Australia vs. India 3rd Test Day 4 Live Score: Rain forced an early tea break as Ravindra Jadeja was batting 65 off 109 balls with Mohammed Siraj at the other end. India needed to score 45 more runs to avoid a follow-on.
Australia vs. India Third Test Day 4 Live Score: The rain was absent for the whole of the first session, but it caused chaos in the second, forcing an early tea with India at 201/7, 45 runs from a follow-on. After a second rain delay, play started in the second session, and it appeared that Nitish Kumar Reddy and Ravindra Jadeja had put an end to Australia. The two appeared unfazed by Nathan Lyon and Mitchell Starc, but Australia skipper Pat Cummins came in and got rid of his SRH teammate Reddy. Mohammed Siraj is now Jadeja's companion.This year's Border-Gavaskar Trophy saw the debut of Jadeja's trademark sword celebration, as the all-rounder led India's lower order assault in his opening innings of the tour. Rain mostly avoided the first session of Day 4 of the third Test in Brisbane, but it has caused problems in the second session, starting late and having to be stopped after just roughly three overs had been bowled. At the time of the break, India's score was 180/6 in 51.5 overs, and they needed to score 65 runs to escape the follow-on.
India reached lunch in Brisbane thanks to Jadeja and Nitish Kumar Reddy, and with a score of 167/6, they were 79 runs from a follow-on. After a heroic battle, Rahul was caught by Steve Smith with a screamer of a catch at 84 off 139 balls, falling to Nathan Lyon. Rahul persevered through many rain interruptions during Day 3 and a short one during today's opening session. As the rest of his teammates collapsed around him, he remained patient and left the ball till he finally got some help from Jadeja, who is batting for the first time in this series. When Rahul fell, the pair's partnership was at 67 off 115. On Day 4 of the third Test match between Australia and India at the Gabba, rain forced a post-drinks break, although their stand reached fifty minutes when play began in the first session.
In the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Rahul has taken full advantage of the good fortune he received early on Day 4 by easily reaching a half-century in an innings in which the other Indian batsmen were bowled out. The first ball of the day saw Steve Smith lose him off Australia captain Pat Cummins. After scoring 10 from 27 balls, Cummins eventually got his wicket by eliciting a timid nudge from India skipper Rohit Sharma, who then edged it to the wicketkeeper. India was now more than 370 runs behind and had lost half of their team.
On day three at the Gabba, rain caused play to be stop-start, frustrating both teams. Only 33.1 overs could be delivered. However, 33.1 overs was sufficient for Australia to solidify their lead, take control of the game, and significantly influence the odds of both this match and the Border-Gavaskar Trophy overall.
India sits at 51-4 at stumps after a dreadful start to the innings with the bat. KL Rahul is the only batsman who has managed to make any kind of meaningful knock, after several wickets went quickly and loosely to Australia's onslaught with the new ball. Captain Rohit Sharma, who is in dire need and in low form, has joined Rahul.
On day three at the Gabba, rain caused play to be stop-start, frustrating both teams. Only 33.1 overs could be delivered. However, 33.1 overs was sufficient for Australia to solidify their lead, take control of the game, and significantly influence the odds of both this match and the Border-Gavaskar Trophy overall.
India sits at 51-4 at stumps after a dreadful start to the innings with the bat. KL Rahul is the only batsman who has managed to make any kind of meaningful knock, after several wickets went quickly and loosely to Australia's onslaught with the new ball. Captain Rohit Sharma, who is in dire need and in low form, has joined Rahul.
India is still 394 runs short of Australia's total, and the hosts' large first innings and cheap wickets mean that they are not only hoping for a victory but also the possibility of a huge, demoralizing series from which India will be plagued for the remainder of the series. Australia can run through India's batting very cheaply, which would allow them to enforce the follow-on while still having four or five sessions to try to bowl out India again.
The results on the page reveal as much about the strategy and philosophy of this match as they do about any kind of quality gap, with Australia performing flawlessly on all the fundamentals and India doing the exact opposite. Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, and Rishabh Pant, the young core of India's batting, would have given them great expectations, but they were dismissed cheaply, scoring a total of just 14 runs. The brief knocks from Jaiswal and Gill in particular will disappoint: Gill flashed recklessly at a delivery wide outside off-stump to be caught at gully, while Jaiswal hit a leg-stump half-volley straight to mid-wicket.
Virat Kohli entered with a great chance to save the innings with KL Rahul, but he fell into the same old trap and was caught attempting to drive expansively outside off stump, which made matters worse. India's talismanic batsman attempted to flirt with the delivery but was unsuccessful, just using the gloves behind the stumps to flutter it through to Alex Carey. Josh Hazlewood's setup was ideal. More than anything, the way these dismissals happened will disappoint Indian supporters greatly. With their backs to the wall, it seemed as though India's top batsmen threw away their wickets, putting a great deal of pressure on the lower middle order and upcoming hitters.
Although India hasn't had to follow on in a Test match since the 2011 tour of England, veteran batsmen Rahul and Rohit will have a lot on their shoulders as Australia looks to take wickets with 194 runs remaining and only 6 wickets remaining to avoid the follow-on. They will find some comfort in the fact that Ravindra Jadeja and Nitish Kumar Reddy are both good batsmen, but they will be aware that they must contribute much to the total rather than depending on the all-round team.
The results on the page reveal as much about the strategy and philosophy of this match as they do about any kind of quality gap, with Australia performing flawlessly on all the fundamentals and India doing the exact opposite. Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, and Rishabh Pant, the young core of India's batting, would have given them great expectations, but they were dismissed cheaply, scoring a total of just 14 runs. The brief knocks from Jaiswal and Gill in particular will disappoint: Gill flashed recklessly at a delivery wide outside off-stump to be caught at gully, while Jaiswal hit a leg-stump half-volley straight to mid-wicket.
Virat Kohli entered with a great chance to save the innings with KL Rahul, but he fell into the same old trap and was caught attempting to drive expansively outside off stump, which made matters worse. India's talismanic batsman attempted to flirt with the delivery but was unsuccessful, just using the gloves behind the stumps to flutter it through to Alex Carey. Josh Hazlewood's setup was ideal. More than anything, the way these dismissals happened will disappoint Indian supporters greatly. With their backs to the wall, it seemed as though India's top batsmen threw away their wickets, putting a great deal of pressure on the lower middle order and upcoming hitters.
Although India hasn't had to follow on in a Test match since the 2011 tour of England, veteran batsmen Rahul and Rohit will have a lot on their shoulders as Australia looks to take wickets with 194 runs remaining and only 6 wickets remaining to avoid the follow-on. They will find some comfort in the fact that Ravindra Jadeja and Nitish Kumar Reddy are both good batsmen, but they will be aware that they must contribute much to the total rather than depending on the all-round team.
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