Australia solely acquired to bowl 17 overs at India on one other rain-affected day within the third Check in Brisbane nevertheless it was sufficient for his or her tempo assault to dismantle India’s top-order as they sunk to 51-4 to finish the third day 394 runs behind the hosts.
After Australia’s tail wagged with the bat for a little bit longer to succeed in 445 all out early on Monday, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood shortly had India in hassle with a devastating opening spell on the Gabba.
Starc (2-25) took the wickets of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill in his first two overs to set the tone, earlier than Hazlewood (1-17) captured the prize wicket of Virat Kohli simply earlier than one among many passing rain showers introduced on an early lunch with India at 22-3.
After eradicating Jaiswal (4) with the primary ball of the innings within the second Check at Adelaide, Starc wanted simply two balls on the Gabba to take away the vacationers’ opener.
The primary ball was swiped by means of gully for a boundary by the 22-year-old however the second he chipped a easy catch to Mitch Marsh at midwicket for a delicate dismissal.
In his subsequent over, Starc struck once more with Marsh diving acrobatically to take a two-handed catch at gully to take away Gill (1) and India had been 7-2.
Hazlewood, again within the group after a facet pressure dominated him out of final week’s second Check, then rocked India additional by teasing an edge from the veteran Kohli to have India three down as rain started to fall and prompted an early lunch.
On the resumption, skipper Pat Cummins (1-7) acquired his first wicket by eradicating Rishabh Pant caught behind to scale back India to 44-4.
Captain Rohit Sharma got here out to affix KL Rahul however there was solely time for an excellent cover-drive boundary for the latter earlier than one other passing bathe pressured gamers from the sphere.
How the moist climate leaves the third Check
The remainder of the afternoon noticed the climate look to clear however simply as play appeared set to renew one other passing rain bathe would cross over the sector.
Play lastly resumed simply after 5pm native time, however solely 17 extra balls had been bowled for 3 runs, earlier than one other passing bathe and deteriorating gentle pressured the top of the day’s play.
Australia now have two days of play remaining, climate allowing, and their path to a potential victory would appear to be contingent on bowling India out for lower than 244 within the first innings and imposing the follow-on.
The hosts had resumed on Monday at 405-7 and a few huge hitting by Starc and Alex Carey lifted Australia to 445. Carey was the ultimate wicket to fall, holing out within the deep for an enterprising 70 off 88 balls – his ninth Check half-century.
Jasprit Bumrah added yet one more wicket to return figures of 6-76, having accomplished his twelfth five-wicket haul in Exams the day earlier than.
India received the primary Check by 295 runs at Perth, whereas Australia got here again to win the second day-night Check in Adelaide by 10 wickets.
