IND vs AUS WTC Final: With a total of 137 overs anticipated for the remainder of this Test, India’s target is 444. After lunch, Australia came out looking to put up fast runs, which they did since they had Starc and Carey. Together, they scored 93 runs in 120 balls for the seventh wicket, giving Australia a bigger lead.
Indian Bowling unit was looking quite confident and pumped up today. They were having some kind of extra bounce off the surface. Labuschagne, who would have a pitch map of his body, fall early to a good ball from Umesh Yadav, and Cheteshwar Pujara caught an awkward catch.
A solid hold on line and length by Jadeja and Siraj mounted pressure on Green and Carey, which resulted in Jadeja bowling out Green. Then Starc and Carey added 93 quick runs to lead. Shami sent Starc back to the pavilion and soon tricked Cummins.
As the captain’s wicket fell, he called off the innings and Australia Declared at 270 for 8 wickets down. India have now 444 run target to curb the ICC trophy drought.
IND vs AUS: Australia Innings Scorecard
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Usman Khawaja | c †Bharat b Yadav | 13 | 39 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 33.33 |
| David Warner | c †Bharat b Mohammed Siraj | 1 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 12.50 |
| Marnus Labuschagne | c Pujara b Yadav | 41 | 126 | 199 | 4 | 0 | 32.53 |
| Steven Smith | c Thakur b Jadeja | 34 | 47 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 72.34 |
| Travis Head | c & b Jadeja | 18 | 27 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 66.66 |
| Cameron Green | b Jadeja | 25 | 95 | 114 | 4 | 0 | 26.31 |
| Alex Carey | not out | 66 | 105 | 162 | 8 | 0 | 62.85 |
| Mitchell Starc | c Kohli b Mohammed Shami | 41 | 57 | 80 | 7 | 0 | 71.92 |
| Pat Cummins (c) | c sub (AR Patel) b Mohammed Shami | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Total | Extras (26) | 270/8 |
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammed Shami | 16.3 | 6 | 39 | 2 | 2.36 | 1 | 1 |
| Mohammed Siraj | 20 | 2 | 80 | 1 | 4.00 | 1 | 1 |
| Shardul Thakur | 8 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 2.62 | 0 | 0 |
| Umesh Yadav | 17 | 1 | 54 | 2 | 3.17 | 0 | 0 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 23 | 4 | 58 | 3 | 2.52 | 0 | 0 |
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