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Virat Kohli played an unbeaten inning of 100 runs in the second innings.
India has taken a strong hold on Australia on the third day of the Perth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. On Sunday, India declared its innings at 487/6 on the basis of centuries from Yashasvi Jaiswal (161 runs) and Virat Kohli (100*). With this, Australia got the target of 534 runs. In the run chase, Australia has lost 3 wickets for 12 runs till stumps.
India had scored 150 runs in the first innings. At the same time, Australia was reduced to 104 runs in the first innings.
Jaiswal scored 161 runs Yashasvi Jaiswal played an inning of 161 runs on 297 balls in the second innings. He was caught by Mitchell Marsh at the hands of Steve Smith. Jaiswal scored a century in his first match in Australia. He has become the third Indian to do so. Before him, Sunil Gavaskar (1977) and S Jaisimha (1968) had achieved this feat.
Kohli’s 30th test century Virat Kohli played an unbeaten inning of 100 runs in the second innings. This is his 30th century in his Test career. He has overtaken Australia’s great batsman Don Bradman (29 centuries) in terms of most Test centuries.
201 run partnership between Yashasvi and Rahul Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul made a partnership of 201 runs for the first wicket. Rahul was out after scoring 77 runs.
Day 2: India’s second innings declared at 487/6, Australia 12/3 In the first Test, India declared its innings at 487/6. With this, Australia got the target of 534 runs. In the run chase, Australia has lost 3 wickets for 12 runs till stumps. Usman Khawaja is unbeaten on 3 runs, while Marnus Labuschagne 3, captain Pat Cummins 2 and Nathan McSweeney have returned to the pavilion without opening the account. Jasprit Bumrah took 2 wickets and Mohammad Siraj took one wicket.
Apart from Jaiswal-Kohli in the Indian innings, Nitish Reddy returned unbeaten after scoring 38 runs. Washington Sundar scored 29 runs, Devdutt Padikkal scored 25 runs and KL Rahul scored 77 runs. Nathan Lyon got 2 wickets. Read the full news…
Day 1: India all out for 150 runs, Australia 67/7 India have reached a strong position on the first day of the Perth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia. The team is ahead by 83 runs and Australia has only 3 wickets left. India won the toss and chose to bat at the Optus Stadium. No batsman could score fifty and the team was all out for 150 runs. Josh Hazlewood took 4 wickets.
India made a comeback with bowling and Australia lost 7 wickets for 59 runs. By the end of the day’s play, the team had scored 67 runs, Alex Carey scored 19 and Mitchell Starc returned not out after scoring 6 runs. Jasprit Bumrah took 4 wickets and Mohammad Siraj took 2 wickets from India. Read the full news…
Playing-11 of both the teams India: Jasprit Bumrah (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Dhruv Jurel, Washington Sundar, Nitish Reddy, Harshit Rana and Mohammed Siraj.
Australia: Pat Cummins (captain), Nathan McSweeney, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (wicketkeeper), Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Nathan Lyon.
