Australia defeated India by 9 wickets in the Indore Test on Thursday. India had given a target of 76 runs, which Australia achieved within 76 minutes of the start of the game. Travis Head played an inning of 49 runs. With this victory, the Kangaroo team made a 2-1 comeback in the four-match series. The last match of the series will be played from March 9 to 13 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
After the defeat, Indian captain Rohit Sharma said- 'The team decided to play on a spin-friendly pitch. We knew it would be challenging for our batsmen as well, but we were ready for it, although the Indian batsmen could not bat well in the first innings.
Turned around as soon as the ball changed
On the third day on Friday, the visiting team had a small target of 76 runs, although Ashwin raised the hopes of the Indian fans by dismissing Usman Khawaja for zero on the second ball of the day. Indian spinners were also effective in the first 11 overs, but the conditions changed in the 12th over as soon as the ball changed. Earlier, the Kangaroos had scored 13 runs. On the new ball, the Australian batsmen scored the remaining 63 runs in 7 overs. Marnus Labushen made the team win by hitting a four off Ashwin's ball. Travis Head 49 and Marnus Labushen 28 remained unbeaten.
Earlier, India scored 163 in the second innings to take a 75-run lead, while Australia scored 197 and was ahead by 88 runs in the first innings. India was reduced to 109 runs in the first innings.
This is how Australia's first wicket fell in the second innings
First: Opener Usman Khawaja was dismissed on the second ball of the day. He was caught by Ashwin at the hands of KS Bharat.
India's second innings was reduced to 163 runs on the second day, 16 wickets fell
India's second innings ended with 163 runs on the second day. Cheteshwar Pujara scored the highest 59 runs, while Shreyas Iyer 26, Ravichandran Ashwin 16, Virat Kohli 13, and Rohit Sharma could only score 12 runs. Nathan Lyon took the maximum 8 wickets from Australia. Earlier, Australia's first innings ended with 197 runs. The team started to play ahead of Australia with a score of 156/4. Opener Usman Khawaja played an inning of 60 runs. Marnus Labushen scored 26 and captain Steve Smith scored 21 runs.
Australia leads by 47 runs
The first day of the Indore Test was named after the Kangaroos. On this day the Indian team was reduced to 109 runs in the first innings. Australia then took a lead of 47 runs in the first innings, scoring 156 runs for four wickets. Ravindra Jadeja took all four wickets. He has 500 wickets in international cricket. He became the 7th Indian bowler to take 500+ wickets.
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