After a gritty 22 in the first innings of the third Test against Australia, former India captain Virat Kohli appeared to be in good contact in the second innings as well. However, he couldn’t get past the score of 13 as he was trapped LBW by Australia’s Matthew Kuhnemann. He went for a pull shot to a pitch that slipped but completely missed the line. He didn’t go for the review as the Australian players celebrated with fervor. Kohli and Indian dressing was shocking.
Watch: Frustrated Virat Kohli’s face says it all as he falls for 13
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India has taken a small lead against Australia in the second inning after a fight by Cheteshwar Pujara. Previously, Australia fought back to leave India in trouble 79-4 in their second innings at tea on day two of the third test on Thursday after the tourists suffered a spectacular batting collapse.
India were still nine points behind at the break on a viciously spinning pitch to Indore, with Cheteshwar Pujara looking confident on 36 and Shreyas Iyer yet to get off target.
After beating India for just 109 on the first day thanks to five wickets from spinner Matthew Kuhnemann, Australia hoped to build a strong lead in their bid to come back from a 2-0 deficit in the four-game series.
But Australia resumed at 156-4 and imploded to be all out for 197 before lunch, their last six wickets tumbling for just 11 runs as seam bowler Umesh Yadav and spinner Ravichandran Ashwin rioted.
Cameron Green and Peter Handscomb did well to survive the first hour on a field of unpredictable bounce, with the long Green using his long stride to neutralize India’s spin attack.
But after the drink break, Handscomb took off for 19, caught by Iyer within close range of Ashwin, after adding 12 to his overnight score.
Soon after, Green fell for 21, lbw trapped by Umesh, who then bowled Mitchell Starc for one, sending the left-handed cartwheel towards wicket-keeper Srikar Bharat.
In a dizzying disintegration, Alex Carey then took off for three, lbw to Ashwin, Umesh bowled Todd Murphy for a duck, and Nathan Lyon was cleaned by Ashwin for five.
Ashwin took 3-44 and Umesh 3-12.
With AFP inputs
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