Live Updates: Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane are looking put on a good partnership and extend India’s lead. Earlier on day three, Pujara and Virat Kohli thwarted Australia in a diligent partnership to push India to a position of strength and a 166-run lead at stumps. ((Full Scorecard)).
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Edge but safe
Rahane survives a close call as he almost got himself dismissed off the bowling of Starc. The left-arm pacer dropped the ball short and Rahane went for the pull shot but he was way early. The ball hit the toe end of the bat and landed just in front of Marcus Harris at mid-on.
Four and four
Glorious shot from Pujara off Hazlewood as India score their first runs of the day. Pujara plays the perfect cover drive to get a boundary. And then, Hazlewood produces an edge of his bat but the ball goes past gully fielder for a boundary. Pujara is edging close to a well-deserved half-century.
Maiden over to start proceedings
Mitchell Starc bowls a maiden over to Ajinkya Rahane to set the ball rolling on the fourth day. As things stand, Indian batsmen will feel they don’t need to take any unnecessary risks in the first session. Josh Hazlewood will now bowl the second over of the day.
First session begins
Mitchell Starc has the new ball in his hands as he will bowl the first over of the day. Ajinkya Rahane is on strike while Cheteshwar Pujara is at the non-striker’s end. The sun is shining and it is going to be a cracking contest on the penultimate day of the Test.
Extended day’s play today
The play will begin at 5:00 am today owing to the lost overs yesterday due to rain. India will look to put as many runs as possible on the board with seven wickets left. While as for the hosts, they need early wickets.
The magnificent Adelaide Oval scoreboard tells the story heading into day four #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/4h6zwtpWhc
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Pitch report
Here is how the pitch is looking like early on in the day. The rough marks will certainly aid the spinners and Lyon and Ashwin will have a big role to play for their respective teams.
The Adelaide pitch after three days #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/R6ehQA6N9Z
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau)December 8, 2018
Bumrah backs Ashwin in fourth innings
“Ashwin will obviously play a more crucial role now because with the rough, we saw Nathan Lyon using the rough to his advantage. He is an experienced bowler and knows what he has to do. So he will probably work on it and he will play a crucial role for sure.”
Yet another milestone for Kohli
Virat Kohli was fuming to have his innings cut short but still managed to join an elite club of Indians who have notched 1,000 test runs in Australia. Sachin Tendulkar (1,809) leads the list ahead of VVS Laxman (1,236), Rahul Dravid (1,166), Virender Sehwag (1,031) and Kohli.
India look to extend lead
Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli thwarted Australia in a diligent partnership to push India to a position of strength and a 166-run lead at the close of day three. Australia will nonetheless be desperate for early wickets on day four to have hope of restricting India to a gettable total.
Hello and welcome
A very warm welcome to the live blog of the fourth day of the first Test between India and Australia in Adelaide. India have taken a good lead in the second innings but with seven wickets left in their kitty, they will look to extend that today.
Source: HindustanTimes