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LIVE Cricket Score India vs Australia 2016-17, 1st Test, Day 3: Australia trounce India by 333 runs

Welcome to CricketCountry’s live cricket blog and updates post of the third day’s play between India and Australia in the ongoing opening Test, of their four-match series.

Australia are leading by 298 runs with 6 wickets left © IANS
Australia are leading by 298 runs with 6 wickets left © IANS

Hello, good morning and welcome to CricketCountry’s live cricket blog and updates post of the third day’s play between India and Australia in the ongoing opening Test, of their four-match series. The match is being played at the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) Ground in Pune, and this is Devarchit Varma bringing you the live cricket scores and updates of the match. Australia have the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2016-17 in their firm control, as they had an overall lead of 298 runs against India at stumps on the second day. Steven Smith was batting on 59, accompanied by Mitchell Marsh on 21 not out. Live Cricket  Scorecard: India vs Australia 1st Test at at Pune

At stumps, Australia were leading by 298 runs in the second innings. Wickets fell throughout the day at regular intervals, which started off with Mitchell Starc, the overnight batsman, being dismissed in the first over from Ravichandran Ashwin. Australia were bowled out for 260, and India had a good opportunity to bat long and big and put the visitors in pressure. However, Josh Hazlewood claimed the wicket of Murali Vijay early on, which somehow opened the floodgates. Starc returned in his second spell to get rid of Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara in a space of four deliveries, which pegged back India completely.

Kohli registered his first duck at home when he chased one outside off and was caught at the first slip. Pujara got a bouncer which looked unplayable, and soon India were tottering at 44 for 3. KL Rahul, who top scored with 64, teamed up with Ajinkya Rahane to take India forward. India were going steady at 94 for 3, from where they suffered a batting collapse and were bowled out for 105.

Steve O’Keefe claimed 6 for 35, whereas Peter Handscomb made a very useful contribution with three catches, two of which were outstanding one-handed efforts. India’s 105 is now their fifth lowest in their bilateral history against Australia.

In their reply, Australia started nervously. David Warner hit two boundaries and was dismissed in the first over from Ravichandran Ashwin, whereas Shaun Marsh fell for a 21-ball duck in which he did not look to score at all. India continued to remain poor, as they spilled as many as four catches and wasted both their reviews. Three of these lifelines went in the favour of Steven Smith, who was unbeaten on 59 alongside Mitchell Marsh on 21 at stumps.

Teams:

India: KL Rahul, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Wriddhiman Saha, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Jayant Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav.

Australia: Matt Renshaw, David Warner, Steven Smith (c), Shaun Marsh, Peter Handscomb, Mitchell Marsh, Matthew Wade (wk), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Stephen O’Keefe, Josh Hazlewood

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