IND vs AUS Highlights, Day 3: Ravindra Jadeja was the big difference maker for India with two wickets as he reminded Rohit Sharma of Ravichandran Ashwin blunder. But Marnus Labuschagne and Cameron Green helped Australia close the day at 123/4, extending the lead to 296. Australia took a commanding 173 run lead after India were bowled out for 296 in the WTC 2023 Final.
Ajinkya Rahane missed out on a century, while SHardul Thakur smashed his 3rd fifty in 3 innings at The Oval to help the team avoid follow on. With more than 2 days of play left, Australia are in the driver’s seat to seal the ICC Test mace.
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Day 2 Summary:
Coming to bat, Steve Smith and Travis Head looked positive. Smith went on to pile another century against the Indian bowling line-up. However, the bowling team made a decent comeback to restrict to 469/10. Mohammed Siraj was the pick of bowlers as he took four wickets.
Coming to bat, Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill were positive as they stroked a few boundaries. However, Australian skipper got the first breakthrough to get his opposite number. Soon after, Gill had a brain fade moment as he left the ball to let it crash onto the stumps. Pujara got off to a same fashion with Green scalping his first wicket. Kohli was bounced out by Starc. The final wicket to fall on Day 2 was Ravindra Jadeja as Nathan Lyon opened his wicket column. At Day 3, Ajinkya Rahane and KS Bharat are holding the fort for India.
India vs Australia Playing XIs:
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli. Ajinkya Rahane, Srikar Bharat (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami. Mohammed Siraj
Australia: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne. Steven Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green. Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland
IND vs AUS WTC Final 2023: Live Broadcast and Streaming
The India vs Australia World Test Championship Final will be telecasted live on Star Sports Network in India in both Hindi and English. The Live Streaming of the match will be available on Disney + Hotstar.
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