Starc too managed to score 61, providing some late fireworks. As for India, they were bundled for mere 105 within 41 overs, with opener KL Rahul being the top scorer with 64 runs, while Steve O’Keefe claimed six wickets for 35 runs. LIVE BLOG: India vs Australia, 1st Test at Pune
Having earned the lead in the second innings, Australians started well with the bat in the second innings as well, as skipper Steven Smith is currently unbeaten on 59, while they are 143 for the loss of four wickets, with Ashwin claiming three for 68 as of now, as Australia lead by 298 runs at stumps on Day 2. IND vs AUS, 1st Test: It was a good day to be a part of, says O’Keefe
Therefore, with this, the question pops up, what would be the status of play on Day 3. Can the Indians get rid of the Australian innings soon on Day 3? And if they do, will the match get over by Day 3 itself, or can the play just sneak in to Day 4. All of it could be answered on Day 3 itself.
Meanwhile, O’Keefe had a good day out, as he spoke to the media on his as well as Australia’s performance on Day 2. “It’s amazing how things can quickly change over here. I was none for 30 off nine overs, probably didn’t bowl very well at all in my first six overs. And then, it all just happened really quickly, and I guess that’s the sort of wicket it is. We played and missed a lot of balls and fortunately for us, they nicked them and we caught them. So it was a good day to be a part of and well finished off by the batters,” said O’Keefe.
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