Rahane, Agarwal stable India after the departure of Pujara; Australia on top with more than 200 runs ahead

Live score of day 3 of the IND vs AUS test: On day 3 of the Brisbane test, Australian runner Josh Hazlewood eliminated Cheteshwar Pujara early to put India in trouble. Earlier on the second day, Rohit Sharma’s indiscreet shot selection pushed India back after the rookie bowling attack restricted Australia to 369 on a rain-restricted second day of the fourth test on Saturday. With heavy downpours preventing any play in the post-tea session, India finished the day at 62 for two.

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Rahane and Agarwal are playing sensibly to stabilize India’s innings and avoid any further setbacks, as Australia still lead by over 200 runs.

India 1st entry 130/3 (50 ov)

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OUTSIDE! Hazlewood puts the big fish Pujara and India in serious trouble now. He just straightens far enough from a back of a length on the stump and takes a feather from an outer edge as Pujara defends himself compactly on the back foot, all the way to Tim Paine, who takes a regulation catch. Pujara c Paine b Hazlewood 25 (94) [4s-2]

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India 1st entry 82/2 (33 ov)

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Rahane and Pujara resume innings for India as Cummins resumes the attack for Australia on day 3 of the fourth round of Ind vs Aus in Brisbane.

Earlier on Day 2, Rohit looked elegant as ever with his 44 of 74 balls before Nathan Lyon in his 100th Test lured him down to the court, but Mitchell Starc managed to get Mitchell Starc to take half the chip in the depth.

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India also lost Shubman Gill (7), who edged Pat Cummins past Steve Smith.

Cheteshwar Pujara (8) and Ajinkya Rahane (2) added just two runs in the 6.1 overs before the break.

There were six Rohit limits, but it didn’t play around with deliveries in and around the canal outside of the stump, even as Cummins and Josh Hazlewood launched a trial period under cloudy conditions.

The shootout shot was a Cummins drive that came after a streak-through limit through slipping on it. Another delicious hit was an off-drive by Cameron Green when 49 runs were added for the second wicket.

Not much swing was offered, but off-track pace has increased compared to day one and it only helped that the Australian paced attack is more well built with an average speed of at least 6-7 kmph more than its Indian counterpart .

Pujara, on the other end, was playing his usual game of ‘polishing’, but it didn’t seem too arduous until Rohit kept the score going at the other end.

It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that among all the high-level hitters on both sides, Rohit seemed the most comfortable and, until his firing, he never seemed to be concerned about the four-point attack.

However, as has been his form in the SENA countries, Rohit, just before the tea break, went after Lyon when the situation demanded that he could have played by the end of the session.

It was very similar to his firing of Moeen Ali in the tea hit during the 2014 series and that was also after he was placed in the middle order.

India, which has been forced to line up an exhausted team, will not mind inclement weather that in practice makes the home team more nervous, as a draw would be enough for Ajinkya Rahane to lift the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. .

In the first session, India’s rookie bowling lineup put in a lot of effort, getting the last five wickets for 95 runs.

Shardul Thakur (3/94) along with rookies Washington Sundar (3/89) and Thangarasu Natarajan (3/78) made the breakthroughs, while Mohammed Siraj (10-28-77-1) made one on opening day.

For an attack as inexperienced as India’s, the effort in adverse times can only be commended. India lost five top bowlers in the three test matches and was forced to hand over the test debuts to Natarajan and Washington.

Nathan Lyon (24 of 22 balls) and Mitchell Starc (20 of 35 balls) counterattacked the inexperienced Indian attack with a spirited 39-run partnership to push Australia past the 350-run mark.

According to statistics, Australia has never lost a test match at the Gabba after scoring 350 in the first innings.

Resuming at 274 for five, Tim Paine (50) and Cameron Green (47) extended their booth to 98 before the home team encountered a mini-collapse.

Thakur threw a fuller delivery that shaped and Paine’s lazy unit without going to the delivery field saw Rohit Sharma take a regulation catch on the second slip.

Paine was getting into the rhythm with some good impulses when Thakur provided the breakthrough.

With the association broken, Green likely lost focus as he played for the turn to an angled delivery from Sundar that righted himself after pitching and ripped through his defenses.

Pat Cummins (2) claimed the leg earlier as he braced for a fuller delivery from Thakur as Australia fell from 311 for five to 315 for eight before the tail moved once more to bolster the total.