IND vs AUS Day 5 of 3rd Test today: India save follow-on, score 252/9; Chance of heavy rain even today

After India saved the follow-on, the third Test is on the verge of a draw.

The third Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy is being played between India and Australia at The Gabba Stadium in Brisbane. The fifth day’s play will start at 5.20 am, there is a possibility of rain even today. The play on the first, third and fourth days was badly affected by rain.

On the fifth day, Team India will continue its innings with a score of 252/9. Akashdeep will start playing with the score of 27 and Jasprit Bumrah at the score of 10 runs. Australia scored 445 runs in the first innings, so the team is ahead by 193 runs.

Team India won the toss on Saturday and chose bowling. At present, the Border-Gavaskar Trophy is tied at 1-1. India won the first Test by 295 runs, while Australia won the second Test by 10 wickets.

India saved follow-on on the fourth day

Akashdeep and Jasprit Bumrah have made a partnership of 39 runs for the 10th wicket.

India proceeded in their first innings with a score of 51/4. Rohit Sharma could score only 10 runs. KL Rahul scored a fifty, he then took over the innings with Ravindra Jadeja and took the score beyond 100 runs. Rahul was out after scoring 84 runs, he made a partnership of 77 runs with Ravindra Jadeja. Jadeja scored only 77 runs. In the end, Jasprit Bumrah and Akashdeep saved the follow-on by making a partnership of 39 runs. Read the full news…

India lost 4 wickets on the third day

KL Rahul played an inning of 84 runs.

Australia lost all 10 wickets on the third day at the score of 445 runs. Alex Carey scored 70 runs, Jasprit Bumrah took 6 wickets for India. India started its innings, amidst heavy rain the team lost 4 wickets for 51 runs. Read the full news…

Head-Smith scored a century on the second day

Steve Smith scored a century in Test after 535 days.

Australia started play on the second day with a score of 28/0. From the team, Steve Smith played century innings of 101 runs and Travis Head played century innings of 152 runs. There was a partnership of 241 runs between the two for the fourth wicket. Bumrah took 5 wickets. Read the full news…

Play stopped twice due to rain on the first day

Jasprit Bumrah took 6 wickets in the first innings.

Due to rain, the play of the first session was stopped twice in the first day. First after 5 overs, then after 13.2 overs. Lunch session started early. Then in the second and third sessions not even a single ball could be bowled. Australia’s score was 28/0. Read the full news…

Even today rain can become a hindrance

Rain can also cause disruption on the fifth day of the match. According to weather website AccuWeather, there is a 55% chance of rain in Brisbane on December 18. Except for the second day, rain affected the play on all the remaining days of the match.

Playing-11 of both the teams

India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Reddy, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj.

Australia: Pat Cummins (captain), Usman Khawaja, Nathan McSweeney, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (wk), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon and Josh Hazlewood.

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