The home team Australia scored 338 runs all out in their first innings by facing 105.4 overs. Will Pucovski faced 110 deliveries and scored 62 runs. Marnus Labuschagne showed his class by scoring 96 runs off 196 balls. After a long time, Steven Smith returned to his form. He scored 131 runs off 226 balls.
Ravindra Jadeja took four wickets in 18 overs, Navdeep Saini and Jasprit Bumrah both took two wickets each. Mohammed Siraj dismissed one Australian batsman. India faced 45 overs in today’s play. At the end of the day India 96/2. One wicket taken by Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins took the second wicket.
Ind vs AUS Highlights today Friday, 1-08-2021 – 3rd Test, India tour of Australia from Sydney Cricket Ground.
Tim Paine won the toss and chose to bat first.
India team: 1 Rohit Sharma, 2 Shubman Gill, 3 Cheteshwar Pujara, 4 Ajinkya Rahane (capt), 5 Hanuma Vihari, 6 Rishabh Pant (wk), 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 R Ashwin, 9 Navdeep Saini, 10 Mohammed Siraj, 11 Jasprit Bumrah.
Australia team: 1 David Warner, 2 Will Pucovski, 3 Marnus Labuschagne, 4 Steven Smith, 5 Matthew Wade, 6 Cameron Green, 7 Tim Paine (capt & wk), 8 Pat Cummins, 9 Mitchell Starc, 10 Nathan Lyon, 11 Josh Hazlewood.
Match Timings: 23:30 GMT (prev day) | 10:30 Local
Umpires – Paul Reiffel, Paul Wilson
TV Umpires – Bruce Oxenford
Match Referee – David Boon
Reserve Umpire – Claire Polosak
Match number – TEST No. 2402
